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Rick Kedik and Jake Lisenko had five keeper bass totaling 14.86 pounds to win the Casting Couples Open on Lake Wawasee Saturday.

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Michigan’s statewide trout opener approaches, and anglers across the state are making plans for April 27, the last Saturday of the month.

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Gamakatsu has announced a proprietary new finish for their most popular hook styles.

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By Louie Stout

It was a year ago when the Michiana Walleye Association banded with a few boat dealers to revitalize the Michiana Boat and Sport Show for South Bend.

Like me, they remembered the good ol’ days when South Bend had a jam-packed, fun-filled outdoors show.

Their inaugural event at the Century Center in late January showed a lot of promise. No, it wasn’t comparable to the excellent shows we saw there and at Notre Dame a few decades ago, but it was a good attempt in the short time they had to put it together.

So good, in fact, that the Michiana Walleye Association plans to step up its game at next month’s show that runs Jan. 31-Feb 2.


By Louie Stout

Bill Toth with an 11-pt.Bill Toth with an 11-pt.Now that we’re halfway through the deer firearms season, preliminary results indicate the deer harvest may be lagging behind previous years.

Is it the weather?

Did the EHD virus in previous years hurt the herd more than experts realize?

Was the rut running a little behind normal?

Or have the DNR’s liberal doe seasons in both states put a huge dent in the population?

It depends upon whom you ask.

JBLP

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