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D&R Series Report
Garrett and Nolan Mandel - 1st Place
Garrett and Nolan Mandel repeated as Lake St. Clair Champions in the West Michigan D&R Series tournament last weekend.
The winners, who won the D&R event held on the lake in June, had 23.66 pounds anchored by a 5.23 pounder.
Jake and Justin Emig - 2nd Place
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Jake and Justin Emig were second with 22.77 pounds that included a bass that weighed 6.02 pounds, the largest of the tournament.
Clint Joyner and Shawn Vernatter were third with 22.36 pounds.
Bo Thomas and Kurt Antonowitsch - 4th Place
Bo Thomas and Kurt Antonowitsch finished fourth with 22.09 pounds anchored by a 4.75.
Fifth place went to Logan Paul and Derek Rodriguez who had 21.49 pounds and included a 5.11 pounder.
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SMAC Report
Hayley Dodd and Tanner Hursh - 1st Place
Hayley Dodd and Tanner Hursh won the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) Tuesday night tourney at Magician Lake.
Hayley and Tanner had a 10.39-pound limit and also the biggest bass of the tourney, a 3.24 pounder that Haley caught on a drop-shot rig. They fished swimbaits and drop-shots in 4 to 10 feet.
Drake and Hunter Heath - 2nd Place
Drake and Hunter Heath were second with five bass at 10.24 pounds caught on tubes and topwaters in 4 to 6 feet.
Joe Sears and Eben Lambert - 3rd Place
Joe Sears and Eben Lambert had five for 9.93 pounds and finished third. They fished crankbaits and Ned rigs in 5 to 10 feet.
The next event is Aug. 3 at Klinger Lake. Visit the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar on this page for details.
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Arjay’s Report
There were 26 boats participating in Arjay’s Wednesday nighter on Klinger and the fish were biting – but not the big ones.
Less than a pound separated the top six finishers.
Aaron and Cody Zimmerman - 1st Place
Aaron and Cody Zimmerman sneaked out the victory with five bass weighing 9.22 pounds . They fished drop-shot rigs.
Nate Ryan Yoder and Andrew Miller - 2nd Place
Nate Ryan Yoder and Andrew Miller weren’t far behind, with five for 9.08 pounds caught by using forward facing sonar on deep weedlines.
John Miller and Robbie Gibson - 3rd Place
John Miller and Robbie Gibson finished a hair shy of second place with their 9.04-pound limit caught by skipping docks.
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SMAC Report
Gary Stahler and Ken Ramsey - 1st Place
Gary Stahler and Ken Ramsey spent the evening fishing shallow channels at Juno Lake to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) weeknight event Tuesday.
The winners had 11.41 pounds in their limit and that included a 4.37-pound largemouth. They used frogs and Senkos.
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker - 2nd Place
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker were second with 11.33 pounds. They fished weeds in 7 to 9 feet with wacky finesse worms that they had to fish ultra-slow.
Derek Kelly and Jordon Smith - 3rd Place
Third went to Derek Kelly and Jordon Smith with a 7.84-pound limit caught in shallow water on Texas-rigged worms.
Michiana Pro Bo Thomas - Big Bass
Michiana Pro Bo Thomas only caught one fish, but it was a 5.23 pounder he caught scoping with a Neko rig. It won him the $60 big bass pot.
Only 28 fish were weighed in on a tough night. Those fish weighed a total of 45.11.
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Michiana Singles Report
John Gipson - 1st Place
John Gipson out-fished nine other anglers to win the Michiana Singles event last Sunday on a tough Magician Lake.
Gipson had five keeper bass totaling 10.08 pounds to take home $240. Gipson used drop-shot rigs in all depths of the water column.
Evan De La Rosa - 2nd Place
Evan De La Rosa finished second with a limit weighing 9.95 pounds that included big bass of the event with a 2.76-pound Smallmouth. De La Rosa, also used drop shots to take home $165.
Third place went to Tanner Hursh with five bass weighing 8.28.
All of the top four finishers used drop-shot rigs. There were 43 bass taken to the weigh-in.
The next Singles Open is Aug. 22, 5:30 p.m. to- 8:30 p.m. at Magician lake again. Entry fee is $50 and there are still three tournaments left on the Singles season. For more information, visit the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar on this website or contact Rick 269-240-4917.