Steve and Amy Martin - 1st Place

Steve and Amy Martin (Union City, Mich.) caught a limit of five fish weighing 9.11 pounds to win the Casting Couples season finale on Magician Lake last weekend.

The Martins fished in 6-10 foot of water using Jigs and tubes to take home $215. They also had second Big Bass of the day with a 3.09-pound largemouth, earning a tackle pack from Money Mouth Baits.

Brian and Renee Hensley - 2nd Place

Brian and Renee Hensley (Edwardsburg, Mich.) had five that weight 8.5 pounds to finish second ($110). The Hensleys used grubs and Kytek swimbaits.

Ron and Debbie Desimone - 3rd Place

Ron & Debbie Desimone (Elkhart, Ind.) fished all day on a shallow flat to catch a limit weighing 7.97 pounds to finish third ($60). They used wacky rigged worms and tubes.

Rob Swem and Kimm Siewart - Big Fish

Rob Swem and Kimm Siewert (Niles, Mich.) had only 3 fish weighing 7.87l pounds, but they also caught the tournament's biggest bass, a 4.33-pound smallmouth. They fished wacky-rigged worms to fool their fish. Rob & Kimm took home tackle pack from Native Pride baits for first out of the money and they earned $55 for Big Bass of the day.

Casting Couples had 60 members this year with 16 teams qualifying for the Classic to be held at Muskegon Lake Sept. 30th from 7:45am-3pm with a $60 entry.

Casting Couples sponsors were Trokar/Eagle Claw, Shimano/Gloomis/PowerPro/Jackall, Native Pride baits, Scenty, Michiana Outdoors News, Money Mouth baits, Beef'O'Brady's, and Clear H2O.

Contact Rick Kedik @ 269-240-4917, rkedik13@yahoo.com, facebook-MichianaCastingCouples.