| Personal | |
| Name: | Mike Brillhart |
| Home Town: | Waddell, AZ |
| Birthday: | Oct 3 |
| Occupation: | Electrical and Refrigeration Business owner |
| Hobbies: | Fishing |
| Stats | |
| Year’s tournament fishing: | 3 years |
| Titles/honors: | Several top 5 Place finishes |
| Career highlights: | Finished 18th at the 2008 U.S. Open / Fished the FLW Cal. Delta in
Oct. 08 |
| Angling stuff | |
| Favorite Bait: | Brush Hogs |
| Favorite Method: | Texas Rig |
| Angling Hero: | Kevin Van Dam |
| Home Lake: | Alamo |
| Favorite Lake: | Alamo |
| Least favorite Lake: | Pleasant |
| Favorite Technique: | Texas Rigged Plastics |
| Primary fishing strength: | Structure Fishing |
| Secondary fishing strength: | Drop Shot |
| Biggest weakness: | Bed Fishing |
| Boat: | 2008 Nitro Z-9 |
| Motor: | Mercury 225 Pro XS |
| Tow vehicle: | 2007 Dodge 2500 4×4 Diesel P/U |
| Fishing sponsors: | Tracker Marine Boating Center, Nitro Boats, Mercury Motors and Controls Plus |
| Personal Stuff | |
| Favorite food: | Prime Rib |
| Favorite Movie: | True Grit |
| Favorite Music: | Country |
| Non-Angling hero: | My Wife Mary |
| When not fishing: | Thinking about fishing! |
A little about myself:
My first Bass that I ever caught was in 1974 at Lake Powell just outside Hite Marina, ever since then I have been hooked. Fishing as a kid I would go any where my bicycle would take me city parks, private community lakes and canals. While all the other kids fished for the traditional Bluegill and Catfish I stuck with tackling the Bass (often getting out fished).
At the ripe old age of (16) I purchased my 1st boat a 1964 14ft aluminum this kept me on the water and fishing. In 1983 I was able to purchase my first Bass boat an (18) footer with a 175; at this time I started to do some local tournament fishing. In 1985 I met my wife who is ridiculously supportive of my Bass fishing, in 1987 we were married and you guessed it our honeymoon consisted of a Bass fishing trip to Lake Powell.
In 1989 job opportunities took us to Colorado where we lived for (9) years. Not able to do a lot of Bass fishing, but made up for it cold water fishing. After returning to Arizona in 1998 we purchased a Bass boat and got back into Bass fishing; 2007 we purchased the Z-9. The customer service and the overwhelming support that we have received during this purchase I feel 100% committed to NITRO Boats