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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.


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.


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.


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.


Woods team wins couples event on Diamond Lake.Scott and Malorie Woods (South Bend) won the Casting Couples tournament on Diamond Lake recently with a limit weighing 7.69 pounds. The father/daughter team used Erie Darters and wacky worms in 8 feet of water.

Stan Wruble and his daughter Leah Steinhiser were second with 7.35 pounds that included the eventís big bass prize with a 2.72-pound largemouth. They caught fish on crankbaits and Pop-R's.

Next Casting Couples tourney is Sept 6 at Magician Lake from 7 a.m. to noon. Call Rick, 269-240-4197, for details.