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Arjay’s Report
Steven Wickey and Irvin Yoder teamed up to win the Arjay’s weeknighter last Wednesday at Clear Lake.
The team caught their 11.50 pounds by skipping docks which also produced a tie for big bass of the tournament, a 3.16-pound largemouth.
Steve Martin and Josh Roberts tied the winners for big bass and they also finished second with five weighing 10.98 pounds. They were scoping in 30 feet of water with jig/minnow rigs.
Third place with a 10.50-pound limit was won by John Miller and Ashley Gibson who caught their fish scoping with drop-shot rigs.
Martin Hochstetler and Jonas Troyer were fourth with 9.46 pounds caught on jigs and wacky rigs on the weed edges.
The ClearH2O Tackle first out of the money spot in 5th place went to Justin and Hunter Kosmerick who had five weighing 9/40 pounds. They also used the forward facing sonar and fished jig/minnow rigs.
The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack was shared between Charlie Fouts and Ray Lohr with 8.86 pounds and Edward and Kenneth Bontrager.
The Jaywalker Restaurant junk fish pot goes to was won by Noah Chambers and Jacob Meeker with a pike weighing in at 8.20 pounds.
The Str8-Up Mounts lucky dog pot went to Daisy Tucker, the $50 gas card side pots were won by Tucker and Edward Bontrager and the 50/50 pot went home with Heath Musall.
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SMAC Report
Man, what’s going on at Corey Lake?
Four Flags was there over the weekend and it took less than 7 pounds to win. The Southwest Michigan Anglers Club was there Tuesday night and the weights were incredibly low again.
Derek Kelly and Jordan Smith prevailed in the SMAC derby with a whopping 7.33-pound limit, and that included big bass of the event, a 3.61-pound largemouth. They caught their fish in 10 feet of water and caught their fish on the BAFA Primal Jig.
There were 42 bass weighed in and they averaged less than a pound apiece. There was one smallmouth taken to the scales.
Second place went to Jordan and Dan Gipson with a limit that weighed 5.89 pounds. They fished drop-shot rigs and Chatterbaits in 15-20 feet.
Brad and Clay Sterling were third with a limit totaling 5.21 pounds. They were caught on Senkos in 7 feet or less.
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Stars and Stripes Report
Bill Mathews and Kris Iodice caught 13.80 pounds to nudge out Jeff Ogletree in the Stars and Stripes Tourney at Austin Lake last weekend.
The difference maker was a 4.59 pounder that the winners caught and that also earned them big bass of the event.
Nearly one-third of the fish weighed in during the event were smallmouth. Topwaters and worms are said to be the key to most of the bites that competitors got.
“We targeted shallow fish all day long,” says Mathews. “The morning bite was surprisingly tough, but we picked off a limit in about 1.5 hours on a BAFA Primal jig, a Whopper Plopper and a popper. We continued to fish around docks and flats and made small culls throughout the day.”
He said the shallow bite really picked up for them later in the day. Kris caught their big bass and then Bill followed up with a few nice 2+ pounders that culled out smaller fish.
“Then with about 20 minutes left, I caught a 3 pounder skipping a BAFA primal jig (3/8 ounce magic craw) under a dock,” Mathews adds. “It culled out a 1.7 pounder.”
Ogletree had 12.89 pounds by fishing shallow around docks with a Zoom worm.
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Four Flags Report
Man, you talk about tough fishing!
That’s what Four Flags competitors experienced at Corey Lake last weekend.
Rob and Kim Swem won with a whopping with 6.14 pounds that also included big bass of the event, a 3.31 pounder. They won ($252 and $90) by fishing Senkos and jigs in 6 to 10 feet.
Jeff Bostic and Dan Posey were a close second ($108) with 6.02 pounds. They caught their fish on Senkos, grubs and assorted drop shot baits in 2 to 12 feet of water.
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Butcher Baits Report
Mike Lougeed and Kelly Warner landed a 4.05-pound bass that carried them to a big lead and victory in the Butchers Baits Tournament at Fish Lake Chain in Marcellus, Mich. Sunday.
The team’s total weigh was 12.13 pounds that were caught on jigs in 2 feet of water.
There was a tie for second with Cody Brown and Cody Zimmerman breaking the tie with a bigger big bass. They had 9 pounds, caught in 10-15 feet by using a drop-shot rig. Mark Flotow and Randy Walls also had 9 pounds caught on Senkos and jerkbaits on 6-foot grass flats. The last event is Sept. 7 at the Randall Chain, with launch at the Waffle Farm Campground with a $5 parking fee.
League standings heading into the final tournament are: Ray Lhor and Charlie Foutz with 56.11 pounds, Gary Butcher and Scott Smith with 56.09 pounds, and Jeremy Siler and Brock Howell with 55.04 pounds.
Big Bass for the season is led by Butcher and Smith with 5.06 pounds.