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Friday, September 26, 2025
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SMAC Report
Bill Mathews and Chris Zodice - 1st Place
Bill Mathews and Chris Zodice caught five bass weighing 14.28 pounds to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club tournament on Diamond Lake last weekend.
The winners also won the big bass pot with a 3.85-pound largemouth. They fished jigs on shallow flats.
Second place went to Tom Noe and John Gipson with a limit weighing 11.96 pounds caught on topwaters and jigs.
Bret Gessinger and Mike VanderReyden - 3rd Place
Bret Gessinger and Mike VanderReyden were third with 10.80 pounds caught on drop shots.
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker - 4th Place
Terry Smith and Scott Crocker were fourth with 10.64 caught on jigs while Jason Dittmar and Dave Eggers were fifth with 9.56 caught on jigs.
The next SMAC event is a weeknighter June 30 at Juno.
Jason Dittmar and Dave Eggers - 5th Place
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Casting Couples Report
Rick Kedik (South Bend) and Scott Crocker (Niles) - 1st Place
Rick Kedik (South Bend) and Scott Crocker (Niles) won the Casting Couples Open held at Lake St. Clair last weekend.
Since the tournament was an open event, it was not limited to male/female teams.
The duo had 19.70 pounds of smallmouth to win $300. They caught their fish on tubes fished in one area where the water was 13 to 15 feet deep.
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Arjays Report
Jeremy Daniels and Anthony Sivits - 1st Place
Klinger Lake fished tough for 34 teams in the Arjay’s Wednesday night League last week, but Jeremy Daniels and Anthony Sivits were able to scratch out a 7.22-pound limit to win the Wild Minnow Baits first-place prize.
Only two limits were caught that night and only 52 fish were weighed in. One of those was a smallmouth.
Ryan Miller and Chris Bundy - 2nd Place
Second place went to Ryan Miller and Chris Bundy with a limit weighing 6.08 pounds while Doug and Eric Sanderson were third with four weighing 5.98 pounds.
John and Ashley Miller - Big Bass and 4th Place
The Tackle Shack Big Bass Award went to John and Ashley Miller with a 2.20-pound bass.
The Pigeon Inn Junk Fish Award was a tie between Joe and Cole Long and Steve and Amy Martin, both with a 0.70-pound rock bass.
It was Sponsors Appreciation Night with plaques awarded to the top three places and big bass winner.
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Casting Couples Report
Bill Mathews and Cortney Heartline - 2nd Place and Big Bass
When bass tournaments are held on Corey and Harwood lakes, most - if not all - teams choose Corey.
But when the Casting Couples were there last Saturday, Harwood not only produced first and second place but a giant bass as well.
Ryan and Alyssa Yoder chose the smaller Harwood Lake out of necessity due to a blown outboard engine. They caught five keepers weighing 13.94 pounds and won $215. They also had the second largest bass, a 3.68 pounder. Their fish came on swimbaits.
Bill Mathews and Cortney Heartline were second ($110) with only two fish weighing 8.12 pounds, but one of those weighed 6.84 pounds that earned them the big bass pot ($55). The big fish came on a jig in 10 feet of water.
John and Heather Miller fished Corey for third ($60) with 7.62 pounds caught on worms while Rick and Jennifer Kedik were fourth (Harwood) with four fish weighing 7.04 pounds to earn a vehicle detail from R&B Car Company. They used swimbaits.
The next couple’s event is July 11 at Long Lake northeast of Kalamazoo. Call Rick, 269-240-4917 for more information.
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SMAC Report
Jason Dittmar and Dave Eggers - 1st Place
Jason Dittmar and Dave Eggers anchored an 11.40-pound limit with a 4.76-pound largemouth to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) tournament on Cory Lake last weekend.
The winners said they used tube jigs to out-fish 17 other teams.
Chuck Powell and Louie Stout - 2nd Place
Second place went to Chuck Powell and Louie Stout with five fish weighing 9.60. They caught their fish by drop-shotting Strike King Dream Shots and casting Yamamoto Hula Grubs in 15 feet of water and split shot-rigging Zoom Trick Worms in 8-14 feet of water.
Scott Crocker and Terry Smith - 3rd Place
Scott Crocker and Terry Smith fished on nearby Harwood Lake to finish third with 9.37 pounds caught on jigs around docks.
Jeff Stankovich and Paul Grove - 4th Place
Matt Gordon and Dave Hoffman - 5th Place
Jeff Stankovich and Paul Grove were fourth with five weighing 8.96 pounds caught on Senkos while Matt Gordon and Dave Hoffman were fifth with 8.61 pounds caught on jigs and worms.
The next event is Sunday on Diamond Lake from 6-12.