Adrian College Wins Fishing Tournament on the Detroit River

August 25, 2021
College Fishing Tournaments Archive

TRENTON, Mich. (Aug. 25, 2021) – The Adrian College duo of Jacob Emery of New Boston, Michigan, and Aaron Jagdfeld of Rochester, Michigan, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 23 pounds, 4 ounces to earn the win last weekend at the College Fishing at the Detroit River. The victory earned the Bulldog’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 grass in 20 to 22 feet of water with honey candy-colored Strike King Dream Shots and Strike King Z-Too soft jerkbaits.

TOP 10 RESULTS*

RANK
 

COLLEGE NAME
 

ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN
 

BASS
 

WEIGHT
 

AWARD
 

1st
 

Adrian College
 

Jacob Emery, New Boston, Mich.
Aaron Jagdfeld, Rochester, Mich.

 

5
 

23-4
 

$2,000
 

2nd
 

Adrian College
 

Carter Ball, Noblesville, Ind.
Austin Tapley, Jackson, Mich.

 

5
 

22-10
 

$1,000
 

3rd
 

Adrian College
 

Zach Salters, Allegan, Mich.
Ben Statly, Fenton, Mich.

 

5
 

20-15
 

$500
 

4th
 

King University
 

Donovan Carson, Bluff City, Tenn.
Landon Lawson, Jonesboro, Tenn.

 

5
 

20-14
 

$500
 

5th
 

Western Michigan University
 

Kurt Antonowitsch, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Cole Zagrzebski, Stevens Point, Wis.

 

5
 

20-11
 

$500
 

6th
 

Michigan State University
 

Nic Lloyd, Lansing, Mich.
Garrett Mandel, Warren, Mich.

 

5
 

20-10
 


 

7th
 

Western Michigan University
 

Bo Thomas, Edwardsburg, Mich.
Mason Vernia, Schoolcraft, Mich.

 

5
 

20-10
 


 

8th
 

Adrian College
 

Matt Mosby, Dryden, Mich.
Derek Rodriguez, Okemos, Mich.

 

5
 

20-5
 


 

9th
 

Bowling Green State University
 

Levi Booher, West Milton, Ohio
Nicholas Nartker, Englewood, Ohio

 

5
 

20-4
 


 

10th
 

Western Michigan University
 

Jack Simpson, Brighton, Mich.
Drake van Dike, Livonia, Mich.

 

5
 

20-3
 


 

*Top 10 teams advance to the 2022 College Fishing National Championship


2021 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES

EVENT
 

DATE
 

LOCATION
 

HOST
 

2022 Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship
 

TBD
 

TBD
 

TBD
 


The event was the third and final qualifying tournaments for Northern Conference anglers.