JML Weekend Warriors Bass Series - Tournament 2 - Oct. 27th - Lake Pleasant

I was once again able to prefish the week before, but it was a rough day but found an area and a pattern of super shallow fish. Since I couldn't find anything early we decided to be one of the last boats out. We went out boat 49 of 51 and to our surprise the area I had found had no one in it. I threw a squarebill and Dave through a medium diving crankbait. On one of my first few casts I hooked up with a 2lb fish and minutes later Dave hooked into one over 4lbs. We were ecstatic, and fished that spot and area for the next couple hours filling our limit. We moved around the rest of the day and culled throughout the day. We managed to weighed 10.61lb, with a 4.18lb big fish. Those fish put us in 7th place, with tournament big fish.

JML Weekend Warriors Bass Series - Sept. 8th - Roosevelt Lake

I didn't have a partner going into the series and after a random call about a product I ended up fishing with sponsor, and friend, Dave Davis. I had pre-fished but had nothing early or any big bites, so we just planned to go out and have some fun. We had a tough morning of small fish and my afternoon spots were horrible to start. Throughout the day we managed to figure out a pattern and hit all the areas had found. Dave hooked into a 3.93lb largemouth which helped relight the spark. After numerous small fish we went back to where we started with a short amount of time left but it proved to be correct. We caught and culled multiple times in the last 20 minutes and finished 18th out of 68 boats, with 13.17lbs. Most of our fish came on dropshot and carolina rigs with a few others on crankbaits.

Century Marine Pantera Classic/Mercury V8 Break-In - Oct. 11th - Saguaro Lake

I was asked by Century Marine to break-in the Pantera Classic for the WON Bass US Open. I gladly accepted because I really wanted to try out the new 200 Mercury Pro XS V8 4-Stroke. What a beast that motor is. Insane low end torque and acceleration with a great topend. The Pantera Classic was fun to drive and extremely maneuverable. The Pantera Classic/Mercury Pro XS combo is a ton of boat for the money, anyone that drives one will agree. After over 3 total hours of break-in, I had the boat at 69.9 @ 5700 rpms and a 2 second holeshot. Very impressive performance and numbers on the factory settings.

Trifecta Graphics - New Sponsor

For this season I have partnered up with the people at Trifecta Graphics. They do some amazing graphics designs for all sorts of wraps and applications. They are a new company but not new to the field, I have worked with them in the past and am looking forward to the helping them build their new company.
Their contact information is 602-820-1927
1828 W Broadway Rd, Ste 48
Mesa, Arizona 85202

AZ Head to Head Bracket Tournament - Round 5 - Championship - June 29th - Lake Pleasant

Down to the final 3, and Lake Pleasant was the lucky draw. I had fished the previous weekend and decided to run the same pattern and areas. It produced a great bag Sunday and was hoping for a repeat. Unfortunately, the big fish didn't cooperate.
I started in the back of the launch area and had two fish in minutes but were both small keepers and couldn't get a big bite, so moved to a few other areas had hit. I noticed that the water had cleared up and dropped 2-3ft in the last few days. I downsized my bait and proceeded to catch fish after fish culling up my limit at every spot but just not solid bites. I caught over 70 fish and all came on a dropshotted worm. At the end of the day I could only total up to 5 fish for 7lb 12oz. Second place edged me out with two late fish that pushed him up to 8lbs 5oz. The winner had a small bag until hooked into a 7+ and a 4.5lb largemouth that pushed him up to a great 16lbs 12oz.
I had an absolute blast and am looking forward to the series next year, it is one of the most fun series that I am able to compete in.

AZ Head to Head Bracket Tournament - Round 4 - June 20th - Lake Pleasant

The 4th round was a debacle as opponent slept in and didn't show for the first few hours. At 4:30am I decided to run around and just look at spots I normally wouldn't go to. A few hours later I find out he is fishing and I am now behind the 8-ball as I threw those hours away figuring on a DQ for no show. I didn't want to win that way so I went back to a previous pattern. I was targeting isolated islands and humps in the main lake with 4.5 inch worms on dropshots. I caught 50+ fish and culled the next 3 hours of the day in the brutal 110+ heat. It was the closest weigh-in ever in the series. I took the win with 11.08 to 11.06, we weighed 3 times just to make sure. Now on to the finals for the second straight year hoping to win again.

AZ Head to Head Bracket Tournament - Round 3 - June 14th - Bartlett Lake

Well Round 3 was at Bartlett Lake, which has been fishing great for numbers but not for size. I figured out a few patterns and decided to run with them to see how they would turn out. I started towards the river throwing a crankbait and wobble head and had 3 small fish until finally caught one over 3lbs on the crankbait. I limited out very quickly and proceeded to catch more small fish. I had to make a move to where I could usually get one or two better bites. It worked and caught a few upgrades but nothing great. I continued to rotate spots and hitting deeper reefs with a carolina rig the rest of the day. With a few minuted to go I caught two fish that culled including another 3.5lb fish. It was enough to take the win, 11.44 to 8.73. One more round to go then the finals again.