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North Liberty angler Andy Buss started his pro career with the Bassmaster circuit by finishing 23rd at Lake Champlain, N.Y. recently, earning him $2,967.
The event was a Northern Open, the Triple A league of Bassmaster events.
Buss caught 15.15 pounds the first day and 15.8 the second day. He used Xtreme Bass Tackle Tubes with ¼ ounce Ds tube jigs to catch his fish in 12 to 20 feet of water the first day and a Poor Boys Erie Darter with a Ds Darter Head the second day. The Erie Darter and Ds jigs are made in Michiana.
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Roger Gross and Max Sommers (Nappanee) won the U.S. Anglers' Choice Pro Tournament on Lake Wawasee last weekend with 14.26 pounds.
The winners won $1,185, plus a bonus $240 for the big bass pot. Their big fish weighed 5 pounds. They caught their limit using Stanley jigs and worms on the outside edges of deep weeds.
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Jason Dittmar and Dave Eggers (North Liberty) had five bass totaling 10.19 pounds to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) weekend event on Klinger Lake last week.
The winners ($330) used Erie Darters and crankbaits.
Second place ($200) went to Joe Dimarzio (Granger) and Bryan McLenore (Osceola) who had 10.07 pounds caught on jigs and tubes while Mike Mays and Mike Banger (Elkhart) had 9.9 pounds for third ($120). Mays and Banger also won the big bass prize ($100) for a 3.56 pounder. Most of their fish came on jigs.
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Ken Tucker (Athens, Mich.) and Charlie Terry (Kalamazoo) landed a 16.02-pound limit to beat out 51 teams and win $756 in the R&B Circuit team event on Gull Lake, Mich. last week.
The winners had a mixed bag of largemouth and smallmouth. All of their fish fell victim to a Yamamoto Hula Grub fished in 22-25 feet of water.
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Dan Milligan (Bremen) and Kris Shipley (Warsaw) won the Hoosier Pro Tournament on the Barbee Chain with a limit weighing 16.85 pounds.
Rick Rogers and Dan OíNeil (Warsaw) finished second ($288) with 12.42 pounds while Kyle and Brad Kaser (Plymouth) were third with five bass weighing 10.13 pounds.
The next tournament is Aug. 3 at Winona Lake. Contact Mitch Hayes, 219-716-4808.