11 Boats rippin’, roarin’ and ready to go chase some brown fish in brown water. The fact it was raining and barely above 32 degrees didn’t stop anyone, right away at least. This is the best way to open out a season in the Badlands Bass Bandits “it can only get better from here”. From the 46 degree water on the dam side of the lake to the reported 60 degree water on the west side from one inch to 50 feet the bandits were looking for one thing, a bite from a little brown smallmouth bass which were not acting very nice. Denver and Corey found a limit in really shallow throwing a small swimbait and that followed to par with Colton and tanners limit that they caught throwing chatterbaits slow and hitting them on the rocks. Overall it was a very tough tournament and the fish weren’t just everywhere and willing to feed, which in turns “A tough day of fishing is better than a good day at work” right?