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Spawning smallmouth dominate catches in R&B Lake Michigan event.
Smallmouth gurus Ross Tornabene (Naperville, Ill.) and Bobby Bergren (Hammond, Ind.) captured 18.90 pounds of smallmouth bass to win the R&B Circuit tournament on Lake Michigan at Portage, Ind. last weekend.
They ran 30 miles to Chicago where they landed a limit off beds with tubes and drop shot rigs before working their way back towards the ramp. In the last hour they caught two additional 4-pound fish while fan casting a tube along a steel wall. Their stringer is the second heaviest in the R & B Bass Circuit's seven year history.
The winners took home $627 for first and won a bonus $56 for having the second largest fish in the event, a 4.44-pound smallmouth.
Tournament directors Andy Buss (North Liberty) and John DuPont (North Liberty) took a 16.73-pound limit of smallmouth bass to the scales and finished second ($335). They stayed in Indiana waters and caught all of their bass off their spawning beds. They used a variety of weights and colors of Xtreme Bass Tackle tubes to get the job done.
Tourney spotlights Portage, Ind. smallmouth fishery
Tom Billings (Chesterton) and Ryan Whitacre (Chicago) used drop shots and TightRope jigs in Illinois' water to bag a 16.40-pound limit of smallmouth for third ($219). All of their fish were also taken off beds. The drop shot was matched up with a Strike King KVD Dream Shot. Their limit was anchored by the biggest bass of the event, a 4.52-pound smallmouth, earning them another $224.
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John Gipson (Battle Ground, Ind.) and his grandfather Jim Weaver (Dowagiac) captured the Clear H2o Big Bass Challenge last weekend on Paw Paw Lake.
The winners caught 16 pounds, 3 ounces on jigs and Damiki Hydras in 3-8 feet of water. They won $410.
Scott and Matt Davis were second with 14-11
Scott and Matthew Davis (Coloma, Mich.) were second ($280) with 14-11 taken on jigs and chigger craws along docks and seawalls.
3rd ($100) Tom Noe (Benton Harbor) fished alone to catch 14-7 on Missile Baitsí Destroyer in 2-6 feet of water.
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Tourney winners Mike Krempec and Darrin Schaap
Tourney winners Mike Krempec and Darrin Schaap
Darrin Schaap (Edwardsburg) and Mike Krempec (Elkhart) won the Clear H2o opening day bass tournament on Juno last weekend with 12.12 pounds, beating out 18 other teams on a day when the bass were biting.
The winners caught their fish on wacky worms and jigs and had big bass with a 4.4-pound largemouth.
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Mike Ganger Wins Cass Bass Club Open on Diamond Lake
Mike Ganger (Goshen, Ind.) had a 4.55 bass and another 3 pounder while fishing with Roger Knepple (Edwardsburg) in the Cass Bass Club Open on Diamond Lake. They won the event and the big bass pot. No other details were made available.
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Hensley Wins Top 8 on St. Joe River
Brian Hensley, Top 8 Winner
Brian Hensley (Edwardsburg, IN) won the IBF Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance Hosted by the UAW Zone 1 Top 8 on the St. Joseph River at Maggies Landing last week.