MINNEAPOLIS (Nov. 4, 2015) – FLW announced today the schedule, rules and entry dates for the 2016 FLW College Fishing season, highlighted by the 2016 College Fishing National Championship on Lake Keowee in Seneca, South Carolina and the second annual FLW College Fishing Open on Kentucky Lake.
The first FLW College Fishing Open on Kentucky Lake in 2015 was the largest collegiate bass tournament ever assembled when 194 teams from schools around the country competed for a new Ranger bass boat and to finish in the top 10 to qualify for the FLW College Fishing National Championship. New for 2016, the top 15 teams from the Open will now advance to the National Championship.
To ease the travel burden on teams for 2016 FLW eliminated the Conference Championships and will instead advance the top 10 teams from each regular-season qualifying tournament to the FLW College Fishing National Championship. That means 105 more teams will have the opportunity to win a Ranger Z175 boat and send a representative to the Forrest Wood Cup for a shot at the biggest payday in bass fishing, all with lower out-of-pocket expenses. All of the championship action will be internationally televised on NBC Sports Network, the Pursuit Channel and the World Fishing Network.
2016 FLW College Fishing Schedule:
FLW College Fishing OPEN
- April 1-2 Kentucky Lake Gilbertsville, Ky.
- April 9 Table Rock Lake Kimberling City, Mo.
- May 14 Lake Barkley Kuttawa, Ky.
- July 9 Mississippi River Prairie du Chien, Wis.
- April 23 Smith Mountain Lake Huddleston, Va.
- June 4 Potomac River Marbury, Md.
- July 23 Chautauqua Lake Bemus Point, N.Y.
- Jan. 30 Crescent Lake Bunnell, Fla.
- May 21 Lake Guntersville Guntersville, Ala.
- Sept. 24 Lake Chickamauga Dayton, Tenn.
- Jan. 16 Lake Somerville Brenham, Texas
- April 30 Fort Gibson Lake Wagoner, Okla.
- Oct. 8 Ouachita River Monroe, La.
- Feb. 20 Lake Shasta Redding, Calif.
- April 23 Clear Lake Lakeport, Calif.
- May 21 California Delta Bethel Island, Calif.
- March 17-19 Lake Keowee Seneca, S.C.