The St. Joe Valley Bass Masters will conduct a benefit tournament on Diamond Lake Oct. 22.
Entry fee is $80 per team. Tournament hours are 8-3. For information, call Blaine Pickavet, 574-344-7709.
Jake and Stephanie Lisenko (South Bend) beat 12 other teams on Pine and Stone Lakes (LaPorte, Ind.) to win the season opener of the Casting Couples Circuit.
Jake and Stephanie Lisenko (South Bend)
(Provided by R&B Bass)
Teddy Bradley (Mishawaka) and Mark Fennell (Lagrange)
Teddy Bradley (Mishawaka) and Mark Fennell (Lagrange) fished spawning bass in channels and on the main lake to catch 16.27 pounds and win the R&B Bass Circuit West Division event on Winona Lake last weekend.
The winners pocketed $719 and earned a bonus $76 for having the second largest bass of the day, a 3.85-pound largemouth.
The team fished green pumpkin/purple D's Lures tubes with 1/8-ounce tube jigs.
Andy Buss (North Liberty) and John DuPont (North Liberty) also targeted spawning largemouth bass on the main lake to piece together a 15.67-pound limit to win $440. Their limit also included the Native Pride Tackle Big Bass, a 3.93 pounder, worth another $303. They tricked their fish with Xtreme Bass Tackle tubes in the alewife color scheme and drop-shot rigs with finesse worms.
Middlebury residents Jason Schwartz and Brian Miller targeted spawning largemouth bass in the channels with drop shot rigs and collected a 14.38-pound limit to win $280.
More information can be found at www.randbbasscircuit.com
David Eggers (Granger) and Tad Hepler (Niles)
David Eggers (Granger) and Tad Hepler (Niles) showed Wisconsin fishermen just how tough Michiana anglers are.
The duo sacked a 5-fish limit of smallmouth weighing 26 pounds, 13 ounces to win the Cabela's North American Bass Circuit's 2017 season opener presented by Mercury Marine May 13th on Lake Michigan's Sturgeon Bay.
They won $5,054.
(Provided by IBF)
Indiana Bass FederationAnglers from Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan braved raw weather May 6 during the Indiana Bass Federation’s inaugural Zone 1 Open at Sylvan Lake.
1st Place - Layne Hoerstman (Mishawaka) and Aaron Brady (Niles, Mich.)
Finishing first ($448) was Layne Hoerstman (Mishawaka) and Aaron Brady (Niles, Mich.) with five bass weighing 10.34 pounds.