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Quillen, Crim Win Bradley Benefit on Maxinkuckee
Andrew Quillen and Nick Crim caught 11.35 pounds at Lake Maxinkuckee (Culver, Ind.) to win the annual John C. Bradley Memorial Bass Tournament last week.
The winners ($475) used craw baits to catch a limit from an isolated weed patch on a flat. When the wind diminished around midday, they drifted to the end of a point where they found another weed patch and culled two keepers with drop-shot rigs. They caught a dozen or more other keepers but couldn’t upgrade. The duo used Strike King Finesse worms, Zoom Craws and a Strike King Rage Craw.
The event, hosted by Marco Bass Masters of Plymouth, attracted 45 teams and raised more than $1,400 that went to the Boys & Girls Club of Marshall County and the Marshall County Council on Aging.
Matt Hoffer and Ryan Gray were second ($300) with 11.20 pounds while Dave Morrow and Hunter Patton were third ($225) with 11.03 pounds.
Other cash winners were Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler, 10.93 pounds, $150; Cole Schroeder and Alex Petersen, 10.51 pounds, $125; Bill Whittaker and Doug Klapp, 10.39 pounds; Gerald Magee and Chip Harrison, 10.38 pounds, $75; Bob and Brandon Hensley, 10.37 pounds, $60; and Marcus Courtney and Rick Patton, 10.26 pounds, $50.
Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler caught the biggest bass, a 3.57 pounder.
Andy Buss and Jim Wheeler caught the biggest bass, a 3.57 pounder that won them $337.50. Second biggest bass ($112.50) was won by Greg Anderson and Lance Roby with a 3.17-pound fish.
The $100 Janice Hite Memorial Award, given to the top female participant/team, was and won by Samantha and Jim Hippensteel.
John Bradley was an avid bass fisherman and an active member of the Marco Bass Masters for over 30 years. He served the Plymouth community as a Prudential Insurance agent for 30 years before retiring and passed away May 25, 2013.
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The winners had 10 pounds, 14 ounces. They won $210 plus $250 in the Re/Max Ability plus award and a $100 bonus pot for having the biggest bass, a 2.37 pounder. They also garnered the $50 big bass pot from Double Dís Lawn Service.
Dave Dowden (Edwardsburg) and Jeremy Cooper (Osceola) were second ($100) with 9.58 pounds and won bonus pots from Re/Max Ability Plus ($100) and Re/Max Icon Group ($50).
Tim Lusher (Elkhart) and Chris Hubbard (Osceola) were third ($50) with 9.40 pounds that also got them a Re/Max Ability Plus bonus ($150).
Chuck Sidwell (Elkhart) and Paris Bryan (Elkhart) were fourth ($40) with 8.80 pounds. They also had second big bass honors ($40) with a 2.26 fish and got the Re/Max Icon Group $50 bonus.
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Gipson and Gramps Win at Magician with Big Smallie
John Gipson (Battle Ground, Ind.) and his grandfather Jim Weaver (Dowagiac) won the Clear H2o Big Bass Challenge on Magician with 15 pounds, 10 ounces that included big bass of the event, a 3-13 smallmouth.
The winners ($280) caught all of their fish on a flick shake worm in 4-8 feet.
Justin Hahaj (Bridgman) and Herman Barry (Watervliet) were second ($180) with 13-11 caught on drop-shot rigs in 10 feet.
Mark and Sue Michael (Sturgis) were third ($100) with 8-9 caught on various baits fished on a flat.
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Ron and Debbie Desimone (Elkhart) had four smallmouth and one largemouth on Eagle Lake to win the Casting Couples season finale held on Juno and Eagle lakesThe winners caught 9.77 pounds total weight from a sandy flat in Eagle. They won $230.
Brian and Renee Hensley
Brian and Renee Hensley (Edwardsburg) finished second ($120) with 9.69 pounds. They worked weeds in 7 to 10 feet of water in Eagle. The couple also won the Anglers of Year title.
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Gerald Swindle Wins Second Angler Of The Year Title At Mille Lacs Bassmaster Championship
Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., wins the 2016 Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year at Mille Lacs Lake held out of Onamia, Minn., Sunday. - Photo by James Overstreet/Bassmaster
ONAMIA, Minn. — Gerald Swindle of Guntersville, Ala., clinched his second Angler of the Year title since 2004 at the Toyota Bassmaster Angler of the Year Championship at Mille Lacs Lake in central Minnesota.
A total purse of $1 million was paid out to the Top 50 Bassmaster Elite Series pros, along with berths to the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro. Swindle collected $100,000, and the remaining 49 anglers earned shares of the remaining $900,000.
The Top 39 anglers at this event will be competing in the Classic next March on Lake Conroe near Houston, Texas.
Swindle, a 15-time Bassmaster Classic qualifier, struggled to catch competitive limits on Mille Lacs Lake during the first two days of the championship, but he figured out the fish on the final day of the championship today, bringing in a five-fish limit of smallmouth bass that weighed 22 pounds.
“The last thing I wanted was to win this title without catching the kind of fish that Mille Lacs is known for producing,” Swindle said. “I left the docks this morning with the full intention of going out and catching them how I wanted to catch them. I threw a jerkbait and a vibrating jig and had an awesome day. Sometimes you just have to go with your gut.”