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Anxious to fish one more bass tourney?

You’ll get that opportunity yet this month when the annual Thanksgiving bass tourney will be held on Diamond Lake.

The event will be fished Saturday, Nov. 24 at Diamond Lake near Cassopolis, Mich. Tournament hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and entry fee is $45, including the big bass pot.

For more information, call Bob Evans 574-320-3366.


(Provided by BASS news)

There may be no greater birthday present for a bass fisherman than to hoist a tournament trophy over his head, one that he’s been wanting for at least 15 years.

Mark DoveMark DoveThat was Hoosier Mark Dove’s gift last week when he won the 2012 Cabela’s Bassmaster Federation Nation Championship on Alabama’s Wheeler Lake and earned a Bassmaster Classic berth.

Mark Dove, 2012 Cabela’s Bassmaster Federation Nation Champion

“I crossed the Bassmaster Classic off my bucket list back in 1997,” said Dove after his big win, referencing the last time he qualified for the Classic through the Federation Nation. “I am looking forward to going back again. But the best thing for me is to be able to say that I was at the top of my peers here at the Federation Nation, at least for a period of time. For me, it was more about winning the tournament.”


Dave Eggers and Jason DittmarDave Eggers and Jason DittmarDave Eggers (Granger) and Jason Dittmar (North Liberty) won the Poor Boy’s Bass Attack at Winona Lake and the victory helped them to the Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Tournament Series Season Championship.

On a day when the fish were few and far between (only six teams weighed in fish), their four bass weighed 14.90 pounds and was anchored by a 5.39-pound largemouth that took the Travel Tender Bait and Tackle Big Bass Award.


Seventeen teams braved foul weather last weekend in the Northwest Indiana Bass Club Open Tournament on Shafer Lake.

Team Kelly/Vandergraff won with five bass weighing 14.47 pounds while Don McLain was second with five weighing 9.96 pounds. Team Evans/Tilley was third with 8.37 pounds while Fuzzy Dunn was fourth with 7.95 pounds. Ron Dusek won big bass with a 5.03-pound smallmouth.

For more information, visit northwestindianabassclub on facebook.


(Provided by Indiana DNR)

Indiana conservation officers will host a public meeting with fishing tournament organizations to help them schedule events on Sylvan or Wawasee lakes next year.

The meeting will be Saturday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. at the Indiana Conservation Officer’s District 1 Headquarters located at 9822 North Turkey Creek Road along the southeast side of Lake Wawasee in Kosciusko County.