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Jake and Stephanie Lisenko
Jake and Stephanie Lisenko (South Bend) caught 15 pounds to win the Casting Couples Classic on White Lake last week.
The Classic teams battled chilly temperatures and 15- to 25-mph winds on the Whitehall, Mich. lake.
The Lisenkos fished weedy point edges with º-ounce Native Pride jigs (bluegill) in 8 to 14 feet of water. They won $650 plus the bonus Big Bass Award ($50 and a $50 Clear H2o gift card) for a 4.43-pound largemouth. They caught three keepers and the big bass in the first 30 minutes before landing their last two keepers later in the day.
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Gipson and Gramps Win Clear H2o Classic
John Gipson (Battle Ground, Ind.) and his grandfather Jim Weaver (Dowagiac, Mich.) fished 8 to 10 feet of water with finesse baits on the St. Joseph River at Benton Harbor to win the Clear H2o Big Bass Challenge Classic last weekend.
The winners ($360) had 13 pounds, 10 ounces caught on 3.5-inch tube jigs and Jackall iShads.
Justin Hahaj (Bridgman, Mich.) and Mike Rappette (Benton Harbor) were second ($250) with 9-1 caught on tubes and crawdads along current breaks.
Tom Noe (Benton Harbor) was third ($120) with 5 pounds 4 ounces that included big bass, a 3-15 smallmouth. Noe caught his on a Missile Drop Craw.
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Griva and Klavinski win $2,000 in R&B Classic.
Darwin "Bear" Griva (Angola) and Mike Klavinski (Hudson) used pink finesse worms on lightweight Carolina rigs to accumulate a 17.39-pound limit of largemouth bass and win the R&B Circuit Classic last week on White Lake.
The Classic brought together East and West Division leaders and paid out $7,800.
The winners worked their rigs in 10 to 15 feet of water on "hard" areas along a weed line. Their limit included the biggest bass of the day, a 5.78-pound beast. They won $2,000 and another $250 for the big bass.
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Steven Neale (Roanoke, Ind.) and George Crooks (Indianapolis)
The Indiana Bass Masters team of Steven Neale (Roanoke, Ind.) and George Crooks (Indianapolis) took home top honors in the Indiana Bass Federation Zone 1 Tournament of Champions on Lake Wawasee last weekend.
The contest featured the two highest finishing anglers from each of the 23 IBF clubs in the northern part of the state.
The winners won $485 with five bass weighing 10.11 pounds. They also took Big Bass Honors ($80) with a 3.79-pound largemouth that earned them another $80.
South Bend’s St. Joe Valley Bass Masters’ Fred Zimmerman and Bryce Amber (Granger) took second ($326) with a limit weighing 7.90 pounds.
Andrew Quillen (Fort Wayne) and Tom Stark (Angola) representing the Angola Bass Masters were third ($277) with 7.33 pounds, edging out Art Kerns (Wheatfield) and John Stepp (Michigan City) by only .01 of a pound.
A total of 45 fish were brought to the scales weighing 71.12 pounds. All were released alive.
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Quillen, Crim Win Bradley Benefit on Maxinkuckee
Andrew Quillen and Nick Crim caught 11.35 pounds at Lake Maxinkuckee (Culver, Ind.) to win the annual John C. Bradley Memorial Bass Tournament last week.
The winners ($475) used craw baits to catch a limit from an isolated weed patch on a flat. When the wind diminished around midday, they drifted to the end of a point where they found another weed patch and culled two keepers with drop-shot rigs. They caught a dozen or more other keepers but couldn’t upgrade. The duo used Strike King Finesse worms, Zoom Craws and a Strike King Rage Craw.
The event, hosted by Marco Bass Masters of Plymouth, attracted 45 teams and raised more than $1,400 that went to the Boys & Girls Club of Marshall County and the Marshall County Council on Aging.
Matt Hoffer and Ryan Gray were second ($300) with 11.20 pounds while Dave Morrow and Hunter Patton were third ($225) with 11.03 pounds.
Other cash winners were Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler, 10.93 pounds, $150; Cole Schroeder and Alex Petersen, 10.51 pounds, $125; Bill Whittaker and Doug Klapp, 10.39 pounds; Gerald Magee and Chip Harrison, 10.38 pounds, $75; Bob and Brandon Hensley, 10.37 pounds, $60; and Marcus Courtney and Rick Patton, 10.26 pounds, $50.
Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler caught the biggest bass, a 3.57 pounder.
Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler caught the biggest bass, a 3.57 pounder that won them $337.50. Second biggest bass ($112.50) was won by Greg Anderson and Lance Roby with a 3.17-pound fish.
The $100 Janice Hite Memorial Award, given to the top female participant/team, was and won by Samantha and Jim Hippensteel.
John Bradley was an avid bass fisherman and an active member of the Marco Bass Masters for over 30 years. He served the Plymouth community as a Prudential Insurance agent for 30 years before retiring and passed away May 25, 2013.