Went in to my tournament today, with hopes of limiting early...WRONG. Picked up some 9 1/2 inch fish early, but no takers. Made our way south around noon, and I boated the first keeper on topwater... Next cast broke off on a solid 2 pound fish.. Pumped up, I switch to a senko and started hittin shade by cypress trees, had a 2 pound fish follow my bait out into 20 ft of water where I could see her, I stopped, and WHAM, landed a chunk. 10 trees down, landed a solid 12 inch fish..
Now with 3 fish in live well with in 30 minutes of each other, found a pattern and kept moving. Lost a 1 1/2 fish due to bad hook set.. No biggie, I still got time.. Head back up north, lose what would have been my 6th fish had I capitalized.. But yet again, a spit hook.
Ended the tournament, with Big bass in my division, Big bass Overall, and .4 oz from the winner (I had 3.55

, and he had 3.9).. So I took second. Guys fishing is tough as heck right now... Good luck with patterns, I got lucky today however...