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CANYON LAKE – TX. Cloudy skies, a lot of wind, and a little rain didnt help an already chilly evening and a tough bite for the 105 anglers battling it out in the first Thursday Nighter event of 2018. Winning by over 3 pounds with a solid 14.92 pound bag as Brad Nichols and Bobby Rodrigues. The team also caught the big bass of the tournament that tipped the scales at 6.12 pounds. The team caught most of their fish on crankbaits early then switched to a football jig on a point and picked up a 5 pounder then the 6 pounder 4 casts later. Once the sun went down, the team said they didn’t get another bite. They took home $1130 for 1st place and Big Bass.

2nd Place went to father and son team of Anthony and Craig Skouby. Drawing boat 33 they had a 10:10pm weigh in but said they too had caught their fish early on worms in the 12-20ft range. They collected $500 for their finish.

3rd place team was another father and son team of Craig and Steve Shirley. They also drew a late number with boat #36 and also threw worms and crankbaits to fill out their limit. They took home $260 for their finish.

Several teams reported to have caught a lot of fish shallow and mentioned they were on beds. Soft plastics and crankbaits around shallow brush and rock worked for a lot of the teams with most teams staying in the midlake area this week.