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Tuesday, April 28, 2026
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SMAC Report
Billy Mathews and Pete Lombardo didn’t catch much weight, but they got enough to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club tournament on Millpond (Dowagiac, Mich.)
The winners had 7 pounds, 11 ounces caught on frogs and jigs in shallow water.
Zack McNary and Jay Shires were second with only two fish that weighed 6.01 pounds, one of which was a 3.83 largemouth that won them the big bass pot. They also fished jigs shallow.
Rick Kedik and Wyatt Gerner only had one fish weighing 3.73 pounds but it was good enough for third place.
The tournament drew nine boats that caught 8 bass.
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Tackle Shack Report
Troy Allard and Nate Yoder fished a variety of baits to catch 14.54 pounds at Sylvan Lake and win the Tackle Shack tournament July 26.
The winners said it was a grind and they caught most of their fish on drop-shot rigs but also caught a few on Chatterbaits and crankbaits.
Second went to Randy Gallmeyer and Chase Laughlin with 14.23 pounds caught on Chatterbaits, wobble heads and crankbaits in 5 to 15 feet.
Maynard Hochstetler and Steven Wickey were third with 13.95 pounds. They said they punched weed beds and lily pads in 2 to 8 feet.
The biggest catch of the day was by Mason Alvarado who boated a 6.07- pound largemouth on a Chatterbait over weed clumps in about 7 feet of water.
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MFL Report
Brian Souza and Ed Madison won the Michiana Fishing League tournament held last weekend on Kalamazoo Lake.
The winners had 11 pounds that included big bass of the tournament, a 2.94 pounder. They fished drop-shot rigs on pier heads.
John Davis and Seth Spaulding were second with 10.98 pounds by skipping docks all day.
Shawn McDougal and Christopher Stamm Sr. finished third with 9.74. They fished drop shots and jigs on the pier heads.
C.J. Stamm won the critter pot with a 7.13 drum.
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SMAC Report
Dan Baerwald and Kyle Leamer won the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club tourney on Corey Lake Sunday.
The winners had 11.72 pounds which they said they caught on jigs in 10 to 20 feet.
Second place went to Chris and Jay Shires with a limit weighting 9.75 pounds. They fished drop-shot rigs in 10 to 20 feet. They also had the biggest bass, a 4.21-pound largemouth they said they caught on a BAFA Jig in 3 feet.
Rusty Robinson and Mike Fletcher were third with five weighing 9.51 pounds. They worked Chatterbaits in 5 to 10 feet.
Fourth went to Pat Filmore and Brent Burgess with a limit of 8.99 pounds.
The tournament drew 17 teams who carried 80 bass to the scales weighing 122.55 pounds.
Two of those were smallmouth.
The next event is tonight at Millpond near Dowagiac.
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Arjay’s Report
Justin and Hunter Kosmerick hung a big bass which was a difference maker, giving them the Arjay’s Wednesday night win at Corey Lake last week.
The Kosmericks’s had 11.42 pounds and the big bass weighed 4.69 pounds, a true lunker for Corey Lake.
Jordan Smith fished alone and grabbed second with 9.68, caught on jigs on outer edge of weeds.
Steven Wickey and Irvin Yoder had 9.28 for third. They skipped docks with wacky worms.
Fourth place went to Noah Chambers and Justin Holbrook with a limit weighing 8.12 pounds caught on shallow weeds with wacky rigs.
The ClearH2O Tackle first out of the money spot with 7.98 pounds were John Miller and Ashley Gibson. They fished drop shot rigs.
The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack was won by Heath George and Jody Musall with 6.64 pounds and the Jaywalker Restaurant junk fish pot was won by Chris Yoder and Edward Bontrager with a 7.22-pound pike.
Braxton Bellew won the Str8-Up Mounts lucky dog pot and Jonas Troyer and Charlie Fouts won the Side pots for $50 gas cards. Seth Spaulding won the 50/50 pot.
This week’s event is at Klinger and will start at 5:30.