OSAGE BEACH, Mo. (Oct. 19, 2021) – The McKendree University duo of Bailey Bleser of Burlington, Wisconsin, and Nathan Doty of Decatur, Illinois, brought five bass the scale weighing 14 pounds, 4 ounces to earn the victory Friday at the College Fishing tournament at Lake of the Ozarks. The victory earned the Bearcats 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 on a River2Sea Whopper Ploppers, targeting docks and chunk rock.
TOP 10 RESULTS*
|
RANK |
COLLEGE NAME |
ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN |
BASS |
WEIGHT |
AWARD |
|
1st |
McKendree University |
Bailey Bleser, Burlington, Wis. |
5 |
14-4 |
$2,000 |
|
2nd |
Greenville University |
Cordell Beckmann, Breese, Ill. |
5 |
14-2 |
$1,000 |
|
3rd |
Drury University |
Brock Bila, Overland Park, Kan. |
5 |
13-12 |
$500 |
|
4th |
McKendree University |
Jaxson Freeman, Loda, Ill. |
5 |
13-12 |
$500 |
|
5th |
McKendree University |
Tyler Christy, Bolingbrook, Ill. |
5 |
13-9 |
$500 |
|
6th |
Greenville University |
Trevor Davis, East Palatka, Ill. |
5 |
13-0 |
|
|
7th |
Arkansas Tech University |
Ethan McMahan, Batesville, Ark. |
5 |
12-14 |
|
|
8th |
McKendree University |
Trey Budach, Lebanon, Ill. |
5 |
12-11 |
|
|
9th |
Murray State University |
Jacob Autry, Beaver Dam, Ky. |
5 |
12-8 |
|
|
10th |
University of Iowa |
Kaden Darby, West Branch, Iowa |
5 |
12-0 |
|
*Top 10 teams advance to the 2022 College Fishing National Championship
2021 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES
|
EVENT |
DATE |
LOCATION |
HOST |
|
College Fishing National Championship |
March 29-31, 2022 |
Fort Gibson Lake, Wagoner, Okla. |
Wagoner Area Chamber of Commerce |
The event was the third and final qualifying tournaments for Central Conference anglers.
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.