| Collegiate anglers get bluebird Texas day as championship begins |
LEWISVILLE, Texas (Sept. 27, 2007)
As a pre-dawn thunderstorm had
tournament officials watching to make sure it did indeed dance around
Lake Lewisville as predicted, the 83 teams representing 48 colleges in
the second annual BoatU.S. National Collegiate Bass Fishing
Championship (NCBFC) were thinking more about where they were going
to start this first day of competition.
By 8 a.m., about one hour after take-off, all questions had been
answered. The sky was clear and the anglers were fishing. By 4 p.m.,
the results for the first day of competition had been decided.
At the top was the University of Montevallo, Alabama, team, Casey
Crumpton and Clent Davis, with their five-fish limit of bass weighing
13.24 pounds. It was just enough to edge out runners-up, Chase Cates
and Christopher Snow from Louisiana Tech University, who had a 12.92
pound limit.
Rounding out the top five teams were: 3rd place, North Carolina
State's Alex Freeman and Randall Hess; 4th place, Louisiana Tech
University's Aaron Rogillio and Tyler Tatum; and 5th place, Texas
A&M's Trevor Knight and Justin Rackley.
Of the 83 teams, 10 managed to catch their five-fish limits. On the
opposite end of the spectrum, 15 teams were unable to land a
legal-sized fish, which is a bass of at least 14 inches in length.
All anglers commented on catching numerous fish smaller than that
throughout the day.
The teams with the most success were mum about what they were doing
because the entire field of anglers fishes again tomorrow before
being cut to only the top five teams for the last and final day of
competition on Saturday. However, some shared that they started the
day with one partner casting a topwater bait and the other tossing a
crankbait or spinnerbait.
The high blue sky and calm winds sent many searching for different
spots, tactics and baits before too long into the morning. The day's
fishing turned out to be a slower bite than what many of the anglers
said they had experienced during their three practice days of fishing
on the lake.
For tomorrow morning, the take-off is expected to begin around 7 a.m.
again. The weigh-in starts at 3 p.m. at Sneaky Pete's Marina and is
open to the public. On Saturday, the five final teams will fish from
special edition 40th anniversary Ranger boats identically equipped
with Yamaha outboards, Garmin electronics and Minn Kota trolling
motors.
Saturday's weigh-in begins at 3:30 p.m. at Sneaky Pete's.
The NCBFC is sponsored by BoatU.S., BoatU.S. Angler, Cabela's, Ranger
Boats, Yamaha, Garmin, Costa Del Mar, Pioneer Beef Jerky, EGO Nets,
Sebile, American Rodsmiths, Aviva Fishin Buddy, Biosonix, Bill Lewis
Lures, Gene Larew Lures, Nemire Lures, Keelshield, Minn Kota, Sperry
Top-Sider, Power-Pole, City of Lewisville, Sneaky Petes Marina, the
Collegiate Bass Anglers Association and Fox College Sports.
About Fox College Sports: FCS is three nationally distributed college
sports networks (FCS Pacific, FCS Central, and FCS Atlantic) stocked
with premium collegiate programming from across the country. FCS
features mens and womens competitions across a broad range of
NCAA-sanctioned sports highlighted by perennial powers from the ACC,
Big 12, Pac 10, SEC, as well as other top conferences. The three
networks combine to telecast more than 800 live NCAA events over the
course of a year. Based on current distribution agreements, FCS is
available to approximately 52 million digital homes, and is seen by
viewers in the nations 25 largest cities, including New York, Los
Angeles and Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta, Houston,
Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa. Key MSO partners include Comcast
Corp., Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications,
Cablevision Systems, Adelphia Communications, Mediacom Communications,
Insight Communications and CableOne and the National Cable Television
Cooperative. The most up-to-date telecast schedule is available 24/7
by logging on to www.foxcollegesports.com.
As a pre-dawn thunderstorm had
tournament officials watching to make sure it did indeed dance around
Lake Lewisville as predicted, the 83 teams representing 48 colleges in
the second annual BoatU.S. National Collegiate Bass Fishing
Championship (NCBFC) were thinking more about where they were going
to start this first day of competition.
