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Friday, October 10, 2025
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Butchers Baits Report
Jeremy Siler and Brock Howell used crankbaits and jigs to catch 15.07 pounds and win the Butcher's Baits Sunday League at Portage Lake.
Blake Ruge and Rick Paradine finished second with 14.10 pounds and they also had the biggest bass with a 4.05 largemouth. Their fish were caught using soft plastics.
Third place went to Dustin Wynberg and Chad Hodge with 11.15 pounds caught “jigging.”
The next event is Sunday, July 20th at Klinger Lake from 6 a.m. - 1 p.m. Call 269-503-2706 for more information.
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MFL Report
The Michiana Fishing League’s tournament on Gull Lake near Kalamazoo was tailor-made for forward facing sonar users.
The top three places were filled by anglers fishing alone and “scoping” in deep water.
Jarrett Tighe was the eventual winner with 18.70 pounds. His biggest was a 4.38 pounder. He told tournament officials he was fishing in 75 feet of water.
Neil Vande Biezen finished second with 17.02 pounds and had big bass, a 4.40-pound kicker, and said he lost other 4 pounders that would have been difference makers. He fished in 80 feet.
John Gipson fished alone and had 16.68 pounds with a 3.68 kicker and was in the same area as Vande Biezen.
Chuck Powell and Louie Stout were the highest finishing two-man team yet were just out of the money with 15.90 pounds that included3.68-pound smallmouth. They fished skirted jigs and drop-shot rigs in 22 to 24 feet of water.
Derek Kelley and Jordan Smith won the critter pot with an 7.91-pound northern pike.
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Arjay’s Report
Jordan Smith and Derek Kelley caught the biggest bass of the night in the Arjay’s Wednesday weeknighter at Fish, Finch and Saddlebag lakes and won the event.
Big bass were elusive that night, so the winners’ 2.94-pound largemouth was big enough and helped them to a 12.40-pound limit. They skipped wacky rigs under docks.
Maynard Hochstetler and Marvin Bontrager finished second with 9.76 pounds caught on deep weed edges with jigs.
John Miller and Ashley Gibson were third with 8.78 pounds. They fished weed edges with jigs.
Fourth with a limit weighing 8.36 pounds was taken by Noah Chambers and Jacob Meeker who fished weed breaks with wacky worms and tube jigs.
The ClearH2O Tackle first out of the money prize (once again) went to Steve Martin and Josh Roberts with a limit weighing 8.34 pounds.
The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack for sixth was won by Scott and Carrigan Carpenter with five weighing 7.62 pounds. They fished docks with wacky worms and flats with Chatterbaits.
Tim and Daisy Tucker caught h a monster pike weighing 13 pounds to win the junk fish pot.
The Str8-Up Mounts lucky dog pot was won by Ray Lohr and Charlie Fouts while the side pot winners of $50 gas cards were won by Carrigan Carpenter and Seth Spaulding.
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SMAC Report
Rick Kedik and Scott Crocker won the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club tourney on the St. Joseph River at Buchanan Sunday.
Kedik and Crocker had 12.14 pounds that included the big bass of the tourney, a 3.59-pound largemouth. They said they fished jigs and frogs in four to six feet.
Dan Baerwald and Kyle Leamer were second with an 11.17-pound limit. They fished jigs in 2 to 4 feet.
Third went to Mike Martin and Tim Cook with a 9.90-pound limit. They said they fished stick style baits in 2 to 4 feet.
The 10 teams competing weighed in six limits and 11 smallmouth were reported. Jeff Stankovich, who fished alone, caught a limit of smallmouth but fell short of the money spots.
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Michiana Singles Report
Four of 12 teams caught limits in the Michiana Singles tourney on a very busy Donnell Lake last Thursday evening.
Rick Kedik won with a limit of largemouth totaling 9.40 pounds and tied for big bass honors with a 2.78 pounder. Kedik used jigs in 15-20 feet to earn $260. Kedik's 2.78-pound big bass split earned him an extra $30 after the split.
Zac Checkley tied for big bass. Checkley used drop shots in 15 feet.
Tanner Hursh finished second with 7.82 pounds. Hursh used drop-shot rigs in 20-plus feet to take home $120.
Third went to Bret Burgess who had a mix bag of largemouth and smallmouth totaling 7.40 pounds. Burgess used jigs along the drop-offs to win $60.
The next Singles event will be Aug. 10 at Diamond Lake. Contact Rick, 269-240-4917, for more information.