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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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Starboard Choice Report
John and Marshall Dixon - 1st Place
John and Marshall Dixon caught 14 pounds, 1 ounce to win the Starboard Choice Marine Big Bass Challenge on Lake Maxinkuckee recently.
Bill Mathews and Kris Iodice - 2nd Place
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LMBT Report
Mickey Thomas and Don Miles - 1st Place
Mickey Thomas and Don Miles won the Little Money Bass Tournaments event on the St. Joseph River at Maggies Landing last weekend.
Thomas and Miles had 11 pounds, 13 ounces caught on 9k chatter baits and black and blue jigs in shallow water. They also won the big bass pot with a 3-pound, 5-ounce largemouth.
Chris Hubbard and Tim Lusher were second with 10 pounds, 4.6 ounces caught on Rat’L Traps and jigs.
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CastingCouples Report
Billy Mathews (Dowagiac, Mich.) and Kris Iodice (Chicago) - 1st Place
Billy Mathews (Dowagiac, Mich.) and Kris Iodice (Chicago) caught a five-fish limit bag of a Lifetime to win the CastingCouples Open at Webster Lake last weekend.
Their five bass total weighed 24.25 pounds and their big bass of the day was 5.47 pounds. They said they started in the shallow backwaters but were unable to get any bites. They moved to a bottleneck area of the lake where the fish were grouped up and getting ready to move shallow to start spawning. They used three hooks on their A-rigs in shallow weeds to catch the monster bag, with the biggest coming in the last half hour of the tournament. They took home $280.
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Best on Tour Report
Tournament Business
It is October and you and your partner just won the year end championship and the $20,000 cash prize that goes with it.
You drive home from the lake thinking about a new Lowrance Ghost Trolling Motor or Garmin Livescope along with something to keep your wife happy for letting you be gone in the first place. Maybe even a down payment on that new Skeeter FXR you have been looking at. You mentally spend the $10,000, your half of the winnings, before you even pull in the driveway back home.
The next day when telling your buddy at work, he asks “how much you owe in taxes?”
Taxes? You never even thought about that; how much could it be on $10,000? Your tax bill for that will be at least $2,500 and could go as high as $3,960 for just the federal portion, not to mention state taxes if they apply where you live.
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Mercury Report
Tournament Fishing
Tournament fishing has a significant place and influence in the fishing industry. The innovations developed by tournament anglers drive a lot of trends in the sport. Tournaments also unite anglers on bodies of water across the country and around the world. These events shape how many anglers fish and help build wonderful communities around a shared passion.
Tournaments aren’t for every angler. A quiet evening on the lake is vastly different than an early morning blastoff on tournament day. But for some anglers, competing with and against friends makes fishing more enjoyable.
Thankfully, the opportunities in tournament fishing are nearly endless. Whether you’d like to one day compete as a professional on a major trail, or you’re happy to compete as a club angler on a local lake, there’s a tournament that’s right for everyone.
Here’s some advice on how to get started.