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Friday, September 26, 2025
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SMAC report
Billy Mathews and Evan DeLarosa - 1st Place
Billy Mathews and Evan DeLarosa caught 14.35 pounds to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Tuesday nighter on Paw Paw Lake last week.
The winners also had big bass of the tournament, a 3.92 pounder. They said they used jigs and Missile D-Bombs.
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker - 2nd Place
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker were second with 12.51 pounds that they say were caught on jigs.
Most of the tournament fish were caught in less than 10 feet of water.
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Best Catch Report
Jim and Lori Wheeler - 1st Place
Jim and Lori Wheeler caught a 12.04-pound limit at Lake Tippecanoe last weekend to win the Best Catch Couples tournament.
The Wheelers also had big bass with a 5.02 largemouth. They caught their fish with jigs on docks.
Randy and Marti Walls - 3rd Place
Craig and Heather Fannin - 3rd Place
Second place went to Randy and Marti Walls with a limit weighing 10.09 pounds caught on worms fished on deep weed edges while Craig and Heather Fannin used jigs and worms around weeds for third with 9.06 pounds.
The next event is at Barton Lake near Schoolcraft Aug. 10 from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. (EST) Entry is $45 per team. For more information, contact Randy Walls, 219-221-1109.
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MFL Report
Gary Miller and Andrew Slee - 1st Place
Gary Miller and Andrew Slee anchored their limit weighing 14.90 pounds with a 4.55-pound bass to win the Michiana Fishing League event on Sylvan Lake last weekend.
Bob Johnson - 2nd Place
Bob Johnson fished alone and was second with 10.24 pounds while Aaron Cowans and Silas Burke were third with 9.65 pounds.
Topwaters and chartreuse-colored crankbaits produced a lot of the fish during the rainy day.
The next event is Aug. 16 on the St. Joseph River in Buchanan, Mich. For more information, contact Jeremy Groves, 574-262-2899.
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PBL Report
Buck Mallory - 1st Place
Boater Buck Mallory of Lawton, Mich. brought a five-bass limit to the scale Saturday weighing 25 pounds, 5 ounces to win the Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine event at Lake St. Clair in Harrison Township, Mich. For his victory, Mallory earned a total of $4,652.
"I was fishing in the main lake on St. Clair," said Mallory, who earned the first victory of his career. "The key was sticking around and grinding it out. I didn't leave a 100-yard stretch the whole day. I just did circles and circles and circles until I couldn't do them anymore. And then I did it five more times and caught one better one that got me the win."
Mallory said that his key bait was a drop-shot rig with a Strike King ElazTech Z Too soft jerkbait with an Eco Pro Tungsten Full Contact Drop-Shot weight.
"I didn't realize that I would be so emotional when I finally got a win," Mallory went on to say. "I was so due. I'm really excited."
The top 10 boaters finished the tournament as follows:
1st: Buck Mallory of Lawton, Mich., five bass, 25-5, $4,652
2nd: Mike Raber of Wolcottville, Ind., five bass, 24-10, $2,326
3rd: Heath Wagner of Angola, Ind., five bass, 23-3, $1,318
4th: Beau Bickford of Findlay, Ohio, five bass, 23-3, $1,318
5th: Hugh Cosculluela of The Woodlands, Texas., five bass, 22-12, $894
6th: Wyatt Walker of Parma, Mich., five bass, 22-9, $820
7th: Robert Lefere of Jackson, Mich, five bass, 22-1, $708
7th: Wayne Macklin of Linden, Mich., five bass, 21-10, $708
9th: Chris Stanford of Omaha, Neb., five bass, 21-6, $596
10th: Andrew Smith of Chesterfield Township, Mich., five bass, 21-3, $496
10th: Chase Morgan of Danville, Ind., five bass, 21-3, $496
Smith earned the day's Boater Big Bass Award of $685 after bringing a 5-pound, 11-ounce bass to the scale.
Cosculluela was also the highest-finishing FLW PHOENIX BONUS member and took home an extra $500. Boaters are eligible to win up to an extra $7,000 per event in each Phoenix Bass Fishing League presented by T-H Marine tournament if all requirements are met. More information on the Tom Bauer of Martinsville, Indiana, won the Co-angler Division and $2,326 Saturday after catching five bass weighing 23 pounds, 10 ounces.
The top 10 co-anglers finished as follows:
1st: Tom Bauer of Martinsville, Ind., five bass, 23-10, $2,326
2nd: Austin Freed of Wolcottville, Ind., five bass, 22-14, $1,163
3rd: Kenneth Lesner of Westland, Mich., five bass, 22-4, $777
4th: Davis Stutzman of Shipshewana, Ind., five bass, 21-12, $543
5th: Daniel Hechler of Franklin, Ohio, five bass, 21-4, $465
6th: Marvin Washington of Canton, Mich., five bass, 21-3, $426
6th: Aaron Stahley of Batavia, Ohio, five bass, 20-12, $388
8th: Matthew Kime of Holland, Ohio, five bass, 19-14, $349
9th: Scott Sims of Morgantown, Ind., five bass, 19-13, $310
10th: Bill Miller of Metamora, Mich., five bass, 19-12, $613
Miller caught the largest bass in the Co-angler Division, weighing in at 6 pounds, 5 ounces. The catch added to his winnings as he earned the day's Co-angler Big Bass award of $342.
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Arjay’s Report
Martin and Lester Hochstetler - 1st Place
Martin and Lester Hochstetler out-fished 35 other teams on Klinger Lake to win the Arjay’s Wednesday Night League event last week.
There were 14 limits weighed in but all were small limits.
The Hochstetlers had a limit weighing 10.44 pounds and included the Tackle Shack Big Bass of the event, a 3.28 pounder.