he University of North Florida’s Nicholas Oldham of Jacksonville, Florida and Jacob Sanders of Julington Creek, Florida, took the win at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Harris Chain of Lakes . The victory earned the University of North Florida bass club $2,000 and qualified the duo to compete in the 2021 College Fishing National Championship.
Their limit of 31 pounds, 11 ounces, set a new all-time single-day record with the heaviest five-fish weight in College Fishing history. The record was previously set in 2009 on Falcon Lake by the Tarleton State University team of John Anderson and Tanner Morgan, with a limit of 29 pounds, 13 ounces.
TOP 10 RESULTS*
RANK | COLLEGE NAME | ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN | BASS | WEIGHT | AWARD |
1st | University of North Florida | Nicholas Oldham of Jacksonville, Fla. | 5 | 31-11 | $2,000 |
2nd | University of South Carolina | Andre Eaton of Naples, Fla. | 5 | 30-1 | $1,000 |
3rd | Lander University | Kaleb Brown of Greenwood, S.C. | 5 | 27-4 | $500 |
4th | Auburn University | Connor Jacob of Peoria, Ill. | 5 | 26-14 | $500 |
5th | Auburn University | Cam Busby of Huntsville, Ala. | 5 | 21-6 | $500 |
6th | Emmanuel College | Brooks Anderson of Marietta, Ga. | 5 | 21-0 |
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7th | University of South Carolina | Jackson Denny of Myrtle Beach, S.C. | 5 | 20-14 |
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8th | Emmanuel College | Cole Holloway of Madison, Ga. | 5 | 20-9 |
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9th | University of West Alabama | Tyler Elmore of Demopolis, Ala. | 5 | 19-14 |
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10th | University of Montevallo | Brenton Godwin of Stapelton, Ala. | 5 | 19-13 |
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2021 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES
EVENT | DATE | LOCATION | HOST |
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at Lake Guntersville | April 23 | Guntersville, Ala. | Marshall County Convention and Visitors Bureau |
The event was the first of three qualifying tournaments for Southeastern Conference anglers and was hosted by Visit Lake County, Florida. Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI teams compete in regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top ten teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual Abu Garcia College Fishing Open advance to the following year’s Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship.
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