Tournament News Powered By Lake Drive Marine
Wednesday, October 01, 2025
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
- Details
Arjay’s Report
Hunter and Justin Kosmerick - 1st Place
The Kosmerick’s landed the biggest bass and captured the Arjay’s Wednesday Nighter at Cedar Lake on a very tough evening for fishing last week.
Hunter and Justin only had four fish that weighed 8.78 but their 4.06-pound largemouth also earned them the Tackle Shack LLC big bass of the evening. They caught their fish on jigs and frogs.
Martin Hochstetler and Jonas Troyer - 2nd Place
There were 21 teams in the tourney and yet Martin Hochstetler and Jonas Troyer caught the only limit and it weighed 8.50 pounds. They fished jigs and wacky worms.
John Miller and Robbie Gibson - 3rd Place
John Miller and Robbie Gibson fished wacky rigs and Ned rigs for third with four bass weighing 6.46 pounds.
- Details
Butcher Baits Report
Bill Mathews and Kris Iodice - 1st Place
A 6-pounder in your creel will win a lot of bass tournaments and it sure did for Bill Mathews and Kris Iodice in the Butcher Baits Tourney on Austin Lake last weekend.
The winners had 16.06 pounds and 6.2 pounds of that catch was in one fish that got them big bass of the event. They used stick baits.
Kent Dowden - 2nd Place
Kent Dowden fished alone for second place with 12 pounds by fishing reaction baits.
Manny Schwartz and Dennis Hochstetler - 3rd Place
Manny Schwartz and Dennis Hochstetler had 11 pounds for third place. They said they power fished with reaction baits.
The next tournament is on Palmer Lake on July 14. Visit the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar on this website for more details.
- Details
B.A.S.S. Report
Easton Fothergill - 1st Place
EUFAULA, Okla. — Easton Fothergill’s an easygoing guy with no apparent mean streak, but he started Day 3 of the St. Croix Bassmaster Open at Lake Eufaula presented by SEVIIN with a chip on his shoulder. Suffice to say, his winning total of 52 pounds, 8 ounces more than settled the score.
Keeping himself near the top, the pro from Grand Rapids, Minn., weighed a third-place limit of 17-12 on Day 1 and held his position with a second-round limit of 16-11. Championship Saturday saw Fothergill charge ahead with his biggest bag, a limit of 18-1 that pushed him across the finish line.
Edging Andrew Loberg by 2-12, Fothergill collected the $44,155 top prize and received an invitation to fish the 2025 Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Classic presented by Jockey Outdoors March 21-23 on Lake Ray Roberts.
Bo Thomas of Edwardsburg, Mich. - 5th Place
Michiana’s Bo Thomas of Edwardsburg, Mich. led for part of the championship Saturday after holding down second place going into the finals. However, He couldn’t get the kicker he needed and fell to fifth overall and still came home with $11,486.
- Details
SMAC Report
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker - 1sr Place
Diamond Lake continued to fish tough for bass tournament groups as the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) discovered Saturday.
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker hit the jackpot on their last cast of the day when Crocker landed a 3 pounder that lifted them into first with 10.16 pounds. They used wacky worms and jigs around docks and flats.
Scott Kulp and Paul Groves - 2nd Place
Scott Kulp and Paul Groves caught two bass early with Zara Spooks to finish second with four fish weighing 9.68 pounds. They also had big bass with a 3.76-pound largemouth that came on a tube in 10 feet of water.
Skylar Traver and Drake Nevins - 3rd Place
Skylar Traver and Drake Nevins were third with a limit weighing 9.45 pounds. They used forward facing sonar to find fish and catch them with jigs and drop-shot rigs in deep water.
The 15 teams caught 52 bass that included two smallmouth. Total weigh of the bass weighed in was 87.96 pounds.
The next event is Tuesday, June 25 at Corey. Visit the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar on this website for details.
- Details
D&R Sports Report
Garrett and Nolan Mandel - 1st Place
An end-of-the-day stop produced big bass during the D&R Sports’ West Michigan Bass Series on Lake St. Clair Sunday and helped Garrett and Nolan Mandel to victory.
The winners had 21.46 pounds total, anchored by a 4.69 pounder. They won $1,350 plus a bonus $490 for big bass.
"We fished 12-15 feet all day in the grass with a drop-shot and a Ned rig and got lucky at the end of the day,” said Garrett. “We stopped on one spot in the river and caught what ended up being big bass. We just let the day happen and only scoped one. We just kept our heads down and covered a lot of water but the bite was crazy tough and a lot of fish still need to put some weight back on."
Clauser/Robiadek - 2nd Place
Second place went to Clauser/Robiadek with 20.28. Their biggest weighed 4.28 pounds.
Gorham/Deatsman - 3rd Place
Gorham/Deatsman finished third with 19.33 pounds with a 4.44-pound smallmouth topping their limit.
O'Kelly/Vanheest - 4th Place
O'Kelly/Vanheest were fourth with 18.52 and Winkler/Winkler fifth with 18.48 pounds.
The next event is June 29 on the Grand River.