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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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Four Flags Report
Nick and Josh Mills won the Four Flags tournament on the St. Joseph River at Buchanan Saturday.
The Mills had 13.52 pounds. They caught their fish by fishing frogs in 2 - 5 feet of water.
Dan Posey fished alone for second place with 12.39 pounds. He caught his fish on Ned rigs and Yamamoto hula grubs in 2 - 8 feet of water.
Rob and Kim Swem were third with 10.72 pounds. They caught their fish on jigs and Senkos in 2 - 10 feet of water.
The next event is on the Grand River July 20. Visit the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar on this website for details.
Jeff Stankovich won the Big Bass pot with a 3.21-poound largemouth.
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Arjay’s Report
Last Wednesday was a tough night for the Arjay’s Series at Diamond Lake.
The tournament drew 25 boats but it took less than 9 pounds to win.
Floyd Wolkins and Steve Martin - 1st Place
Floyd Wolkins and Steve Martin won it with a limit weighing 8.78 pounds. They fished Ned rigs and topwaters around shallow weed lines.
Chris Yoder and Ruben Hoshstetler - 2nd Place
Second place went to Chris Yoder and Ruben Hoshstetler with four bass weighing 7.44 pounds caught on jigs along the breaklines. They also had the Tackle Shack LLC big bass at 2.84 pounds.
Nate Ryan Yoder and Andrew Miller - 3rd Place
Nate Ryan Yoder and Andrew Miller skipped docks for third with a 7.32-pound limit.
Aaron and Cody Zimmerman used drop shots to catch 5 fish for 6.84 pounds.
Hunter and Justin Kosmerick - 5th Place
Hunter and Justin Kosmerick were fifth a 6.08-pound limit caught on jigs in 10 to 15 feet.
Timothy Eicher and Daniel Schwartz took home the Clear H2o first out of money prize with four bass that weighed 6.56 pounds.
The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack was won by Tim and Daisy Tucker with four that weighed 5.08 pounds.
The junk fish pot went to Steven Wickey and Jeremiah Yoder with a 5.22-pound pike.
The next tournament is Wednesday night at Cedar.
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SMAC Report
Tanner and Hayley Hursh - 1st Place
Tanner and Hayley Hursh won the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) tourney in a tight finish on Eagle Lake Tuesday.
The Hurshes had 9.48 pounds topped by the big bass of the tourney, a 2.95 pounder. They fished drop-shot rigs and crankbaits in 3 to 15 feet of water.
Mike Granger and Chase Laughlin - 2nd Place
Mike Granger and Chase Laughlin were second with 9.16 pounds caught on jigs and crankbaits in 5 to 7 feet.
Drake Heath - 3rd Place
Drake Heath fished alone and had an 8.78-pound limit for third. He fished drop-shot rigs in 10 feet.
Chuck Powell and Louie Stout were fourth with an 8.64-pound limit. They fished Menace Jigs and tubes to catch their fish.
The tourney drew 17 teams. There were 15 limits caught.
The next SMAC event is Saturday at Diamond Lake. Visit the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar on this site for details.
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Four Flags Report
Bret Gessinger and Mike VanderReyden - 1st Place
Bret Gessinger and Mike VanderReyden took home first place in the Four Flags tourney last weekend on Magician Lake.
The winners had 12.53 pounds.
Tanner and Haley Hursh - 2nd Place
Tanner and Haley Hursh were second with 11.17 pounds and had the biggest bass, a 3.79-pound smallmouth.
Mike and Jim Passerelli finished third with 10.06 pounds.
No further details were available.
The next Four Flags tourney is June 25 at Paw Paw Lake. Visit the Lake Drive Marine Calendar on this website for details.
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BASS Report
Burrill and Jack Simpson
BAY CITY, Mich. — There was a moment last weekend, as 6-foot waves tossed their bass boat around Saginaw Bay like a cork in a maelstrom, that Branden Burrill and Jack Simpson stared at one another, silently asking, “What the heck are we doing?”
The answer? They were winning the Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Saginaw Bay presented by Bass Pro Shops.
High winds prevented anglers from venturing into open water on Day 1, but the wind died down just enough on Friday to squelch the small-craft warning for the inner part of Saginaw Bay — a sprawling 1,143-square-mile bass factory in coastal northeast Michigan.
And when tournament officials said the bay was in play on the final day of the derby, nothing was going to keep Burrill and Simpson from chasing bedding smallmouth some 30 miles into the bay in hopes of a tournament title.
The 23-year-old seniors from Western Michigan University did win the final Bassmaster College Series regular-season event of 2024 with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 35 pounds, 2 ounces. That earned the duo a $4,938 cash prize for their school’s bass program — part of a $16,400 total purse up for grabs among the Top 10 teams competing this week.
It also secured them a spot in the Strike King Bassmaster College National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops when it’s held Aug. 22-24 on Lake Hartwell in South Carolina. A total of 20 teams competing this week grabbed berths in the championship.
“It was extremely nasty out there,” Burrill said. “It took us two hours to get out (by the Charity Islands) and it was as rough a ride as I’ve ever had on the water.”
B.A.S.S. officials had to make Saginaw Bay off limits on June 5, with the chance of consistently high winds and rough seas too great a threat. That forced each of the 196 competing tandems to fish in the sheltered Saginaw River, away from the worst of the wind.
Fishing pressure there was, in a word, tough.