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SMAC Report
Billy Mathews and Chirs Iodice continued their dominance in Southwest Michigan Anglers Club events by winning at Magician Lake last weekend.
There were 25 teams that caught 14 limits in the event.
Mathews and Iodice had a limit weighing 11.27 pounds they said they caught on drop shots, edging out Trevor Paulus and Matt Gordon whose limit weighed 10.63. They also had big fish of the event, a 2.80-pound largemouth and caught their fish on drop shots and tubes.
Steve Esbin and Eric Howell were third with 9.70 pounds caught on drop shots and wacky rigs while Devin Wright and Derek Kelley had 9.26 pounds on drop shots for fourth place.
Fifth place went to Jackson Disher and Jerrett Tye with 9.11 caught on jigs.
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Arjay’s Report
Mark and Mike Oldenberg - 1st Place
Mark and Mike Oldenberg caught a limit weighing 9.49 pounds to win Arjay’s Wednesday night fishing league at Portage Lake near Schoolcraft, Mich. last week.
Scott Carpenter and Brandon Flowers - 2nd Place
Steven Wickey and Jeremiah Yoder - 3rd Place
Scott Carpenter and Brandon Flowers were second with a limit weighing 8.58 pounds while Steven Wickey and Jeremiah Yoder were third with 8.02 pounds.
Carpenter and Flowers also won the Tackle Shack Big Bass Award with a 3.04-pound bass.
Anthony Sivits and Kim - 5th Place
Other money spots were Kent Dowden, fourth, 7.06 pounds; Anthony Sivits and Kim, fifth, 6.48 pounds; and Gary Butcher and Scott Smith, sixth, 6.20 pounds.
Clear H2o first out money went to Steve and Amy Martin with 5.28 pounds while Ryan Miller and Brendon Bundy took the Jaywalkers second out of money with 4.96 pounds. The Michiana Outdoors News third out of money went to Junior and Keturah Yoder with 3.98 pounds.
Sawyer and Travis Brown won the Pigeon River Junk Fish Prize
Sawyer and Travis Brown won the Pigeon River junk fish prize with a carp weighing 20.56 pounds caught on a drop-shot rig.
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SMAC report
Billy Mathews and Evan DeLarosa - 1st Place
Billy Mathews and Evan DeLarosa caught 14.35 pounds to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Tuesday nighter on Paw Paw Lake last week.
The winners also had big bass of the tournament, a 3.92 pounder. They said they used jigs and Missile D-Bombs.
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker - 2nd Place
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker were second with 12.51 pounds that they say were caught on jigs.
Most of the tournament fish were caught in less than 10 feet of water.
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Best Catch Report
Jim and Lori Wheeler - 1st Place
Jim and Lori Wheeler caught a 12.04-pound limit at Lake Tippecanoe last weekend to win the Best Catch Couples tournament.
The Wheelers also had big bass with a 5.02 largemouth. They caught their fish with jigs on docks.
Randy and Marti Walls - 3rd Place
Craig and Heather Fannin - 3rd Place
Second place went to Randy and Marti Walls with a limit weighing 10.09 pounds caught on worms fished on deep weed edges while Craig and Heather Fannin used jigs and worms around weeds for third with 9.06 pounds.
The next event is at Barton Lake near Schoolcraft Aug. 10 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. (EST) Entry is $45 per team. For more information, contact Randy Walls, 219-221-1109.
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MFL Report
Gary Miller and Andrew Slee - 1st Place
Gary Miller and Andrew Slee anchored their limit weighing 14.90 pounds with a 4.55-pound bass to win the Michiana Fishing League event on Sylvan Lake last weekend.
Bob Johnson - 2nd Place
Bob Johnson fished alone and was second with 10.24 pounds while Aaron Cowans and Silas Burke were third with 9.65 pounds.
Topwaters and chartreuse-colored crankbaits produced a lot of the fish during the rainy day.
The next event is Aug. 16 on the St. Joseph River in Buchanan, Mich. For more information, contact Jeremy Groves, 574-262-2899.