AZ Head to Head Bracket Tournament - Round 1 - April 18th - Bartlett Lake

This is the first round trying to defend my championship. I drew Bartlett Lake in the random draw and my competition and I agreed to fish 2pm-7pm. I hadn't been out to Bartlett in awhile and definitely haven't fished in the afternoons to dark at all since last year. My game plan was to keep it simple and throw a carolina-rig and crankbait most the time and mix in a dropshot etc. when needed. I caught a few small keepers early and kept burning bank all afternoon until they really started biting before dark. From 6-7pm I culled 7 or 8 times and caught my biggest fish all on crankbaits super shallow. I ended up getting the win with 8.5lbs, it was ugly but efficient. On the bright side, the new Ultrex had made fishing certain areas in the wind a little easier.