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Friday, October 10, 2025
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Four Flags Report
Man, you talk about tough fishing!
That’s what Four Flags competitors experienced at Corey Lake last weekend.
Rob and Kim Swem won with a whopping with 6.14 pounds that also included big bass of the event, a 3.31 pounder. They won ($252 and $90) by fishing Senkos and jigs in 6 to 10 feet.
Jeff Bostic and Dan Posey were a close second ($108) with 6.02 pounds. They caught their fish on Senkos, grubs and assorted drop shot baits in 2 to 12 feet of water.
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Butcher Baits Report
Mike Lougeed and Kelly Warner landed a 4.05-pound bass that carried them to a big lead and victory in the Butchers Baits Tournament at Fish Lake Chain in Marcellus, Mich. Sunday.
The team’s total weigh was 12.13 pounds that were caught on jigs in 2 feet of water.
There was a tie for second with Cody Brown and Cody Zimmerman breaking the tie with a bigger big bass. They had 9 pounds, caught in 10-15 feet by using a drop-shot rig. Mark Flotow and Randy Walls also had 9 pounds caught on Senkos and jerkbaits on 6-foot grass flats. The last event is Sept. 7 at the Randall Chain, with launch at the Waffle Farm Campground with a $5 parking fee.
League standings heading into the final tournament are: Ray Lhor and Charlie Foutz with 56.11 pounds, Gary Butcher and Scott Smith with 56.09 pounds, and Jeremy Siler and Brock Howell with 55.04 pounds.
Big Bass for the season is led by Butcher and Smith with 5.06 pounds.
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SMAC Report
Danny Linn and Randy Starkey got their first tournament win Saturday in the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) at Eagle Lake.
Linn and Starkey fished crankbaits and wacky worms in 8 feet of water to catch a limit weighing 10.07 pounds.
Jeff Stankovich didn’t crack the top three, but he blew everyone away with big bass of the tournament, a 5.18-pound largemouth caught in shallow water on a Chatterbait.
Second place went to Rusty Robinson and Mike Fletcher with a 9.90-pound limit. They fished drop-shot rigs and swim baits in 14 to 18 feet.
Brad and son Clay Sterling were third with 9.61 pounds. They fished tubes and crankbaits on the flats.
There were 49 bass weighed in with 4 being smallmouth. The total weight was 94.17 pounds.
Time is running out on anglers looking to qualify for the SMAC Classic set for Burt and Mullet lakes Sept. 20-21. The next event is tonight at Corey Lake and the season finale at Juno Sept. 6. Both teammates must fish 7 events to qualify. Visit the SMAC Facebook page for details.
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BFL Report
Boater Jesse Richardson of Ligonier, Indiana, caught a five-bass limit weighing 20 pounds, 12 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) on the Detroit River Presented by Lew’s. Richardson edged out second-place Nicholas Seitz of Maumee, Ohio , by one ounce to win the fourth event of the season for the BFL Michigan Division. Richardson earned $3,889 for his victory.
“I went north to Anchor Bay in Lake St. Clair and knew it was going to be tough with all the pressure the water had seen lately,” Richardson said. “I knew the fish were still there, but they were finicky and tough to get to bite.”
Richardson said he focused on Anchor Bay and targeted large weed beds in 10 ½ to 12 feet of water. He said he searched for clean spots, 100 feet off of the weed beds, with forward-facing sonar and picked up wolfpacks as well as single large bass. His bait of choice was a 6-inch minnow, although a drop-shot rig tipped with a Berkley PowerBait MaxScent Flat Worm accounted for a couple of keepers.
Although Richardson knew he had a decent bag, a win in his first BFL Michigan event wasn’t in his mind as he headed to weigh-in.
“I didn’t have a good practice,” Richardson said. “I did have a couple of quality fish, and I thought if I could get 20 pounds, I could maybe get a Top 10. It turns out everybody was right up there with 20 to 20 ½ pounds, but I figured somebody would have had at least 22 or 23 pounds.
“Anybody can run into giants on that fishery,” Richardson added. “It just happens.”
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MFL Report
Derek Kelley and Brad Klempay won the Michiana Fishing League tournament on Paw Paw over the weekend.
Kelley and Klempay fished Hazdong Shad baits in 10-20 feet to catch 19.88 pounds. That included a 4.68-pound smallmouth that also won them the big bass pot.
Jarrett Tighe and Tanner Hursh teamed up for second place and caught 17.08-pounds by fishing drop-shsot rigs and jigs in 10-20 feet.
John Davis and Seth Spaulding had 15.14 pounds for third. They fished jigs in 20 feet and also fished docks.
Brian Willis and Brandon Willis were fourth with 13.24 pounds.
At this point, John Davis Seth Spaulding lead the season standings with 1,222.60 points, followed by Shawn McDougal Christopher Stamm Sr with 1,013.76 and Derek Kelley Jordan Smith with 791.90.