Tournament News Powered By Lake Drive Marine
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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LMBT Report
Tim Lusher and Chris Hubbard - 1st Place
Tim Lusher and Chris Hubbard caught 12 pounds, 13 ounces to win the Little Money Bass Tournament at Portage Lake last weekend.
The winners caught their fish on jigs fished in weeds growing in 4 to 8 feet of water.
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Chad Worvey and Chris Maynard - 1st Place
Chad Worvey and Chris Maynard won the Southwest Michigan Angler’s Club (SMAC) at Paw Paw Lake Saturday with a 15.96-pound limit.
The winners fished topwaters and drop-shot rigs along the outside weed edges. Four of their five fish were smallmouth.
In fact, 40 of the 93 fish weighed in by the 22 teams during the tournament were smallmouth. There were 17 five-fish limits.
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Casting Couples Report
Ryan and Alyssa Yoder (Elkhart) - 1st Place
Ryan and Alyssa Yoder (Elkhart) won the Casting Couples tournament last weekend on Baldwin Lake with 9.12 pounds.
The event attracted 16 teams.
The Yoder's used jerkbaits just on the edge of the drop off to win $255.
Loren and Carrie Crosbie (Osceola) - 2nd Place
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Arjay’s Report
Arjay’s Thursday Night competitors found tough conditions in the season opener on Prairie River Lake northeast of Sturgis, Mich.
There were 20 boats but only one limit was weighed in and the big bass of the night barely cleared the 2-pound mark.
Gary Butcher and Scott Smith - 1st Place
Gary Butcher and Scott Smith had the only limit. It weighed 7.72 pounds caught on Butcher's Baits stick worms in 5-10 feet.
Ryan Hershberger - 2nd Place
John Miller and Robbie Gibson - 3rd Place
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Starboard Choice Report
Justin Hahaj and Mike Rappette - 1st Place
Justin Hahaj and Mike Rappette won the Starboard Choice Marine Tournament on the St. Joseph River at Benton Harbor with 19.30 pounds of smallmouth bass.
Steven Esbin and Eric Havel - 2nd Place