JML Weekend Warrior Bass Series - Tournament 5 - Jan. 26th - Bartlett Lake

Recent storms had the lake extremely muddy and rising cold water. My partner and I decided to fish some past areas and planned to fish fairly slow with the cold water temps. We started off with a couple fish early on a jig and small crankbait shallow. We moved around and cycled through some areas and had a small limit. We culled a few times and finished the day out with 7.38lbs and a big fish of 3.28lbs. Was good enough to earn us 22nd place and kept us up in the points standings with a couple tournaments left.

JML Weekend Warrior Bass Series - Tournament 4 - Dec. 8th - Roosevelt Lake

This one was brutal for me. My partner was out of town and I had to borrow my step-father's boat, which I was glad he let me use. I pre-fished and didn't find much, just some random fish. I listened a little too much to some dock talk from friends and took a left to start instead of a right. I had to grind all day and ended up video game fishing the majority of the afternoon to catch my fish. I could only scratch out 3 keepers out of all the fish I caught. Weighed 3 for 3.07lb and ended up 36th. It was more of a season points tournament than anything. Definitely looking forward to the next tournament.

JML Weekend Warrior Bass Series - Tournament 3 - Nov. 17th - Bartlett Lake

I had a very rough pre-fish for this one and my partner found a few fish so we decided to take Dave's Bass Cat Caracal this time. With the weather changes and time of year we knew we had to keep an open mind and make some right moves. Our early stops didn't work out too well so we hit some tried and true areas and each produced some keeper fish but nothing of great size. We saw a few friends and checked in on them, was all small keepers for them as well. We moved across the lake and proceeded to fill out out limit and cull up. For the rest of the day we covered a 100 yard stretch off and on, moved to let it rest a little. Late in the day finally caught one we needed, a 3.38lb largemouth. We caught a few more but only culled ounces. We finished the day with 8.18lb which was good enough for 13th. All fish were caught on carolina-rigs and dropshots.

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