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The Cass Bass Club has planned a benefit tournament on Diamond Lake July 18 with portion of the proceeds going to Moe Ranieri.
Club member Ranieri, a longtime supporter of bass fishing events and fishing reel repairman from the Edwardsburg, Mich. area, has been battling serious health issues.
Entry fee is $80 and includes big bass pot. Forty percent of the entries will be divided among the top finishers in the tournament. The remaining 60 percent will go to the Ranieri family.
Tournament hours are 6 a.m. to noon. Call 269-816-5776 for more information.
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John Gipson (Lafayette, Ind.) and Jim Weaver (Dowagiac, Mich.) teamed up to catch 16 pounds, 10 ounces of bass on jigs at Paw Paw Lake to win ($330) the Clear H2o Southwest Michigan Big Bass Challenge last weekend.
Eric and Bob Schoolmaster (Kalamazoo) were second ($180) with 16-5 caught on creature baits while Herman Barry (Watervliet, Mich.) fished alone and finished third ($100) with 15-2 in four fish caught on craws. Dan Linn (South Bend)) and Adam Crocker were fourth ($45) with 9-10 while Darrin Schaap (Edwardsburg, MI) and AJ Hurt were fifth ($40) with 9-5.
Barry won the big bass pot with a 5-1 smallmouth caught on a craw-style bait.
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 Terry Smith (South Bend) and Scott Crocker (Niles) |
 John Gipson (Lafayette, Ind.) and Tom Noe (Benton Harbor) |
The Southwest Michigan Bass Club (SMAC) announced results of two recent tournaments.
Terry Smith (South Bend) and Scott Crocker (Niles) won ($330) tournament on Paw Paw Lake with five bass weighing 18.10 pounds.
John Gipson (Lafayette, Ind.) and Tom Noe (Benton Harbor) were second ($200) with 17.98 pounds and also had Big Bass, 4.86-pound largemouth. Andy Jenkins and Scott Beard (Elkhart) were third ($120) with 17.55 pounds while Steve and Austin Hurt (Niles) were fourth ($50) with 16.5 pounds.
 Andy Jenkins and Scott Beard |
 Steve and Austin Hurt |
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John Gipson and Mike Rappette won the Clear H2o Southwest Michigan Big Bass Challenge last weekend on Pipestone Lake.
The winners ($310) had 15 pounds, 12 ounces, all caught on tube baits and craws.
Lee Duracz and Clint Marler were second ($150) with 12-9 caught on tubes while Herman Barry and Adam Doyle were third ($80) with 11-8 caught on craws. Barry and Doyle also won the big bass pot ($80) with a 3-13 caught on a craw.
The next tournament is on Paw Paw Lake May 31 followed by Magician Lake June 13. Entry fee is $45 with 100% cash payback.
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Teddy Bradley (Mishawaka) and Tom Bell (Mishawaka)It’s safe to say that Lake Maxinkuckee at Culver, Ind. was red hot last weekend.
There were 51 limits and more than 260 bass taken to the scales during the R&B circuit tournament there.
A 12.41-pound limit of smallmouth caught by Teddy Bradley (Mishawaka) and Tom Bell (Mishawaka) beat 57 teams to claim $847. The team caught 30 keeper bass by fishing "history." They simply targeted waypoints on their GPS units from bedding smallmouth from previous years. They found 20% of those waypoints held bedding fish again. When found, they threw Erie Darters and drop shot rigs to coax them into biting.