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Tuesday, September 30, 2025
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Tackle Shack Report
Bob Evans and John Grimm - 1st Place
Bob Evans and John Grimm fished submerged wood with Ned rigs to catch 11.32 pounds and win the Tackle Shack Polar Bear Open on the St. Joseph River at 6 Span Bridge.
They pocketed $390. The tournament drew 24 boats.
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Starboard Choice Report
Josh Weidner and Bob Hyatt - 1st Place
Josh Weidner and Bob Hyatt caught 10.45 pounds and had big bass to win the Starboard Choice Marine Fall Open on Lake Maxinkuckee last weekend.
Weidner and Hyatt, who won $200 for first, took big bass ($60) with a 3.25-pound smallmouth. The winners reported catching their fish shallow once the sun came out.
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Polar Bear Report
Andy Buss and Kerry Frey - 1st Place
A giant bass helped carry Andy Buss and Kerry Frey to victory in the Tackle Shack Polar Bear Tournament on Duke’s Bridge last weekend.
It was truly a Polar-Bear-Kind-of-Day. Fifteen teams fished in snow, rain and 30 mph winds.
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Tackle Shack Report
The father-and-son team of Brian and Don Whitacre won the Tackle Shack Polar Bear Open last weekend on Lake Maxinkuckee.
They used Yamamoto Hula Grubs to catch 10.91 pounds and win $400.
Twenty-five teams participated and nine limits were weighed in.
Ron Fabiszak and Ken Plencner used swimbaits to catch 10.62 pounds for second ($250) while Weidner and Hyatt (no first names provided) were third ($150) with 9.74 pounds, also caught on swimbaits.
Rajun Cajun and Eben Lambert - 4th Place
Rajun Cajun and Eben Lambert were fourth ($75) with 9.52 pounds caught on jerkbaits and blades.
Leann and Scott Sizemore won the big bass pot ($130) with a 3.03-pound smallmouth and Dan Powell and CJ (no last name provided) won the critter pot ($130) with a 3.13-pound walleye.
The next event is Saturday at Duke’s Bridge from 7:30-2:30.
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By Louie Stout
Neil VandeBiezen (Ostego, MI.) and Andy Bachean (Kalamazoo, MI.) - 1st Place
CastingCouples Report
Aaron and Jake Burbank (Osceola) - 2nd Place
Neil VandeBiezen (Ostego, MI.) and Andy Bachean (Kalamazoo, MI.) caught a four-fish limit totaling a whopping 20.39 pounds on the St. Joseph River at Benton Harbor to win the CastingCouples Open Tournament
They also had the big bass of the day with a 5.87- pound Smallmouth to earn them a total of $290. They said they used blade baits.