Arjay’s Report
Jordan Smith and Derek Kelley caught the biggest bass of the night in the Arjay’s Wednesday weeknighter at Fish, Finch and Saddlebag lakes and won the event.
Big bass were elusive that night, so the winners’ 2.94-pound largemouth was big enough and helped them to a 12.40-pound limit. They skipped wacky rigs under docks.
Maynard Hochstetler and Marvin Bontrager finished second with 9.76 pounds caught on deep weed edges with jigs.
John Miller and Ashley Gibson were third with 8.78 pounds. They fished weed edges with jigs.
Fourth with a limit weighing 8.36 pounds was taken by Noah Chambers and Jacob Meeker who fished weed breaks with wacky worms and tube jigs.
The ClearH2O Tackle first out of the money prize (once again) went to Steve Martin and Josh Roberts with a limit weighing 8.34 pounds.
The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack for sixth was won by Scott and Carrigan Carpenter with five weighing 7.62 pounds. They fished docks with wacky worms and flats with Chatterbaits.
Tim and Daisy Tucker caught h a monster pike weighing 13 pounds to win the junk fish pot.
The Str8-Up Mounts lucky dog pot was won by Ray Lohr and Charlie Fouts while the side pot winners of $50 gas cards were won by Carrigan Carpenter and Seth Spaulding.