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Thursday, January 08, 2026
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The Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) held a pair of tournaments last weekend.
In a Wednesday nighter on Lake of the Woods near Decatur, Mich., Pat Malicki and Craig Parmlee won ($155) with 6.66 pounds caught on drop-shot and wacky rigs in 8 to 10 feet of water.
Second place ($80) went to Steve and Marco Lewis with 5.99 pounds caught on Texas-rigged worms in 10 feet while Bob Johnson Sr. and Jr. were third with 5.77 pounds caught on jigs. Big Bass prize ($70) went to Charlie and Corey Bloss for a 2.71-pound largemouth caught on a jig.
Sunday on Paw Paw Lake, Danny Linn and Darren Schrap won $180 for 14.45 pounds caught on Senkos and Beavers fished in 4 to 6 feet of water. ($100) Ron Nelson fished alone and was second ($100) with 13.81 pounds caught on jigs along the break while Terry Smith and Dennis Losee were third with 13.64 pounds caught on Senko's and tubes fished shallow. The big bass prize went to Pat Malicki and Craig Parmlee with a 4.09 Largemouth caught on a jig.
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Winners Ron Fabiszak and Ron NelsonRon Fabiszak (South Bend) and Ron Nelson (Berrien Springs) bested the R&B Circuit field on Lake Tippecanoe last weekend by targeting bedding fish on the main lake.
The winners had 15.36 pounds by fishing beds lying between 4 and 7 feet deep. They tossed an array of plastics at them and spent over an hour on the second biggest fish of the tournament, a 5.35-pound largemouth, before getting her to bite. The win earned them $730 while the big fish won them an additional $92.
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Mike Lytle of the Allen County Bassmasters won the Zone 3-4 Top 8 tournament on Lake Wawasee last weekend.
Lytle caught 20.09 pounds over the two days while Travis Edgar of the Ye Ole Tackle Box Team was second with 18.70 pounds and Thomas Friddle of the Northern Bass Anglers was third with 17.78 pounds. Edgar also won the Ranger Cup.
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KINGSTON, ONTARIO - This city will again host the Kingston Ontario Open bass tournament July 25-27 on Lake Ontario.
Eighty top celebrity and professional anglers from Canada and the United States, along with 80 co-anglers, will gather to battle for three consecutive days in a unique Pro/Am format where pros and their non-boating partners combine their daily weight in pursuit of the nation’s most prestigious title in tournament fishing and to raise money for The Kingston Military Family Resource Centre (KMFRC).
The Canadian Open will team pro anglers with different co-anglers each day for the three-day competition on Lake Ontario. This unique format encourages the pros to share their hard-earned knowledge, with their co-anglers each day.
Tournament Director Andrew Pallotta said the tournament is a once-in-a-lifetime experience to compete in a tournament to learn from the best and maybe win thousands of dollars in prizes. The Pro provides the boat and the know-how; the co-angler just has to focus on fishing.
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Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs took his Michigan skills to Virginia last month and won the EverStart Series Northern Division tournament on Smith Mountain Lake.
Nelson caught 48 pounds, 15 ounces over three days to win $32,555.
Nelson said 14 of his 15 bass came off beds.