By 8 a.m., about one hour after take-off, all questions had been
answered. The sky was clear and the anglers were fishing. By 4 p.m.,
the results for the first day of competition had been decided.
At the top was the University of Montevallo, Alabama, team, Casey
Crumpton and Clent Davis, with their five-fish limit of bass weighing
13.24 pounds. It was just enough to edge out runners-up, Chase Cates
and Christopher Snow from Louisiana Tech University, who had a 12.92
pound limit.
Rounding out the top five teams were: 3rd place, North Carolina
State's Alex Freeman and Randall Hess; 4th place, Louisiana Tech
University's Aaron Rogillio and Tyler Tatum; and 5th place, Texas
A&M's Trevor Knight and Justin Rackley.
Of the 83 teams, 10 managed to catch their five-fish limits. On the
opposite end of the spectrum, 15 teams were unable to land a
legal-sized fish, which is a bass of at least 14 inches in length.
All anglers commented on catching numerous fish smaller than that
throughout the day.
The teams with the most success were mum about what they were doing
because the entire field of anglers fishes again tomorrow before
being cut to only the top five teams for the last and final day of
competition on Saturday. However, some shared that they started the
day with one partner casting a topwater bait and the other tossing a
crankbait or spinnerbait.
The high blue sky and calm winds sent many searching for different
spots, tactics and baits before too long into the morning. The day's
fishing turned out to be a slower bite than what many of the anglers
said they had experienced during their three practice days of fishing
on the lake.
For tomorrow morning, the take-off is expected to begin around 7 a.m.
again. The weigh-in starts at 3 p.m. at Sneaky Pete's Marina and is
open to the public. On Saturday, the five final teams will fish from
special edition 40th anniversary Ranger boats identically equipped
with Yamaha outboards, Garmin electronics and Minn Kota trolling
motors.
Saturday's weigh-in begins at 3:30 p.m. at Sneaky Pete's.
The NCBFC is sponsored by BoatU.S., BoatU.S. Angler, Cabela's, Ranger
Boats, Yamaha, Garmin, Costa Del Mar, Pioneer Beef Jerky, EGO Nets,
Sebile, American Rodsmiths, Aviva Fishin Buddy, Biosonix, Bill Lewis
Lures, Gene Larew Lures, Nemire Lures, Keelshield, Minn Kota, Sperry
Top-Sider, Power-Pole, City of Lewisville, Sneaky Petes Marina, the
Collegiate Bass Anglers Association and Fox College Sports.
About Fox College Sports: FCS is three nationally distributed college
sports networks (FCS Pacific, FCS Central, and FCS Atlantic) stocked
with premium collegiate programming from across the country. FCS
features mens and womens competitions across a broad range of
NCAA-sanctioned sports highlighted by perennial powers from the ACC,
Big 12, Pac 10, SEC, as well as other top conferences. The three
networks combine to telecast more than 800 live NCAA events over the
course of a year. Based on current distribution agreements, FCS is
available to approximately 52 million digital homes, and is seen by
viewers in the nations 25 largest cities, including New York, Los
Angeles and Chicago, San Francisco, Dallas and Atlanta, Houston,
Seattle, Minneapolis and Tampa. Key MSO partners include Comcast
Corp., Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Cox Communications,
Cablevision Systems, Adelphia Communications, Mediacom Communications,
Insight Communications and CableOne and the National Cable Television
Cooperative. The most up-to-date telecast schedule is available 24/7
by logging on to www.foxcollegesports.com.
| 1st place as of 09/27 Casey Crumpton (L), Clent Davis (R) |
| 2nd place as of 09/27 Chase Cates (L), Christopher Snow (R) |
| 3rd place as of 09/27 Randall Hess (L), Alex Freeman (R) |
| 4th place as of 09/27 Aaron Rogillo (L), Tyler Tatum (R) |
| 5th place as of 09/27 Justin Rackley (L), Trevor Knight (R) |
| For all of the tournament results, photos and more visit the website at www.collegiatebasschampionship.com |