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Jim Wheeler (Valparaiso) and Ray Smith (Portage)
Fishing a variety of jigs and soft stickbaits around shallow cover, Jim Wheeler (Valparaiso) and Ray Smith (Portage) sacked a 19.95-pound limit of largemouth bass to win the R&B Circuit West Division Tournament on Austin Lake.
Their sack included the Native Pride Tackle Big Bass - a 6.29-pound Behemoth.
Wind was pivotal, they said. They struggled until 10:30, when they began targeting windy structure. At that time they quickly landed a limit and culled several times. The big fish bit a jig. They won $734 and another $280 for the big bass.
Second place Teddy Bradley (Mishawaka) and Mark Fennell (Lagrange) used a 14-foot john boat to slip into neighboring West Lake where they sorted through 20 keepers on their way to 16.46 pounds, which included the second largest fish of the tournament, a 4.54-pound largemouth. They caught their fish with Zoom Horny Toads and wacky rigged Senkos around shallow weeds and docks.
Brothers, Kevin (Litchfield) and Kelly Warner (Homer) skipped jigs around docks for a 16.44-pound limit and third place. They culled through 15 keepers.
More information can be found at www.randbbasscircuit.com
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Bassmaster EliteFrom the earliest days of professional fishing a half-century ago, the most important skill an angler could have is the ability to find the biggest schools of bass. That, more than casting ability or lure selection and presentation, sets the greats in the sport, men like Roland Martin, Rick Clunn and Kevin VanDam, apart from the rest.
With the start of the 2018 Bassmaster Elite Series, that fish-finding wizardry will be even more vital, thanks to a new Elite Series rule that went into effect today.
"Beginning at the time the Elite Series schedule is announced next week, anglers are prohibited from soliciting or intentionally receiving any information about the locations of fish or fishing areas on those waters," announced B.A.S.S. Tournament Director Trip Weldon.
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Elkins Wins Bassmaster Event at Oneida
Kalamazoo’s Mike Elkins won the Bassmaster Northern Open Co-Angler Division on Lake Oneida near Syracuse, N.Y. last weekend.
Elkins Wins Bassmaster Event at Oneida
Elkins caught 29 pounds, 9 ounces to win a Triton 179 TrX bass boat with a Mercury 115 four-stroke outboard valued at $30,000.
The pro division was won by Stanley Sypeck Jr. with 55-8.
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Brian Hensley and Mike Minix caught five fish weighing 10.95 pounds, including big bass (2.62 pounds), to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club Tuesday night event on Eagle Lake.
The winners fished PopRs and Neko rigs.
Mike VanderReyden and Brett Gessinger were second with 9.22 pounds caught on tube baits and Senkos while Scott Crocker and Rick Kedik were third with 8.52 pounds caught on Big Snack Jigs.
All 14 teams weighed in fish and there were 12 limits.
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PLATTSBURGH, N.Y.
Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich.
Ron Nelson of Berrien Springs, Mich., who started the day in third place, brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 18 pounds, 9 ounces to jump to the top of the leaderboard and win the Costa FLW Series Northern Division event on Lake Champlain presented by Power-Pole.
Nelson's three-day total of 15 bass weighing 54 pounds, 9 ounces, was enough to earn him the win by a 10-ounce margin and the first place prize package worth $93,200, including a new Ranger Z521C with a 200-horsepower Evinrude outboard.
Nelson weighed a mixed bag of three largemouth and two smallmouth on each of the three days of competition and was the only competitor to surpass the 18-pound mark on Saturday.