Crosbie Goes Old School, Rallies to Win Two-day Singles Classic

Loren Crosbie - Singles Classic Champion

Loren Crosbie stuck to old school tactics to win the Michiana Singles’ two-day Classic held last weekend on Paw Paw Lake and the St. Joseph River at Benton Harbor.

Loren Crosbie with 1st Day Big Bass

While the first-day leaders were scoping up big bags the first day at Paw Paw, Crosbie was anchored in fourth place with 8.18 pounds but still managed to win the biggest bass of the first day, a 3.76-pound smallmouth.

On the second day at the river, most competitors ran to the Lake Michigan pier heads while Crosbie went up river to catch all largemouth on jigs along seawalls. He had the only limit caught the second day and finished with 13.04. He also had the biggest fish the second day with a 5.32-pound largemouth. His two-day total of 21.22 won him $500 for first place overall and a bonus $100 for big bass both days.

Kyle Kaser - 2nd Place

Kyle Kaser, who led the first day with 15.06 pounds of smallmouth by fishing minnow imitators on fish he saw on his LiveScope, finished second overall. He only had two bass at the river the second day for a two-day total of 19.50 pounds to win $250.

Mike Martin - 3rd Place

Mike Martin finished third overall ($130) and had the second biggest bass the first day, a 3.54-pound largemouth, and the second day, a 4.18-pound smallmouth. He fished topwaters in shallow water and went home with $160.