AZ Head to Head Bracket Tournament - Round 3 - May 18th - Canyon Lake

With as great as the previous round went, I was looking forward to another great day of topwater. Unfortunately it was a little slow, the fish just weren't committing to the bait. I had 3 small keepers and decided to try to fill out a limit on a Carolina-rig. A few casts later I had a small limit but knew it would take way more than I had. I did notice a few fish were shallow even though 75-78 degree water temps. I flipped up to them and found out there were still guarding beds! I figured out that to catch the females, had to take the males off the bed and within a few minutes the females would lock down the nest. I ran that pattern the rest of the day and wow the results were amazing. My big fish was pushing 7lbs and I culled up over 22lbs, and had a shot at over 30lbs, but ran out of time with the wind on a massive fish. I pulled off the win with 22.06lbs to 19.89lbs. Turned out to be an awesome day, now into the final 6!