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Friday, October 10, 2025
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Butcher Baits Report
A 5-pounder was the difference maker for Gary Butcher and Scott Smith Sunday in the Butcher Baits tournament on Long Lake (Portage, Mich.).
The Butcher team had 13.01 pounds, caught on topwaters and stick baits. A 5.06-pound largemouth was the key fish and biggest in the event.

Ray Lohr and Charlie Foutz finished second with 12.10 pounds caught on stickbaits and tubes.


Martin Hochstetler and Jonas Troyer fished stickbaits and lizards to finish third with 11.03 pounds. 

The next tournament is August 24 from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Finch, Fish, Saddlebag near Marcellus.
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Arjay’s Report
Maynard Hochstetler and Marvin Bontrager won the Arajy’s Wednesday nighter last week on a stormy Klinger Lake.
The first place finishers also captured the Tackle Shack Big Bass pot with a 3.38-pound largemouth. They said they fished Chatterbaits and swim baits.
Second was won with five fish for 11.42 pounds by John Miller and Ashley Gibson who fished Chatterbaits and jigs.
Chris Yoder and Edward Bontrager were third with a limit weighing 10.94. They fished wacky rigs and jigs.
Ryan Hershberger and Lynn Spicher were fourth with 10.12 pounds. They said they fished Chatterbaits and spinnerbaits shallow.
The ClearH2O Tackle first out of the money spot, with 9.26 pounds, went to Scott and Chase Carpenter.
The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack was won by Tim and Daisy Tucker with 8.76 pounds and the Jaywalker Restaurant junk fish pot goes to Miller and Gibson with a .72-pound crappie.
Heath Musall and George N Jody Musall won the Str8-Up Mounts lucky dog pot, Bontrager and Hochstetler won the $50 gas cards and Hochstetler took home the 50/50 pot.
The Wednesday tourney is at Templene. It will start at 5:30.
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Michiana Singles Report
Bob Cibak captured the win at Potato Creek in the Michiana Singles weeknight tournament last week.
Cibak had a limit totaling 12.28 pounds that included the second biggest bass of the night, a 4.30-pound largemouth. Cibak used a variety of lures, including a frog, buzzbait and a jig to win $180.
Loren Crosbie had the only other limit caught and it weighed 9.56 pounds. He fished bladed jigs to take home $80.
Kollin Urbahns only had two keepers, but one of those was a 4.70-pound largemouth that was the biggest bass of the evening. He had 7.56 pounds and said he caught the big one on a jig in the last five minutes of the tournament in front of the launch ramp. He pocketed $40.
The next Singles event is Sunday, Aug. 10th at Diamond lake, Contact Rick (269) 240-4917 or rkedik13@yahoo.com for questions.
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SMAC Report
Billy Mathews and Pete Lombardo didn’t catch much weight, but they got enough to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club tournament on Millpond (Dowagiac, Mich.)
The winners had 7 pounds, 11 ounces caught on frogs and jigs in shallow water.
Zack McNary and Jay Shires were second with only two fish that weighed 6.01 pounds, one of which was a 3.83 largemouth that won them the big bass pot. They also fished jigs shallow.
Rick Kedik and Wyatt Gerner only had one fish weighing 3.73 pounds but it was good enough for third place.
The tournament drew nine boats that caught 8 bass.
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Tackle Shack Report
Troy Allard and Nate Yoder fished a variety of baits to catch 14.54 pounds at Sylvan Lake and win the Tackle Shack tournament July 26.
The winners said it was a grind and they caught most of their fish on drop-shot rigs but also caught a few on Chatterbaits and crankbaits.
Second went to Randy Gallmeyer and Chase Laughlin with 14.23 pounds caught on Chatterbaits, wobble heads and crankbaits in 5 to 15 feet.
Maynard Hochstetler and Steven Wickey were third with 13.95 pounds. They said they punched weed beds and lily pads in 2 to 8 feet.
The biggest catch of the day was by Mason Alvarado who boated a 6.07- pound largemouth on a Chatterbait over weed clumps in about 7 feet of water.