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The winners had 10 pounds, 14 ounces. They won $210 plus $250 in the Re/Max Ability plus award and a $100 bonus pot for having the biggest bass, a 2.37 pounder. They also garnered the $50 big bass pot from Double Dís Lawn Service.
Dave Dowden (Edwardsburg) and Jeremy Cooper (Osceola) were second ($100) with 9.58 pounds and won bonus pots from Re/Max Ability Plus ($100) and Re/Max Icon Group ($50).
Tim Lusher (Elkhart) and Chris Hubbard (Osceola) were third ($50) with 9.40 pounds that also got them a Re/Max Ability Plus bonus ($150).
Chuck Sidwell (Elkhart) and Paris Bryan (Elkhart) were fourth ($40) with 8.80 pounds. They also had second big bass honors ($40) with a 2.26 fish and got the Re/Max Icon Group $50 bonus.
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Gipson and Gramps Win at Magician with Big Smallie
John Gipson (Battle Ground, Ind.) and his grandfather Jim Weaver (Dowagiac) won the Clear H2o Big Bass Challenge on Magician with 15 pounds, 10 ounces that included big bass of the event, a 3-13 smallmouth.
The winners ($280) caught all of their fish on a flick shake worm in 4-8 feet.
Justin Hahaj (Bridgman) and Herman Barry (Watervliet) were second ($180) with 13-11 caught on drop-shot rigs in 10 feet.
Mark and Sue Michael (Sturgis) were third ($100) with 8-9 caught on various baits fished on a flat.
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Ron and Debbie Desimone (Elkhart) had four smallmouth and one largemouth on Eagle Lake to win the Casting Couples season finale held on Juno and Eagle lakesThe winners caught 9.77 pounds total weight from a sandy flat in Eagle. They won $230.
Brian and Renee Hensley
Brian and Renee Hensley (Edwardsburg) finished second ($120) with 9.69 pounds. They worked weeds in 7 to 10 feet of water in Eagle. The couple also won the Anglers of Year title.
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Gerald Swindle Wins Second Angler Of The Year Title At Mille Lacs Bassmaster Championship
Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., wins the 2016 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year at Mille Lacs Lake held out of Onamia, Minn., Sunday. - Photo by James Overstreet/Bassmaster
ONAMIA, Minn. — Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., clinched his second Angler of the Year title since 2004 at the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota.
A total purse of $1 million was paid out to the Top 50 Bassmaster Elite Series pros, along with berths to the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro. Swindle collected $100,000, and the remaining 49 anglers earned shares of the remaining $900,000.
The Top 39 anglers at this event will be competing in the Classic next March on Lake Conroe near Houston, Texas.
Swindle, a 15-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier, struggled to catch competitive limits on Mille Lacs Lake during the first two days of the championship, but he figured out the fish on the final day of the championship today, bringing in a five-fish limit of smallmouth bass that weighed 22 pounds.
“The last thing I wanted was to win this title without catching the kind of fish that Mille Lacs is known for producing,” Swindle said. “I left the docks this morning with the full intention of going out and catching them how I wanted to catch them. I threw a jerkbait and a vibrating jig and had an awesome day. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut.”
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Swindle Still On Top At Angler Of The Year At Mille Lacs Bassmaster Championship
ONAMIA, Minn. — Another impressive day of hefty smallmouth astonished fans during the second round of the $1 million Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Minnesota’s famed Mille Lacs Lake.
On Thursday, the Top 50 qualifiers from the Bassmaster Elite Series produced 23 limits exceeding the 20-pound mark. Today’s field did one better by bringing 24 limits to the scales exceeding 20 pounds.
While that’s an impressive turnout yet again, the angler who catches the heaviest three-day limit of bass does not win this tournament; rather points are the key to victory this week.
Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., held onto his Angler of the Year lead after weighing 15 pounds, 13 ounces, which brought his two-day total to 25-6. He improved on Thursday’s performance, but Keith Combs of Huntington, Texas, is within 28 points of Swindle in the AOY race.