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Jonathon VanDamGREEN BAY, Wis. Four days on Lake Michigan produced four different tournament leaders at the Bassmaster Elite Series Green Bay Challenge. But it was the leader at the end of todays final competition round who takes home the trophy, $100,000 in first-place prize money and an automatic berth in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic. That distinction belongs to Jonathon VanDam of Kalamazoo, Mich., who bested 97 of the best bass anglers in the world with a four-day catch of smallmouth bass weighing 79 pounds, 2 ounces.
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Aaron Krider (Fort Wayne) and Bob Bruick (Fort Wayne) beat out 36 teams, which brought 23 limits to the scales, with a limit of fish weighing 10.75 pounds to win the R&B Bass Circuit tournament on Lake Manitou June 23.
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SMAC, Lake of Woods, Decatur, MI
First: Danny Linn (South Bend) & Mason Stevenson (Niles) had 5-keeper bass totaling 9.83 pounds caught on Darters & wacky worms.
Second: Rick Kedik & Scott Crocker (Niles), 9.24 pounds on crankbaits & Wigglers, wacky style.
Third: Craig Parmely (Marcellus) & Dick Labonte (Mishawaka) 8.67 pounds caught on Senkos.
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(St Joeseph River/Marmount access)
First: Rick Kedik & Scott Crocker (Niles) 5-fish totaling 8.77 pounds. Used Pop-R's & PoorBoys Wigglers on steep breaks.
Second: Mike & Matt Barber (Niles) had 4 keeper bass totaling 6.09 pounds. The father/son team used Pop-R's and wacky worms. They also caught big bass, a 2.15-pound Smallmouth.
Third: Al Shinabargar & Paul Grafton (Valparaiso) 3.89 pounds on tubes.
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John Hempel (Westville, Ind.) and Phil Stakrowski (LaPorte) won the Collins Realty and Culver Marina benefit bass tournament on Lake Maxinkuckee recently.
The winners had five bass weighing 10.4 pounds. Rick and Hunter Patton (Plymouth) were second with 9.9 pounds and Rick and Janice Hite (Plymouth) were third with 9.8 pounds. Randy Burkett and Jon Van Horn (Culver) won big bass honors with a largemouth weighing 3.1 pounds.
There were 17 limits caught, all weighing more than 8 pounds or more each. Proceeds from the tournament went to the Culver Kiwanis.