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Tuesday, January 13, 2026
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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.
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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.