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Published: 09 July 2024

SMAC Report

Terry Smith and Scott Crocker - 1st Place

Terry Smith and Scott Crocker continued their dominance on the St. Joseph River – Niles stretch – with a convincing win in the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) tourney Saturday.

Smith and Crocker had a limit weighing 12.42 pounds caught on jigs and topwaters in 4 to 12 feet of water.

Scott Solomon and Kole Cheekley - 2nd Place

Scott Solomon and Kole Cheekley were second with a 10.82-pound limit. They fished Ned rigs in 7 to 10 feet.

James Siguenza and Dominic Tirotta - 3rd Place

James Siguenza and Dominic Tirotta were third with five weighing 9.58 pounds. They flipped lures into lily pads to catch their fish.

Ken Holder and Aaron Brubaker won the big bass pot with a 3.88-pound smallmouth bass. It came on a jig.

There were 11 teams that brought 35 fish to the scales and 20 of them were smallmouth.

The next SMAC tourney is tonight at Juno Lake. Visit the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar on this website for details.

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Published: 05 July 2024

Arjay’s Report

Hunter and Justin Kosmerick - 1st Place

Hunter and Justin Kosmerick continued their hot streak, winning the Arjay’s Wednesday nighter a week ago with five bass weighing 12.66 pounds at Corey Lake.

As they did the day before, they took home the big bass pot with a 5.50 largemouth. They were using forward facing sonar.

There were 26 teams competing. The lake has a 10-inch size limit so nearly everyone came in with a limit.

Tim and Daisy Tucker - 2nd Place

Tim and Daisy Tucker were second with 11.74 pounds caught on drop-shot rigs.

Aaron and Cody Zimmerman - 3rd Place

Aaron and Cody Zimmerman fished jigs to finish third with 5 fish for 10.68 pounds.

John Miller and Robbie Gibson - 4th Place

John Miller and Robbie Gibson were fourth with 9.00 pounds caught by skipping jigs under docks.

Gary Chew and Chad Fruchey - 5th

Gary Chew and Chad Fruchey finished fifth with a 7.64-pound limit caught on drop-shot rigs.

Charlie Fouts and Ray Lohr - 6th Place

Sixth place went to Charlie Fouts and Ray Lohr with 7.12 pounds. They fished drop shots and jigs.

The ClearH2O Tackle first out of the money spot for 7th went to Ryan Hershberger and Dale Raber with 6.60 pounds while the Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack for 8th place was won by Noah Chambers and Jacob Meeker with 5 fish for 6.46 pounds.

A 4-pound pike won the Jaywalker Restaurant junk fish pot for Chris Yoder and Edward Bontrager.

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Published: 05 July 2024

Casting Couples Report

Seth Spaulding and daughter - 1st Place

Seth Spaulding and daughter won the Casting Couples tourney June 30 at Magician Lake.

The team had five bass totaling 11.73 pounds to take home $310. They also had second biggest bass of the day with a 3.23-pound largemouth to earn Butchers Baits Tackle packs. They used drop-shot in 10-30 feet of water. The key, according to Seth, was to try and keep it in one place but wiggle the heck out of the bait.

Tanner Hursh and Hailey Dodd - 2nd Place

Tanner Hursh and Hailey Dodd had 11.48 pounds and big bass of the day, good for $240. Hursh and Dodd had three smallmouth bass, all caught on Drop-shot in 8 feet of water.

Hursh and Dodd - 3rd Place

Tony and Kim Sivits brought in 10.59 pounds to earn $90 for third. The Sivits used bladed jigs in 20 feet of water.

Scott and Patty Smith - 4th Place fished Butcher Baits around docks to catch 9.76 pounds for fourth place ($60).

Twelve of the 15 teams weighed in at least one fish.

The next tournament is Sat. July 27th at Klinger lake 6 a.m.-12 p.m. Teams must consist of one male and one female. Entry is $60-entry plus a $40 membership which goes toward classic entry fee.  Any questions contact Rick (269)240-4917, rkedik13@yahoo.com, or on Facebook MichianaCastingCouples.