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Casting Couples Report
Rick Kedik and Jake Lisenko - 1st Place
Rick Kedik and Jake Lisenko had five keeper bass totaling 14.86 pounds to win the Casting Couples Open on Lake Wawasee Saturday.
They beat out eight other teams fishing under blustery conditions to take home $250. They added another $40 for catching the biggest bass of the tournament with a 5.50-pound largemouth. They used jerkbaits on a shallow flat, but once they lost the hot jerkbait on a cast, they never got another bite. They declined to mention the brand and color.
Cassidy and Hurd were second with 13.17 pounds, earning $150. They used tubes and jerkbaits in about 10 feet.
Third place went to Andrew Hankins who fished alone and caught 12.52 pounds by fishing in the shallow backwaters with jigs.
Five teams weighed in limits and at least seven bass were 3 pounds or greater.
Next Regular Casting Couples (male/female) tournament is on Webster Lake May 18th. Contact Rick, 269-240-4917 for info, or Facebook MichianaCastingCouples.
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Michiana Singles Report
Brad Sterling took home $280 in the Michiana Singles weeknight tourney last week on the St. Joseph River in Mishawaka.
Sterling had five bass totaling 7.75 pounds that he caught by fishing wacky-rigged worms in the channels.
Lee Duracz was second ($130) with five bass weighing 7.25 pounds. He also used wacky-rigged worms in the channels.
Chris Hubert caught five for 7.22 pounds to finish third ($70). His sack also included the biggest bass in the event, a 3.11-pound largemouth to earn another $60. Hubert said he fished jigs to catch his fish.
The next Singles weeknight event is at Hudson Lake May 16th at Monroe's Crossing on the east side of the lake and the next Sunday event is on Baldwin Lake June 2. For information about the events or the Michiana Singles format, contact Rick (269) 240-4917.
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BASS Report
Bassmaster College Series
Paris, Tenn. - University of Montevallo (Ala.) anglers have had a great deal of success as a program, so it wasn’t a huge surprise that a pair of the school’s teams were the final two standing Thursday at the Strike King Bassmaster College Series at Kentucky Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops.
In the end, Blair Erickson and Jackson Pontius were on the right side of the balance, winning the tournament with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 42 pounds, 1 ounce. They edged Montevallo teammates Easton Fothergill and Nick Dumke, the defending Bassmaster College Series Team of the Year, who placed second with 10 bass totaling 41-5.
Rounding out the Top 5 at Kentucky Lake are Dylan Fogerty and Hunter Filmore of Bethel University (Tenn.), third, 40-4; Banks Shaw and Nathan Reynolds of the University of North Alabama, fourth, 39-13; and Jack Hay and Eli Jaime of Southwestern Michigan College, fifth, 39-10.
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Michiana Singles Report
Twelve teams showed up for Michiana Singles OPEN series inaugural at Pine and Stone lakes in LaPorte last weekend.
High winds and a high pressure system made for tough conditions, as only two anglers weighed limits.
Loren Crosbie (Osceola) - 1st Place
Loren Crosbie (Osceola) had five keeper bass totaling 11.54 pounds to take home $260 and bragging rights, He used Chatterbaits in 5 feet of water.
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Tackle Shack Report
Pablo Gonzalez and Robert Miller - 1st Place
Pablo Gonzalez and Robert Miller fished weedlines and flats to win the Tackle Shack Circuit opener at Lake Wawasee last weekend.
Gonzalez and Miller, who won $2,000, had 17.50 pounds that included a 5.18 largemouth.
“We caught most of our best fish in 8-10 feet of water in three different areas of weed lines that we found in practice,” said Gonzalez. “We caught those fish on jigs. We also caught a few on top of a flat in 4-5 feet of water on Erie darters but only one of those made the final cut.”
The team caught its biggest fish within the first hour, and its best bite was first thing in the morning.
“We had approximately 13-plus-pound limit by 8:30 but made culls with the jig throughout the day,” the team said. “We were guessing that we had in excess of thirty keepers, so it was definitely a fun day.”