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Wednesday, November 26, 2025
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Arjay’s Report
TJ Reed fished alone and won first place and the big bass pot in an impromptu Arjay’s tournament on Lake Templene Saturday.
There were 12 boats enter and 11 of the teams came in with limits.
Reed’s limit weighed 14.30 pounds and included a 3.70-pound big bass. He fished jigs to win a total of $320 pounds.
Second place ($180) went to Maynard Hochstetler and Marvin Bontrager with five that weighed 11.98 pounds. They fished wacky rigs and Neko rigs.
There was a third place tie between Steven Wickey/Jeremiah Yoder and Jeremy Siler/Brock Howell with 11.32 pounds. Wickey and Yoder won ($120) the tie breaker because their big bass weighed 3.02 pounds and Siler and Howell’s biggest fish was 2.98 pounds.
Wickey and Yoder fished spinnerbaits and Chatterbaits.
The Open raised an additional $150 which will go into the season-ending Classic pot.
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LMBT Report
Evan De La Rosa fished alone and won the Little Money Bass Tournament on Magician Lake last weekend.
De La Rosa caught the big bass of the tournament, a 3-7, and won with a total weight of 12 pounds, 10 ounces. He said he fished tube jigs.
Chris Hubbard and Tim Lusher were second with 10-11 caught by fishing jigs and rubber worms.
Third place went to Chet Perry and Scott Perry with 10-3. They fished Senkos.
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Tackle Shack Report
Trevor Paulus and Dave Selig rallied from ninth place on Day Two of the Tackle Shack Tournament on Lake Charlevoix and walked off with first place plus the big bass pot worth $1,650.
Paulus and Selig had 44.90 pounds topped with a 6.72-pound smallmouth. It was the heaviest bag ever weighed in during a Tackle Shack tournament.
Paulus said they stayed in Charlevoix and fished for bedding smallmouth with drop-shot rigs the first day, but when the wind made it possible, they ran about 30 miles into Lake Michigan.
“After day one we realized that we could not win staying so we decided to make the 25-30 mile run out into Lake Michigan,” explained Paulus. “We caught all of our fish on a 200-yard stretch in 5-10 feet of water. The spot had a mixture of sand, gravel, and boulders.”
He added that they targeted pre-spawn fish that were just cruising a little edge or set up on boulders.
“We could either physically see them or cast to those we saw on LiveScope,” he says. “We caught our fish on a specific lure but I don't want to say, you can probably figure out why, but we did catch fish on tubes and A-rigs also. We had the big fish and most of our weight in the first 2 hours.”
The team also had boat issues due to low engine oil and had to cut a water bottle and pour oil from one tank to the other to keep the motor going well enough to get them back to the weigh in.
Troy Allard and Nate Yoder also fished Lake Michigan and caught 44.27 pounds for second place ($850).
They fished the Grand Traverse Bay area and led going into the second day and came within a few ounces of winning. They said they covered about 80 miles looking for the winning fish on Sunday and caught a good limit, but not quite enough.
Jonathan Vanover and Jason Ridenour were third ($250) with 42.98 pounds. They stayed in Dutchman’s Bay and fished weeds and breaklines in 5 to 20 feet of water.
“We caught a couple fish on Pop-Rs but most of the damage came dead sticking Senkos,” said Jason. “We caught fish all day both days. But we did catch our bigger ones in the last couple hours both days. The last hour yesterday was on fire; we caught 3 fish over 4 pounds on 3 casts with about 30 minutes to go yesterday. We were in the 17 pound range in the first 2 hours both days but upgrading was the challenge.”
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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.