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SMAC report
Jim Horn and Jerry Roher - 1st Place
Veterans Jim Horn and Jerry Roher gave the young guys another butt whippin’, this time winning the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) weeknight event on Diamond Lake.
Horn and Rohr had a limit weighing 11.58 pounds. They said they caught their fish on jigs and wacky worms in 6 to 12 feet to beat out 12 other teams on a tough Diamond Lake.
Chase Laughlin - 2nd Place
Chase Laughlin fished alone for second place with a limit weighing 10.26 pounds. He fished jigs and bladed jigs in 3 to 7 feet.
Scott Crocker and Terry Smith were third with a limit weighing 8.08 pounds caught on crankbaits in 3 to 7 feet.
Mike Minix and Dave Hoffman won the big bass pot with a 3.83-pound largemouth caught on a drop-shot rig in 8 to 9 feet.
The 24 bass weighed in during the tournament weighed a total of 47.51 pounds.
The next event is Sunday at Corey Lake. For details, visit Michiana Outdoors News’ Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar.
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Starboard Choice Report
Bart Grider and Shawn Burton - 1st Place
Bart Grider and Shawn Burton teamed up to win the Starboard Choice Marine Big Bass Challenge at Lake Manitou last weekend.
Grider and Burton used a variety of baits in depths from 3 to 20 feet to catch 11.80 pounds.
John Gipson and Ken Holder - 2nd Place
John Gipson and Ken Holder were second with 11.30 pounds caught on topwaters and jigs in 3-5 feet.
Matt and Todd Hagerman - 3rd Place
Third place went to Matt and Todd Hagerman with 10.30 pounds caught on jigs in less than 5 feet of water.
Eden Lambert and Jeremy Bunnell - Big Bass
Big Bass of the day went to Eden Lambert and Jeremy Bunnell with a 3.80 largemouth. Details of their pattern weren’t made available.
The next Starboard Choice Big Bass Challenge is September 3 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pipestone Lake. Entry fee is $100. For details, visit Michiana Outdoors News Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar.
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Arjay’s Report
Floyd Wolkins and Steve Martin - 1st Place
Floyd Wolkins and Steve Martin won the Arjay’s weeknighter on a tough Fish, Finch and Saddlebag chain last week.
The winners had 7.68 pounds - all caught on topwater lures. There were 23 teams and only one limit taken to the scales.
Chris Yoder and Lester Hoshstetler - 2nd Place
Chris Yoder and Lester Hoshstetler were second with 6.28 pounds caught on jigs.
John and Ashley Miller - 3rd Place
John and Ashley Miller used frogs to finish third with 5.86 pounds.
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SMAC Report
Ben Harrison and Jeff Bailey - 1st Place
Ben Harrison and Jeff Bailey put a smack-down on 18 other Southwest Michigan Anglers Club teams at Paw Paw Lake Sunday.
Harrison and Bailey had a limit of smallmouth weighing 18.08 pounds. They fished tube jigs in 25 feet of water to win $315.
Hunter Lenardson and Evan Da La Rosa - 2nd Place
Hunter Lenardson and Evan Da La Rosa were second ($200) with a limit of smallmouth weighing 14.04 pounds. They fished deep-running crankbaits in 20 feet of water.
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Arjay’s Report
Floyd Wolkins and Steve Martin - 1st Place
Catching the big fish in a derby at Klinger Lake can be a difference maker in winning on a lake where limit catches tend to run small and often weigh similarly.
That was the case last Wednesday when Floyd Wolkins and Steve Martin’s 2.70-pound largemouth was key in their win during Arjay’s weeknight tournament held on the popular lake. The tournament drew 25 boats and produced 15 limits.
The winners won with 10.68 pounds, edging out Ben Harrison and Trevor Jancasz who finished second with 9.60 pounds.
Harrison and Jancasz - 2nd Place
While Wolkins and Martin fished topwaters and wacky worms to take the win, Harrison and Jancasz drop-shotted plastics in deep water for second place.