JML Outdoors Weekend Warriors Bass Series - Jan. 27th - Bartlett Lake

I fished this one alone, as my partner got stuck having to work. It was a windy morning but I stuck to what worked well the last few months. It paid off quick with one nice fish, and two small keepers on a deep crank. After those bites it just stopped, so made a move up lake. I switched it up from cranks to dropshots and video game fished a few keepers. I didn't like the option so moved to an old area that is rarely under water, and it really paid off. The first 4 casts were all solid keepers on a Carolina rig including one at 2.72lbs. Then once again the bite shut down. So I figured they were moving in and out of areas for pre-spawn so I kept moving around the lake. I caught a few more fish throughout the day and weighed a limit of 8.55lbs and finished 29th out of 59 boats. An extra rod in the water would have been nice but at least stuck with my instincts and battled it out to keep up is the championship at the end of April.