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Published: 30 May 2025

Arjay’s Report

Arjay’s Wednesday Night League kicked off at Barton Lake under some tough conditions as only a few limits and small fish were weighed in.

Ryan Hershberger and Lynn Spicher had one of those limits that weighed 8.08 pounds and good enough to secure the win. They fished jigs and wacky rigs.

Scott and Carrigan Carpenter fished Chatterbaits and wacky rigs to catch a limit weighing 7.64 pounds for second place.

Charlie Fouts and Ray Lohr also had a limit worth 7.60 pounds for third. They used spinnerbaits and wacky rigs.

Seth and Scott Spaulding only had two fish, but that included the Tackle Shack LLC Big Bass of the evening with a 4.44-pound largemouth. Their total weight of 6.72 pounds was caught on jigs and was good for fourth.

The ClearH2O Tackle first out of the money spot went to Steve Martin and Stephen Kimble with five weighing 6.65 pounds. They fished wacky rigs.

The Michiana Outdoors News tackle pack for sixth with 6.40 pounds went to Justin and Hunter Kosmerick.

Steven Wickey’s crappie not only won him the Jaywalker’s gift certificate for the junk fish pot but he also won the Str8-Up Mounts lucky dog pot for tonight.

Braxton Bellew and Doug Sanderson won the $50 gas card in the side pot drawing.

Next week’s Wednesday nighter will be on Portage Lake.

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Published: 29 May 2025

SMAC Report

Bedding smallmouth paved the way for Brad and Clay Sterling to win the Southwest Michigan Anglers Club (SMAC) on Paw Paw Lake last Saturday.

The Sterlings had 15.29 pounds caught on drop-shots in 2 to 8 feet of water.

Ryan Gray and Hunter Paton finished a close second and they also had a limit of smallmouth weighing 15.09 pounds. They fished drop-shot rigs and Darters around bedding smallmouth.

Third went to Terry Smith and Scott Crocker with a mixed bag of smallmouth and largemouth. They caught their 14.81 pounds on crankbaits and Senkos in 3 to 12 feet.

Tom Bell and Andrew Glass took home the big bass pot with a 5.58-pound largemouth they caught on a jig in 14 feet of water.

There were 24 boats competing with 93 fish, 32 of which were smallmouth, weighed in.

The next event is Saturday at Magician Lake.

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Published: 28 May 2025

Four Flags Report

Jeff Stankovich won the Four Flags season opener on Diamond Lake over the weekend.
Stankovich fished alone to catch 9.85 pounds. He caught his fish in 3 to 6 feet of water on Ned rigs to win $300.

Jake Lisenko and Loren Crosbie finished second ($180) with 9.42 pounds. They caught their fish in 8 to 10 feet on jerkbaits, Chatterbaits and jigs.

Dan Posey fished alone to grab third place ($120) with 9.09 pounds. He also had big bass with a 3.55-pound largemouth. He caught most of his fish in 2 to 6 feet using Ned rigs and hula grubs. His big bass came on a Berkley Freeloader while using forward facing sonar in 22 feet of water to win an additional $150.

The next tournament is on Magician Lake on Sunday June 8th.