My buddy wanted me to fish a tournament with him, so gaining  confidence in my abilities I met up with him. We had a 19lbs 5 fish limit and got 2nd. 1st place was a local guide with 25lbs. The 3rd place team had 12.3lbs. I was excited about 2nd but after we all left we found out the 1st place guy was a guide and wasn't even supposed to fish the tournament. We were all weekend warriors but ....... anyway you can tell I'm bitter lol. Caught fish on rage menace, and cranks mostly. We would have had biggest bass as well. (Sorry can't stop) would have been nice. I took my entry fee from our winnings and let my buddy keep the other half. I think I got an itch for this tournament stuff. 

Awesome.

Congrats man!! Once you get the itch it's game over

 

nice catching!!  don't "getbent" out of shape about it!!  (see what i did there...)

i'd be stoked for being so far ahead of 3rd place!

Congradulations on cashing a check! first time out!  Some one is always on 'em and good to hear it was you and your buddy

Nice man ... I actually had 19.3 on my first tournament . Finished 3rd with big fish and it hooked me .. That was about two years and a shimano metanium addiction ago ?

Sidenote what were they eatin if you will ???

We got them on DT 6 and DT 10 in shad and crawfish, rage menace watermelon red, and a jig head with a willow style blade with soft plastic (caught a 5# on it) most of the good fish were in 10' of water. Fishing drop offs and rock piles.