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Wednesday, January 14, 2026
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Tackle Shack Report
John Gipson and Ken Holder - 1st Place
John Gipson and Ken Holder blasted 23.08 pounds at Gull Lake last weekend to win the Tackle Shack Open.
Several big limits were caught and most came via the use of forward facing sonar in deep water. The field carried 145 fish weighing 395 pounds to the scales for an incredible 2.73-pound average.
Gipson said he and Holder fished from 20 to 80 feet.
“We had the most luck on drop-shots and Strike King swimbaits,” he said. “We used really heavy weights ½ ounce or bigger to try to trigger reaction strikes from the bass. We caught the bass we weighed by noon, and couldn’t upgrade after that, but we did catch a handful of 2.5 to 4 pounders until the end. The fish seemed to relate to baitfish.”
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NICC Report
Jonathan and Vanessa Pearson - 1st Place
Jonathan and Vanessa Pearson took first place in the Northern Indiana Couples Circuit (NICC) on Skinner Lake Saturday.
The Pearsons had a limit of 11 pounds, 8 ounces. Their catch included a 4-9 – their first fish of the day and they didn’t get their last keeper fish until 20 minutes were left in the tournament. Their fish were caught by flipping a Missile Baits D-Bomb in bruiser flash color on a 1-ounce weight into shallow pads and mats
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Arjay’s Report
Martin Hochstetler and Jonas Troyer - 1st Place
Martin Hochstetler and Jonas Troyer fished spinnerbaits and Chatterbaits in Wednesday’s stormy weather and torrential downpour to win the Arjay’s weeknight tournament.
Hochstetler and Troyer had 11.40 pounds for the win. There were 21 teams that caught 16 limits.
Tim and Daisy Tucker - 2nd Place
Tim and Daisy Tucker used jigs and Z-Man Jackhammers to finish second with 11.32 pounds.
Charlie Fouts and Ray Lohr - 3rd Place
Charlie Fouts and Ray Lohr were third with 9.80 pounds caught on lipless crankbaits.
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SMAC Report
Jim Horn teamed up with Jerry Roher - 1st Place
Jim Horn teamed up with Jerry Roher to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club Tuesday nighter at Eagle Lake.
Senior anglers Horn and Roher had a limit weighing 11.60 pounds. They also won the big bass pot with a 4.17-pound largemouth. They fished jigs and wacky rigs in 3 to 5 feet of water and the big bass came on a jig.
Trevor Paulas and Brad Sterling - 2nd Place
Trevor Paulas and Brad Sterling were second with a 9.68-pound limit. They said they used forward facing sonar and fished drop-shot rigs in 20 feet.
Dave Eggers and Jason Dittmar - 3rd Place
Dave Eggers and Jason Dittmar were third with a 9.17-pound limit caught on crankbaits in 6 to 8 feet.
The 13 boats brought 53 fish weighing 87.47 pounds to the scales.
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Starboard Choice Report
Ken Holder and John Gipson - 1st Place
Ken Holder and John Gipson won the Starboard Choice Big Bass Challenge last week at Lake Palestine.
The winners had 18.12 pounds and that included big bass of the tourney, a 6.28-pound largemouth. They caught their fish on frogs.
Second place went to Levon and Ryan (no last times provided) with 16.36 pounds caught on Senkos and Bob and Ron (no last names provided) were third with 14.44 pounds.