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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.
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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.
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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.
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Tackle Shack Report
Brian Miller and Jason Schwartz - 1st Place
Adjustments throughout the day earned Brian Miller and Jason Schwartz the victory in the Tackle Shack Tournament on Coldwater Lake last weekend.
The anglers had 15.62 pounds caught on a mixed bag of patterns and baits.
“The first 3/4 of the day was a disaster for us,” said Schwartz. “We changed the game plan five minutes before takeoff and started fishing shallow with topwaters and swim jigs on a stretch we did fairly good on in practice.
After 2 hours we realized that this was a bad decision. We decided to just stick to docks where we caught short fish after short fish. At about 11:30 we we're going to hit one last dock and it held a 2.5 pounder so we fished a couple more and caught 2 more quality keepers.
“At about 1 p.m. with the trolling motor on high while crossing a super shallow flat, we ran into some absolute giants cruising around. Brian hooks one with a tube and it's a 5.7 pounder! Looking around, we realized there were more big ones cruising around but only managed to catch one more that helped our bag.”
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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.