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Brown/Stouder win Bradley Memorial on MaxinkuckeeDavid Brown and Cheyne Stouder of Nappanee won the first annual John C. Bradley Memorial Bass Tournament on Lake Maxinkuckee with 14.61 pounds.
The winners earned $594 for their winning catch taken by working schooling fish with swimbaits.
Rick Paton and Hunter Paton (Plymouth) were second ($330) with 13.59 pounds while Chris Collins (Plymouth) and Jason Alexander (Warsaw) tied for third ($200 each) with Greg Kiser and Jim Jenkins†(Winamac) with 10.61 pounds. Rick Manges and Jeremy Hutchinson (Plymouth) took big bass honors ($230) with a 4.41-pound fish.
Hosted by Marco Bass Masters, organizers†raised over $1,500 in sponsorships/donations. Checks for $500 were given to the Boys& Girls Club of Marshall County and the Marshall County Council on Aging.
There were 23 boats and the tournament paid back all entry fees to top finishers.
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 1st Place winner with a total of 7.30 lbs. were Jake and Stephanie Lisenko |
 Rick and Jennifer Kedik caught a total of 7.04 lbs. took second place along with the Big Bass of the day at 2.48 lbs. |
 Scott Woods and Marjorie Woods, his daughter, caught 3.56 lbs. and took third place. |
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Jake and Stephanie Liskelo (Elkhart) caught four keeper bass weighing 7.30 pounds on drop-shots and spinnerbaits to win the Casting Couples tournament on Magician Lake last weekend.
Rick and Jennifer Kedik (Niles) also caught four that weighed 7.03 pounds and earned them second place. They also won the big prize with a 2.48-pound smallmouth. Their fish came on worms and Erie Darters.
Scott (Edwardsburg) and Mallory Woods (South Bend) were third with 3.56 pounds caught on jigs and Yamamoto Grubs.
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Father/son Ed and Steven Szymczak (Osceola) will be talking about this for a long time.
In the season finale for the Michiana Walleye Association, father Ed eked out a narrow victory in the Rocky Enfield-State Farm Agency Classic on Crooked Lake and Lake of the Woods (Bremen) in a two-day event last weekend.
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Pipkens’ Best Day Earns Him Northern Open And Classic Berth - Photo by BASS - James OverstreetDETROIT — Chad Pipkens picked the right day to have the best day of his life fishing Lake Erie on Saturday.
The 31-year-old Holt, Mich., angler, who has fished Lakes St. Clair and Erie since his college days, bagged 23 pounds, 6 ounces to win the Bass Pro Shops Northern Open #3 presented by Allstate here on Lake St. Clair.
His three-day total of 67 pounds, 4 ounces edged out fellow Elite Series pro Fletcher Shryock of Ohio, who was second with 63-10, and Chris Johnston of Canada who was third with 63-6.
Joe Balog, the Harrison Township, Mich., pro and heavy favorite who led the first two days, lost valuable fishing time due to mechanical problems, caught only three fish, and fell to seventh.
Jeff Jenema of Marion, Mich., won the co-angler division by catching 13 pounds, 4 ounces on the last day while paired with Pipkens. Jenema posted a total three-day weight of 36 pounds, 11 ounces. He won a $25,000 Triton 17 Pro bass boat with a Yamaha F115LA outboard.
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Balog Hangs Onto Northern Open Lead - Photo by BASS - James OverstreetDETROIT — Joe Balog’s hopes of running the table in the Bass Pro Shops Northern Open #3 presented by Allstate could be blowin’ in the wind here on Lake St. Clair Saturday.
Balog slapped an impressive 25 pounds, 2 ounces of smallmouth bass onto the scales Friday, expanding his first-day lead to nearly 4 pounds.