RUSSELLVILLE, Ark. (Oct. 5, 2021) – The Drury University duo of Hunter Baird of Salina, Kansas, and Beau Browning of Hot Springs, Arkansas, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 16 pounds, 10 ounces to earn the win last weekend at the College Fishing tournament at Lake Dardanelle. The victory earned the Panther’s bass club $2,000 and qualified the duo to compete in the 2022 College Fishing National Championship.
According to post-tournament reports, the duo caught their fish targeting deep offshore structure with a deep-diving crankbait and a shaky-head rig.
TOP 10 RESULTS*
|
RANK |
COLLEGE NAME |
ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN |
BASS |
WEIGHT |
AWARD |
|
1st |
Drury University |
Hunter Baird, Salina, Kan. |
5 |
16-10 |
$2,000 |
|
2nd |
Tarleton State University |
Drew Hargrove, Moody, Texas |
5 |
15-3 |
$1,000 |
|
3rd |
East Texas Baptist University |
Kaden Proffitt, Pittsburg, Texas |
5 |
14-0 |
$500 |
|
4th |
Arkansas Tech University |
Jade Craft, Paragould, Ark. |
5 |
13-13 |
$500 |
|
5th |
Texas Tech University |
Logan Bronnenberg, Gainesville, Texas |
5 |
13-0 |
$500 |
|
6th |
University of Nebraska |
Elijah Strom, Sioux City, Neb. |
5 |
12-13 |
|
|
7th |
Drury University |
Cole Breeden, Eldridge, Mo. |
5 |
12-7 |
|
|
8th |
University of North Alabama |
John Heacock, Oxford, Ala. |
5 |
11-15 |
|
|
9th |
Sam Houston State University |
Blake Castleberry, Huntsville, Texas |
5 |
11-11 |
|
|
10th |
National Park College |
Luke Dodd, Hot Springs, Ark. |
5 |
11-3 |
|
*Top 10 teams advance to the 2022 College Fishing National Championship
2021 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES
|
EVENT |
DATE |
LOCATION |
HOST |
|
College Fishing National Championship |
TBD |
TBD |
TBD |
The event was the third and final qualifying tournaments for Southern Conference anglers and was hosted by Russellville Advertising & Promotions.
College Fishing teams compete in regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top ten teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual College Fishing Open advance to the following year’s College Fishing National Championship.