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Friday, October 10, 2025
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SMAC Report
Tube jigs and Darters were the hot baits for Kory Bloss and Kim Vaughn who won the SMAC tourney on Diamond Lake Saturday.
There were 13 limits weighed in by the 16 teams. There were 114.30 pounds total and there were four fish over 3 pounds carried to the scale.
The winners had 12.16 pounds, edging out Mike VanderReyden and Brett Gessinger who finished second.
VanderReyden and Gessinger had 11.69 pounds but they also had the big bass of the tourney, a 4.18 pounder that is a rarity at Diamond. They fished tube jigs and grubs on shallow flats.
Chris and Jay Shires were third with a 10.57-pound limit. They said they got on a school of bait chasers and caught them on topwater lures.
Skyler Traver and Drake Nevins were fourth with 10.48 pounds.
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Arjays Report
It wasn’t easy finding vegetation at Lake Templene for competitors in Arjay’s Wednesday Night League, but those who did caught more fish.
Ray Lohr and Charlie Fouts found some good ones that produced 13.76 pounds that earned them the top prize. They said they fished jigs and wacky worms.
Second went to Seth and Scott Spaulding with 12.72 pounds and they also had the biggest bass, a 4.48 largemouth. They fished Chatterbaits.
Chris Yoder and Ed Bontrager were third with 10.76 pounds caught on jigs and Chatterbaits.
John Miller and Ashley Gibson had 10.76 pounds for fourth by fishing Chatterbaits and wacky rigs.
Spinnerbaits were the tickets for Steven Wickey and Irvin Yoder who grabbed fifth place with 10.04 pounds.
The Clear H20 first out of the money was won by Doug and Marilyn Sanderson with 8.92 pounds while the Michiana Outdoors News Tackle Pack was won by Lester Hochstetler and Olen Borkholder with 8.82 pounds.
A crappie won the jumk fish spot for the Spauldings while the Str8-Up Mounts lucky dog pot went to Hochstetler and Borkholder.
Carrigan Carpenter won two $50 gas cards in side pots.
The group will be at Diamond Lake Wednesday evening.
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Rick Kedik Report
Scott Crocker fished alone and won all of the big money in the Father’s Day Open at Klinger Lake Sunday.
Crocker had 10.16 pounds and the biggest bass, a 2.52-pound largemouth. Crocker fished soft plastics and topwaters in shallow water and said he upgraded on his last cast of the day.
There were 19 teams participating and 14 weighed in limits.
Dan Posey and Roy Marchant weighed in 8.82 pounds for second. Posey and Marchant used tubes and jigs in 10 feet.
Scott Smith and Gary Butcher were third with 8.44 pounds. They used Butchers Baits Stick Worms and drop-shot rigs in several depths of the lake.
The father son team of Brent and Jake Burguess were fourth with 8.26 pounds. Burguesses used jigs and topwaters in 10 feet.
Another father/son team, Mike and Caleb VanderReyden fished jigs in 8 feet to catch with 8.10 and finish fifth.
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MFL Report
A quality bass helped Shawn McDougal and Christopher Stamm Sr. win the Michiana Fishing League tourney at Donnell Lake.
The winners had 10.68 pounds, but 4.68 pounds was in one fish and that earned them big bass honors as well.
They said they fished drop-shot rigs on ledges along with crankbaits and topwater water lures on the sides of piers and points.
John Davis and Seth Spaulding were second with 8.34 pounds and also took the critter pot with a 1.92-pound Bullhead. They fished poppers around docks in the morning and drop-shot rigs in deeper water later in the day.
CJ Stamm and Michael Smith were third with 7.28 pounds caught on docks. They caught fish on drop shots, frogs and poppers.
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SMAC Report
Brent and Brayden Burgess captured the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) Tuesday night tournament on Eagle Lake (Cass County).
The Burgesses had a limit weighing 9.08 pounds by fishing tubes and jigs in eight feet of water.
Second went to Terry Smith and Scott Crocker with an 8.52-pound limit. They fished grubs and topwaters.
Zack McNary and Chris Shires were third with 8.26 pounds. They fished topwaters and jerkbaits.
There were 69 bass carried to the scales and three were smallmouth.