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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Four Flags Report
Hunter Leonardson and Evan de La Rosa - 1st Place
Hunter Leonardson and Evan de La Rosa won the Four Flags tourney on the St. Joseph River at Benton Harbor last weekend.
The winners used drop-shot rigs to catch a mixed bag of smallmouth and largemouth weighing 14.34 pounds. They also had the big bass of the event, a 4.35-pound largemouth.
Justin Hahaj and Mike Rappette - 2nd Place
Justin Hahaj and Mike Rappette finished second with a 12.24-pound bag of smallies caught on jigs.
Scott Solomon and Chad Lovell brought in a 9.59-pound mixed bag caught on Texas-rigged soft plastics.
Scott Solomon and Chad Lovell - 3rd Place
The next tournament is Aug 14 at Lake of the Woods near Decatur, Mich. from 7-1. It’s the last regular season tournament before the Classic. Visit www.michianaoutdoorsnews.com and the Lake Drive Marine Events Calendar for more details.
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Yamaha Report
Bass Elite Pro Scott Canterbury
Yamaha Pro Jason Christie has collected four victories in the Bassmaster® Elite Series through years of competition, including a memorable win in the 2022 Bassmaster Classic at Lake Hartwell and on the Sabine River. Still, with all his success, he has certain tournament days he’d really like to forget.
So does fellow Yamaha Pro Scott Canterbury, winner of the coveted B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year title in 2019 as well as two Forrest Wood Cup championships during a stellar career on the FLW™ Tour.
“I’m often guilty of letting my past history on a body of water tell me where and how to fish,” laughs Canterbury, “and sometimes that can help you, but more often it will hurt you because a lake never fishes quite the same way year after year.
“The 2021 Elite season opened on Florida’s St. Johns River where I’ve had top-10 finishes in the past. It’s been good to me, but last year I finished 75th. You can’t dwell on something like that. You just have to move on, but sometimes that’s hard to do, especially when you return for another tournament there like we’re going to do in early February.”
No one agrees more than Christie, who instead of wanting to forget an entire tournament wants to forget just a single day of a very special tournament. That day was March 18, 2018, the final day of the Bassmaster® Classic on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell.
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SMAC Report
Kris Iodice and Billy Mathews - 1st Place
The formidable team of Kris Iodice and Billy Mathews dominated the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club tourney again, this time winning at Paw Paw Lake.
The lake produced several nice limits for the 20-boat field. There were 68 fish taken to the scales that weighed 164.5 pounds. Of those, 29 were smallmouth.
Iodice and Mathews had the biggest limit that tipped the scales at 15.95 pounds and included big bass of the tournament, a 4.55-pound largemouth. They fished jigs around docks to catch the winning bag of fish.
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Arjay’s Report
Heath and George Musall - 1st Place
Heath and George Musall took home the first-place money in the Arjay’s Wednesday nighter on Lake Templene.
There were 20 teams and 15 came in with limits.
The Musalls squeaked out the win with 5 weighing 9.62 pounds. They found their fish with Senkos in shallow weeds.
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MFL Report
The Michiana Fishing League Hudson Lake (New Carlisle, Ind.) was fished Sunday under pouring rain and blustery winds yet several good fish were caught.
Jeremy and Lane Groves won with 12.91 pounds caught around lily pads and weed lines with finesse baits.
Jason Fowler and Ron Fabizak were second with 12.74 pounds and had Big Bass Honors with a 3.60-pound largemouth.
Jimmy Brown and partner Dylan were third with 8.09 pounds.
The Michiana Fishing League has another Open Tournament on Hudson Lake August 7th (Sunday) 6 AM to 1PM. There is no membership fee and entry fee is $50 with optional Big Bass entry of $10.