Gipson/Noe Win Polar Bear Shootout at Maxinkuckee

The Polar Bear Circuit held its third open event of the year Nov. 17 at Lake Maxinkuckee in Culver, Ind. where Tom Noe and John Gipson took home the top honors, along with over $200, for their efforts that day.

The conditions were a bit dreary for the event, but considering the typical weather patterns in Michiana in late fall, the participants couldn’t have asked for a much better day to fish. The bass seemed to agree as well and were definitely biting, as almost every team brought a limit in to the scales.

Noe and Gipson not only took home first place with an outstanding bag weighing in 14.74 pounds, but they also capture the Big Bass of the day that weighed 3.76 pounds.

Second place belonged to Jeremy Bunnell and Lee Duracz who weighed in a limit of 13.54 pounds. Lee and Jeremy also won the “critter” pot with a walleye tipping the scales at over 3 pounds. Tim Childs, who fished alone, came in third place with his five bass weighing in at 12.56 pounds.

Water temperatures were in the low 40’s and there really appeared to be no bad way to catch the fish that day. Teams reported that blade baits, A-rigs, swim baits and jerk baits were catching both largemouth and smallmouth bass.

The next Polar Bear open will be held at Duke’s Bridge on November 25th starting at 7:30 a.m. For more details, see the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar adjacent to this page.