Tournament News Powered By Lake Drive Marine
Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Tuesday, June 09, 2026
- Details
MFL Report
Jared Tighe and Dan Baerwald fished jigs in 5 to 25 feet to win the Michiana Fishing League tournament at Paw Paw Lake Sunday.
All but one of the 16 teams brough 5-fish limits to the scales and the one that didn’t had four fish.
The winners, who said they fished jigs, had 17.45 pounds topped by a 4.17 pounds kicker.
​John Gipson fished alone and finished second with 16.08 pounds. He fished 2 to 10 feet with a weightless worm and jigs.
Third place went to Chuck Powell and Jacob Shapland who had 15.92 pounds by fishing Pop-Rs and Senkos in 4 to 6 feet of water.
Jeremy Velthouse and Mason Harris won the big bass pot with a 4.54-pound largemouth. They caught it in 3 feet of water on a jerkbait.
- Details
SMAC Report
Skyler Traver and Nate Bell eked out a Southwest Michigan Anglers Club win at Magician Lake Saturday.
They had 12.06 pounds caught on drop-shot rigs in 5 to 15 feet.
Finding fish over two pounds was difficult. The 26 teams weighed in 24 limits that weighed 210.40 pounds.
Chris and Jay Shires were second with an 11.32-pound limit, anchored by big bass of the event, a 3.81-pound largemouth. They fished jigs and worms in 6 to 15 feet of water. The big fish bit a jig.
Tanner Hursh and Hailey Dodd had a 10.90-pound limit that earned them third place. They said they fished drop-shot rigs and jigs in 2 to 12 feet of water.
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker were fourth with 10.21 pounds and Paul Grove and Jeff Stankovich were fifth with 10.10 pounds.
The next tournament is a weeknighter, next Tuesday evening at Eagle Lake.
- Details
Arjay’s Report
Martin Hochstetler and Jonas Troyer kicked off the Arjay’s Wednesday nighters with a win on a tough night at Barton Lake.
There were only four limits weighed and Hochstetler and Troyer didn’t have one. But they did have a 4.38-pound bass to anchor their four fish weighing 8.08 pounds and win the Tackle Shack big bass pot. They caught their fish shallow while fishing jigs.
Charlie Fouts and Ray Lohr were second with a limit weighing 7.96 pounds, caught on spinnerbaits.
Third went to John Miller and Ashley Gibson who had a 7.46-pound limit. They also had the BAFA Fishing second big bass with a 2.22-pound largemouth. They fished docks.
Scott Carpenter and Carrigan Carpenter fished crankbaits and Chatterbaits to finish fourth with 7.02 pounds.
The first out of the money tackle pack went to Maynard Hochstetler and Marvin Bontrager with 7.02 pounds.
The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack for 6th place with 6.70 pounds was won by Manny Schwartz and Dennis Hostetler.
Noah Chambers and Jacob Meeker were seventh with 5.46 and won a prize donated by the lake association.
Gas card winners were Maynard Hochstetler and Braxton Bellew while the Jaywalker Restaurant junk fish pot was won by Miller and Gibson with a 6-pound pike.
- Details
Clear H2o Report
Fishing was very tough for Clear H2o anglers at Juno Lake last Thursday evening, but Ron Fabiszak and Jason Fowler found a BIG one to catapult them into the winner’s circle.
A 4-pound, 15-ounce largemouth helped Fabiszak and Fowler to the winning weight of 12 pounds, 5 ounces. They used Yamamotos and swimbaits to take the win. The big fish gives them the lead in the Ayres-Oak Insurance big fish of the year contest.

Second place went to Clay and Brad Sterling who fished Senkos to catch 11 pounds, 15 ounces.
Ian Hansen and Caleb Schaap finished third with 9-6, caught on glide baits while Trevor Paulus and Jason Cook were fourth with 8-14, caught on wacky worms.
The G. Loomis rod raffle was won by Joel Laskowski, courtesy of a donation from Custom Builders LLC.
The Classic Pot has climbed to $4,115.
The next Thursday nighter is at Klinger Lake. Call Clear H2o for details.
- Details
Four Flags Report
The 12 teams fishing the Four Flags season opener on Magician Lake had no problem catching keeper bass, but finding size was the issue.
Every team had a limit and multiple teams reported catching as many as 30 keepers but not one of them was much bigger than 2½ pounds. Anglers reported catching fish on multiple lure types and from shallow to 20 feet or more.
Josiah and Kevin Grandy won in a tight finish with 10.50 pounds to pocket $240. They caught their fish on topwater lures and drop-shot rigs.
Steve Martin and Joel Connelly were a close second ($144) with 10.26 pounds and had the biggest bass, a 2.59 pounder, that earned them another $120 pounds. They caught their fish on jigs and drop-shot rigs.
Third place ($96) went to Jeff Bostic and Dan Posey with 10.19. They caught their fish on tubes, Ned rigs and drop-shot rigs.