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Friday, September 26, 2025
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MFL Report
Dan Posey - 1st Place
Dan Posey caught 10.11 pounds to win the Michiana Fishing League tournament on the St. Joseph River at Buchanan last weekend.
Posey’s catch included big bass, a 2.81 pounder.
Chris Fritsche and Ron Linde - 2nd Place
Kasey Conklin and Cameron Meade - 3rd Place
Chris Fritsche and Ron Linde were second with 6.62 pounds while Kasey Conklin and Cameron Meade were third with 6.28 pounds.
Jeremy and Lane Groves were fourth with 6.02 pounds.
Bubba’s flies, jigs and topwaters accounted for most of the fish caught in the event.
The remaining MFL season is closed to the public as the fields have been filled.
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Casting Couples Report
Loren and Carrie Crosbie - 1st Place
Loren and Carrie Crosbie (Osceola) won the Casting Couples tournament on Fish Lake near Marcellus, Mich. last weekend.
The Crosbies had 11.09 pounds to win $165 and also took home big bass honors with a 3.66-pound largemouth for another $35. They fished Jigs with Zoom Speed Craw trailers and Senkos.
Pat Malicki and Ada LaCluyse - 2nd Place
Pat Malicki and Ada LaCluyse (South Bend) were second ($80) with a limit weighing 8.62 pounds caught on Senko's and tube jigs in seven feet of water.
Rick and Jennifer Kedik - 3rd Place
Rick and Jennifer Kedik (South Bend) had a limit bass totaling 7.93 pounds for third to win the R&B Car Company truck detail gift certificate. The Kediks used jigs and worms.
There are two tournaments left, Aug.29th at Gull Lake 7-1. Entry fee is $50; one team member must be a female.
Also, Casting Couples will hold an open tournament on Diamond Lake Sept.12. Hours are 7-1 and entry fee is $55 and includes big bass pot. Both team members can be male.
For more information, call Rick Kedik at 269-240-4917 or visit Facebook MichianaCastingCouples.
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Arjay’s Report
Hunter Zona and Ben Harrison - 1st Place
Hunter Zona and Ben Harrison tightened their grip on another Anglers of Year Title Wednesday night by winning the Arjay’s Wednesday Night League event on Lake Templene.
They had the only limit among 27 teams and it weighed 9.26 pounds.
Ryan Hershberger and Dale Raber - 2nd Place
Justin Spence and Wes Stevens - 3rd Place
Second place went to Ryan Hershberger and Dale Raber with three bass weighing 5.52 pounds while Justin Spence and Wes Stevens had three for third that weighed 4.94 pounds.
John and Ashley Miller - 5th Place
Steven Wickey and Jeremiah Yoder were fourth with two weighing 4.74 and John and Ashley Miller fifth with three weighing 4.52. Wickey and Yoder also won the big bass pot with a 3.24 pounder.
Clear H2o first out of the money went to Ryan Miller and Chris Bundy with 3.84 pounds. The Jaywalkers gift card for second out of the money was won by Joshua Leonard and Justin Groff with 3.66 pounds and the Michiana Outdoors News third out of the money went to Hunter Sites and Sam Deuel with 3.48 pounds.
The junk fish title was won by Wyatt Haskins and Ben Stone with a carp weighing 5.40 pounds.
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SMAC Report
Billy Mathews and Chirs Iodice continued their dominance in Southwest Michigan Anglers Club events by winning at Magician Lake last weekend.
There were 25 teams that caught 14 limits in the event.
Mathews and Iodice had a limit weighing 11.27 pounds they said they caught on drop shots, edging out Trevor Paulus and Matt Gordon whose limit weighed 10.63. They also had big fish of the event, a 2.80-pound largemouth and caught their fish on drop shots and tubes.
Steve Esbin and Eric Howell were third with 9.70 pounds caught on drop shots and wacky rigs while Devin Wright and Derek Kelley had 9.26 pounds on drop shots for fourth place.
Fifth place went to Jackson Disher and Jerrett Tye with 9.11 caught on jigs.
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Arjay’s Report
Mark and Mike Oldenberg - 1st Place
Mark and Mike Oldenberg caught a limit weighing 9.49 pounds to win Arjay’s Wednesday night fishing league at Portage Lake near Schoolcraft, Mich. last week.
Scott Carpenter and Brandon Flowers - 2nd Place
Steven Wickey and Jeremiah Yoder - 3rd Place
Scott Carpenter and Brandon Flowers were second with a limit weighing 8.58 pounds while Steven Wickey and Jeremiah Yoder were third with 8.02 pounds.
Carpenter and Flowers also won the Tackle Shack Big Bass Award with a 3.04-pound bass.
Anthony Sivits and Kim - 5th Place
Other money spots were Kent Dowden, fourth, 7.06 pounds; Anthony Sivits and Kim, fifth, 6.48 pounds; and Gary Butcher and Scott Smith, sixth, 6.20 pounds.
Clear H2o first out money went to Steve and Amy Martin with 5.28 pounds while Ryan Miller and Brendon Bundy took the Jaywalkers second out of money with 4.96 pounds. The Michiana Outdoors News third out of money went to Junior and Keturah Yoder with 3.98 pounds.
Sawyer and Travis Brown won the Pigeon River Junk Fish Prize
Sawyer and Travis Brown won the Pigeon River junk fish prize with a carp weighing 20.56 pounds caught on a drop-shot rig.