Cabela’s College Series Kicks Off 10Th Season With Record Numbers On Kentucky Lake

The Cabela’s Collegiate Bass Fishing Series kicks off its 10th year this weekend with a record number of college anglers from 24 states taking their spring break to fish in the Cabela’s Collegiate Big Bass Bash on Kentucky-Barkley Lakes.

“It’s a really big bass tournament,” said Anthony Wright with Cabela’s. “Right now 255 anglers have registered for the tournament.”

And, while they can’t win money as college anglers, there is more than $20,000 in prizes that will be awarded to individual anglers, Wright said. There is also the element of fishing for school pride.

Wright said there will be four weigh-ins on Saturday and four weigh-ins on Sunday.

“Although there can be two anglers from a school in a boat, they don’t weigh in as a team. Both can weigh fish, but they weigh in individually for prizes, and for school points,” he said. “The weigh-ins will be at 9 and 11 a.m., and 1 and 3 p.m. At the end of each day we hand out all the prizes for that day.”

Wright said the anglers should find the fishing very good this weekend.

“I had a report this morning. They had a tournament there Saturday and the winning weight was 31 pounds for five fish. There were several 15- to 18-pound sacks weighed in, too. That tells me the big fish are really starting to bite.”

Registration with dinner for the anglers for the tournament will be held at the Henry County Fairgrounds Friday from 5 to 7 p.m., he said.

“During the tournament we will feed them breakfast and lunch,” he added.

Registration is now open for the rest of the 2015 schedule: Collegiate Bass Fishing Open, April 17-19, Lake Chickamauga at Dayton,TN; Collegiate Bass Texas Shootout, April 25-26, Lake Texoma at Denison, TX; and the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Cabela’s, May 20-22, Pickwick Lake at Florence, AL.

For more information about the Cabela’s Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, please visit

www.CollegiateBassChampionship.com. You can also check out the college fishing series on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/CollegiateBassChampionship.

 

Cabela’s Collegiate Bass Fishing Series

Mar 13-15, 2015

Kentucky-Barkley Lakes

Paris Landing State Park

Call Anthony Wright at 501-317-7281

www.collegiatebasschampionship.com