Big bass dominated the St. Joseph River Rats tournament at Benton Harbor last week.
Rick Morrison (left) and John Gipson Jr. show off four of the big smallies that helped them win River Rats tourney.John Gipson Jr. and Rick Morrison (Niles) won with five smallmouth weighing 19.40 pounds caught on topwater lures and lipless crankbaits.
Rick Morrison (left) and John Gipson Jr. show off four of the big smallies that helped them win River Rats tourney.
Rick Kedik (Niles) fished alone had 15.95 pounds, including big bass (4.59-pound smallmouth) caught on Poor Boys’s Tubes. Al Shinabargar and Paul Grafton (Valparaiso, Ind.) was third with 3 pounds caught on tubes and crankbaits.