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Casting Couples will conduct an Open Bass Tournament June 16 at Lake St. Clair.
Although Casting Couples regular season events are for man/woman teams, the Open is available to all-male teams.
The tournament is a fund-raiser with an $80 entry fee. Hours are 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. and they will use the Clinton River cutoff ramp.
The tournament is the day before the R&B Circuit there and tournament director Rick Kedik said R&B competitors who are there to practice are welcome to fish. Call or text Kedik at 269-240-4917.
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Jeff Stankovich and Mark Van won the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club tournament on Paw Paw Lake last weekend with 16.65 pounds caught on Senkos.
Second place went to Scott Crocker and Dan Linn with 14.27 pounds caught on Senkos and jigs while Brandon and Matt Gunn had 13.85 pounds, including big bass that weighed 4.44 pounds (Their pattern and lures wasn’t provided).
Nick Mills and Andrew Smith were fourth with 11.90 pounds.
The next event is a weeknight at Juno from 6-9 p.m. All trailers must be parked at Clear H2o and drivers will be shuttled to the ramp.
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By Louie Stout
DNR Report Highlights Michiana Tournament Angler Successes
Photo by Andy Buss
Southwest Michigan and northern Indiana are no strangers to the popularity of bass tournaments.
As reported here last week, both state DNRs require tournament directors report their events through a registration program.
(See: Regulation Reveals How Popular Bass Tournaments Are)
A closer look at statistics garnered by the state agencies offers some insight as to the amount of tournament activities and the fish the groups are catching in Michiana.
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New College Bass Tour Kicks Off at Muskegon
D&R Sports Center in Kalamazoo has created the College Bass Tour in Michigan for college anglers.
The four-event team tournament schedule is open to collegiate anglers under the age of 28. Annual memberships are $40 per angler and tournament entry fees are $60.
The tournament schedule is June 16, Muskegon; June 17, Grand River; July 14, Sanford Lake; July 15, Wixom.
The championship will be held Aug. 11-12 near Alpena. The winner receives a new Tracker/Mercury boat package. In addition, the CBT will be awarding scholarships through the Kevin VanDam Foundation.
For more information, visit www.collegebasstour.com.
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David Eggers (Granger) and Tad Hepler (Niles), defending champions in the Sturgeon Bay Open in Wisconsin, finished 13th this year and took home $1,800.
The Michiana team had 48.48 pounds of smallmouth during the two-day event won by locals Jason Stangal and John Ullmer who had 57.87 pounds, including 29.22 pounds the second day.
The annual tournament featured 127 boats that weighed in 134 20-pound-plus limits over the two days. There were nine smallmouth caught that weighed 7 pounds or more and big bass was an 8.78-pound, 22-inch smallmouth.
“We just couldn’t get a fish over 5 ½ pounds,” said Hepler. “Nearly every team that finished ahead of us had a 6 or 7 pounder in their sack.”
Hepler and Eggers used swimbaits and tubes to catch their fish.