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Friday, April 24, 2026
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SMAC Report
Rick Kedik and Scott Crocker won the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club tourney on the St. Joseph River at Buchanan Sunday.
Kedik and Crocker had 12.14 pounds that included the big bass of the tourney, a 3.59-pound largemouth. They said they fished jigs and frogs in four to six feet.
Dan Baerwald and Kyle Leamer were second with an 11.17-pound limit. They fished jigs in 2 to 4 feet.
Third went to Mike Martin and Tim Cook with a 9.90-pound limit. They said they fished stick style baits in 2 to 4 feet.
The 10 teams competing weighed in six limits and 11 smallmouth were reported. Jeff Stankovich, who fished alone, caught a limit of smallmouth but fell short of the money spots.
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Michiana Singles Report
Four of 12 teams caught limits in the Michiana Singles tourney on a very busy Donnell Lake last Thursday evening.
Rick Kedik won with a limit of largemouth totaling 9.40 pounds and tied for big bass honors with a 2.78 pounder. Kedik used jigs in 15-20 feet to earn $260. Kedik's 2.78-pound big bass split earned him an extra $30 after the split.
Zac Checkley tied for big bass. Checkley used drop shots in 15 feet.
Tanner Hursh finished second with 7.82 pounds. Hursh used drop-shot rigs in 20-plus feet to take home $120.
Third went to Bret Burgess who had a mix bag of largemouth and smallmouth totaling 7.40 pounds. Burgess used jigs along the drop-offs to win $60.
The next Singles event will be Aug. 10 at Diamond Lake. Contact Rick, 269-240-4917, for more information.
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SMAC Report
Bill Mathews and John Gipson Jr. teamed up to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) Saturday at the St. Joseph River in Niles.
The winners had a limit weighing 10.42 pounds caught on frogs and wacky rigs in 2 to 5 feet of water.
Brian Spear and John McCauslin finished second with three bass totaling 8.29 pounds. They fished stick worms in 4 to 6 feet. They also won the big bass pot with a 4-pound largemouth.
Third went to Chris and Jay Shires with five smallmouth that weighed 7.41 pounds. They fished craw-style baits to get their limit.
Fishing was tough for the 11 teams competing. There were eight smallmouth weighed in by those teams.
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Arjay’s Report
Tim Tucker and Daisy Tucker won the Arjay’s Wednesday nighter on Diamond Lake last week.
There were 18 boats and 13 caught small limits.
The Tuckers won with 9.96 pounds caught on wacky worms and drop-shot rigs.
John Miller fished alone and finished second with 9.76 pounds that he caught with drop shot rigs.
Tanner Hursh used forward facing sonar and fished a ball-head jig with soft plastic minnow to grab third place with an 8.68-pound limit.
Fourth was won by Martin Hochstetler and Jonas Troyer with an 8.60-pound limit. They fished jigs and drop shots.
The ClearH2O Tackle first out of the money spot, with 5 fish for 8.36 pounds, was won by Steve Martin and Josh Roberts. They also won the Tackle Shack LLC big bass with a 3.08-pound largemouth and the Jaywalker Restaurant junk fish pot with a 2.74-pound pike.
The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack for sixth place with 8.24 pounds went to Doug and Marilyn Sanderson and they also won the Str8-Up Mounts lucky dog pot .Side pot winners of $50 ClearH2O cards were Tim Tucker and Joel Thomas Laskowski.
This week’s event will be at the Fish, Finch and Saddlebag Chain.
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D&R Sports Center Report
Luke Gritter and Neil Vande Biezen won the D&R Sports Center Tourney Series at Hardy Dam last weekend.
The winners had 17.32 pounds anchored by a 3.79 pounder.
"Luke and I were using a Strike Kings’s ZToo, a tube and a jig in anywhere from 10 to 22 feet,” explained Vande Biezen. “It was pretty tough, most of the fish we caught were scattered all over the place."
Miles Hanley and Randy VanDam finished a hair behind with 17.20 pounds. Their big fish weighed 4.38.
"We had originally planned on going out deep, but we ended up catching a few really nice ones shallow,” said VanDam. “We decided to just expand on that all day and grind it out the best we could. It turned out to be awesome as we caught them flipping and pitching. There weren’t many pads but submerged trees and weeds were where most of our bites came from. It's all how you shake the stick."
Third place went to Jeff Elliot and Trevor Young with 17.01 pounds.
"We spent most of our day utilizing MEGA Live 2 in deep water,” said Elliot. “We used Crush City freeloaders out deeper with the ML 2. Also, winding a 3.3 Keitech and dragging a finesse jig got us quality bites. It was a lot of fishing areas vs spots for us as the fish moved around a bunch."
Gary and Ben Diekevers were fourth with 15.45 pounds and had the biggest bass, a 4.44 pounder.
Fifth place was won by Forrest Brown and Brian Hopp with 15.06 pounds.