Quillen, Crim Win Bradley Benefit on Maxinkuckee

Andrew Quillen and Nick Crim caught 11.35 pounds at Lake Maxinkuckee (Culver, Ind.) to win the annual John C. Bradley Memorial Bass Tournament last week.

The winners ($475) used craw baits to catch a limit from an isolated weed patch on a flat. When the wind diminished around midday, they drifted to the end of a point where they found another weed patch and culled two keepers with drop-shot rigs. They caught a dozen or more other keepers but couldn’t upgrade. The duo used Strike King Finesse worms, Zoom Craws and a Strike King Rage Craw.

The event, hosted by Marco Bass Masters of Plymouth, attracted 45 teams and raised more than $1,400 that went to the Boys & Girls Club of Marshall County and the Marshall County Council on Aging.

Matt Hoffer and Ryan Gray were second ($300) with 11.20 pounds while Dave Morrow and Hunter Patton were third ($225) with 11.03 pounds.

Other cash winners were Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler, 10.93 pounds, $150; Cole Schroeder and Alex Petersen, 10.51 pounds, $125; Bill Whittaker and Doug Klapp, 10.39 pounds; Gerald Magee and Chip Harrison, 10.38 pounds, $75; Bob and Brandon Hensley, 10.37 pounds, $60; and Marcus Courtney and Rick Patton, 10.26 pounds, $50.

Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler caught the biggest bass, a 3.57 pounder.

Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler caught the biggest bass, a 3.57 pounder that won them $337.50. Second biggest bass ($112.50) was won by Greg Anderson and Lance Roby with a 3.17-pound fish.

The $100 Janice Hite Memorial Award, given to the top female participant/team, was and won by Samantha and Jim Hippensteel.

John Bradley was an avid bass fisherman and an active member of the Marco Bass Masters for over 30 years. He served the Plymouth community as a Prudential Insurance agent for 30 years before retiring and passed away May 25, 2013.