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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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SMAC Report
Ron and Conner Pickens - 1st Place
The father/son team of Ron and Conner Pickens won the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club Weeknight event on Eagle Lake last week.
The Pickens had 9.60 pounds on a wet, windy evening by fishing jigs in shallow water.
Tanner Hursh fished alone and caught a limit weighing 9.51 pounds to finish second by drop-shotting in 8 to 15 feet while Mike Fletcher and Rusty Robinson fished swim jigs to catch 9.32 pounds and finish third.
The big bass pot went to Chuck Powell and Louie Stout with a 3.51-pound largemouth caught on a spinnerbait.
Eleven of the 14 teams weighed in limits.
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Arjay’s Report
Floyd Wolkins and Steve Martin - 1st Place
Floyd Wolkins and Steve Martin put together a big enough limit on Diamond Lake to outduel 23 other teams in the Arjay’s Wednesday Night League last week.
Wolkins and Martin had 8.58 pounds caught on frogs and tubes.
Only two limits were carried to the scales by the competing teams.
Gary Stahler and Doug Finley - 2nd Place
Gary Stahler and Doug Finley drop-shotted their way to a second place with 7.86 pounds.
Ray Lohr and Charlie Fouts - 3rd Place
Ray Lohr and Charlie Fouts were third with 7.26 caught on Pop-Rs and they also won the Jaywalkers Junk Fish pot with a pike.
Tim and Daisy Tucker were fourth with 5.32 pounds caught on drop shots while Justin and Hunter Kosmerick finished fifth with 4.62 pounds caught on jigs.
Ryan Hershberger and Dale Raber won the first-out-of-money Clear H2o Tackle gift certificate with 4.46 pounds.
Christopher Stamm Sr. and C.J.Stamm - Big Bass
Christopher Stamm Sr. and C.J.Stamm only caught one fish, but it was a 4.30-pound largemouth and won them the Tackle Shack LLC big bass pot and the 7th place earned them the Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack.
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NICC Report
Jake and Aireeal Warner - 1st Place
Jake and Aireeal Warner out-fished 11 other couples at Duke’s Bridge last weekend to win the Northern Indiana Couples Circuit.
The winners had a limit of bass for 10 pounds 4 ounces, anchored by Aireeal's new personal best - 3 pounds, 8 ounces bass! Their limit was caught shallow on wacky worms.
Garrett and Sam Meadows were second with 10 pounds, 1 ounce caught on frogs.
Rounding out the top-3 was Kenny and Kelsey Meadows who had four fish for 9 pounds, 13 ounces anchored by a 4 pounder.
Big Bass of the event was a 4-pound, 7-ounce bass caught on a frog by Jonathan and Vanessa Pearson.
The next event will be July 29th at Skinner Lake, from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30p.m.
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Tackle Shack Report
Troy Shuman and Rich Kersten - 1st Place
Troy Shuman and Rich Kersten upgraded throughout the day to sack up 19.46 pounds and win the Tackle Shack circuit event at Hamilton Lake.
The winners took home $2,500 for fish they caught on jigs, creature baits and topwaters that they fished inside and outside the weedline.
John Gipson and Ken Holder - 2nd Place
John Gipson and Ken Holder finished second ($1,700) with 18.42 pounds.“We kind of patched things together and caught bass until about 1 p.m.” said Gipson. “The ones we kept were caught roughly one per hour each between 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. We caught them between 5 and 30 feet on poppers, swimbaits, and jigs. Most were suspended around schools of bait.”
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LMBT Report
Brett Gessinger and Mike VanderReyden - 1st Place
Brett Gessinger and Mike VanderReyden won a tough battle on Juno Lake Saturday in the Little Money Bass Tournament.
They had 10 pounds 11 ounces caught on topwater baits and Senkos.
Only three ounces separated the top three finishers.