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Walleye Club WinnersEd Szymczak staked claim to family bragging rights last weekend during the Michiana Walleye Association's Perry's Automotive Challenge at Big Turkey Lake in Lagrange County.
The Osceola angler teamed up with Dallas Dunn (Indianapolis) to win the event with 7.64 pounds, beating out son Steven Szymczak and his partner Jordan Felton (Osceola) who had 6.86 pounds.
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Robert Hayes (Angola) and Jim Betts (Ft. Wayne) captured the season opening U.S. Anglers Choice Pro Tournament on the Barbee Chain last weekend with 17.76 pounds.
The winners pocketed $1,126 for the fish they caught on jigs and darters around points. They also had the events biggest bass, a 5.51-pound largemouth that earned them a $220 bonus.
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Bassmaster Classic Pro Gerald SwindleFive 2014 Bassmaster Classic contenders - Brandon Palaniuk, Gerald Swindle, Ish Monroe, Kevin VanDam and Jonathon VanDam - will present seminars at D&R Sports Center Spring Fishing and Boat Show April 18-19.
In additional to the fishing seminars, factory reps from the nations top lure, tackle and electronics manufactures will be on hand both days to show the latest products and innovations. They include: Shimano, Daiwa, Loomis, Humminbird, Strike King, Quantum, Minn Kota, Motorguide, Shakespeare, Garcia, Fenwick, Berkley, St. Croix, Zebco, Fenwick, Okuma, Rapala, Storm, Berkley, Stren, Lowrance and many others.
Show hours are 9 a.m.- 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday.
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Kris Thornton (Osceola) and John Fuchs (Mishawaka) weighed a 4.24-pound, five-fish limit that included 4 "under 12 inches" and 1 over ì15 inchesî to win the R&B Circuit open on the St. Joseph River at Maggies Landing.
Fishing conditions were extremely tough due to muddy water. Not one smallmouth bass was weighed in. The new DNR bass regulation on rivers imposes a 12- to 15-inch slot limit, meaning each angler can have in his possession fish under 12 and one over 15 inches.
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Winners Horvath and Sterling with their catchJason Horvath (South Bend) and Brad Sterling (Bremen) weighed an 11.08-pound limit of smallmouth bass to win the R&B Circuit Open on the St. Joseph River at 6 Span last weekend.
Fishing was tough in the 38 degree water as only 29 fish were weighed in among the 19 teams participating. The tournament was originally scheduled for Lake Wawasee but had to be moved to the river because of frozen lakes.
The winners fooled all of their fish on Silver Buddy blade baits fished between 6-8 feet of water. They won $344.
Steve Szymczak (Osceola) and Jordan Felton (Osceola) brought a 9.76 pound limit of smallmouth to finish second ($244). They boated 30 fish over the 15-inch slot limit by slinging both Milk Run Lures Chicken Lips and Red Eye Shad around wood in 3 to 8 feet of water.
3rd Place: Despite a dead cranking battery, Andy Jenkins (Elkhart) and Scott Beard (Elkhart) managed 4 smallmouth weighing 8.93 pounds for third place ($140). They tricked their fish with both green pumpkin grubs and tubes.
The 4.64-pound largemouth won Buss and Fennell big bass prizeThe big bass was a 4.64-pound largemouth caught in a channel on a swimbait matched up with a D's Lures swimjig by Andy Buss (North Liberty) and Mark Fennell (Lagrange). The fish earned them $190.