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John Gipson, Jr. (Battleground, Ind.) and Tom Noe (Benton Harbor)John Gipson, Jr. (Battleground, Ind.) and Tom Noe (Benton Harbor)

John Gipson, Jr. (Battleground, Ind.) and Tom Noe (Benton Harbor) weighed 10.30 pounds to win the R&B West Division Circuit tournament on Eagle and Juno lakes last weekend.

The winners ($600) fished Juno Lake with a combination of C Flash crankbaits, jigs, and drop shot rigs. They did not focus on any particular spot but worked along numerous breaklines and focused between 8-14 feet of water.

Darrin Schaap and Mike Krempec (Edwardsburg) were second ($320) with 10.18 pounds caught from Juno. They also focused on breaklines in 6 to 12 feet of water with C Flash crankbaits and swimbaits.

Jim Dobkins and Tony Fields (Michigan City) fished Eagle for third ($200) with 10.09 pounds. They covered a lot of water, keying on flats with sand and weeds with topwaters, crankbaits and Texas rigged worms.

Kevin Miller (North Webster) and Jeremy Bontrager (Syracuse) won the Native Pride Tackle Big Bass Pot ($215) with a 4.01-pound bass caught on Eagle with a hollow-bellied frog.