MINNEAPOLIS (Oct. 9, 2017) – FLW announced Monday the schedule, rules and entry dates for the 2018 FLW College Fishing season, highlighted by the College Fishing National Championship on the Red River in Shreveport, Louisiana, and the fourth annual FLW College Fishing Open on Kentucky Lake.
Among the changes for 2018 is the addition of a BFL prize package for the runner-up of the College Fishing National Championship Fish-off. After the national champions are crowned on the Red River, the winning team will then compete against each other in a one-day fish-off in which the winner will receive entry into the 2018 Forrest Wood Cup. The runner-up will now receive free entry as a boater or co-angler into the BFL division of his or her choice.
“Every year it seems that FLW College Fishing gets a little bit bigger and a little bit better,” said Kevin Hunt, FLW College Fishing tournament director. “We’re excited to return to some familiar lakes in 2018 but also visit some new fisheries, like Lake Cayuga in New York and the Mississippi River in Wabasha, Minnesota. The extra incentive with the addition of the BFL prize package to the National Championship winner’s prize package will be extremely coveted by college anglers. We are looking forward to another tremendous season and excited to kick it off in January on Sam Rayburn.”
2018 FLW College Fishing Schedule:
FLW College Fishing OPEN
- March 6-7 Kentucky Lake Gilbertsville, Ky.
- April 28 Kentucky/Barkley lakes Gilbertsville, Ky.
- July 28 Mississippi River Wabasha, Minn.
- Sept. 29 Lake of the Ozarks Osage Beach, Mo.
- April 21 Smith Mountain Lake Huddleston, Va.
- July 21 Lake Cayuga Seneca Falls, N.Y.
- Sept. 8 Lake Erie Sandusky, Ohio
- Feb. 10 Lake Seminole Bainbridge, Ga.
- March 3 Lake Guntersville Guntersville, Ala.
- May 5 Lake Chickamauga Dayton, Tenn.
- Jan. 13 Sam Rayburn Reservoir Zavalla, Texas
- April 7 Lake Texoma Pottsboro, Texas
- Oct. 27 Ouachita River Monroe, La.
- Feb. 10 Lake Havasu Lake Havasu City, Ariz.
- May 12 Clear Lake Lakeport, Calif.
- Sept. 29 California Delta Bethel Island, Calif.
- May 31-June 1 Red River Bossier City/Shreveport, La.