Over this past weekend there were a couple of significant happenings in the world of tournament bass fishing.
Alvin Shaw Wins The Chevy Open In Detroit

photo credited: Rob Newell / FLW Outdoors
   Kellogg’s Pro, Alvin Shaw won FLW’s Chevy Open this past weekend in Detroit. He defended his day 3 lead with a day 4 sack that weighed 18-13 lbs. earning him the $200,000 payday. His 4 day total of 80-14 lbs. beat out 2nd place finisher and local Pringles Pro, Vic Vatalaro by just 3 ounces.
   Shaw used tube baits ripped from grass in the “Miles Road” area of …read more

     With the biggest bag of the tournament so far, Auburn Universities Josh Chapple and Adam Murphee own the top spot after weighing in a day 2 sack of 14.08 lbs. Their two day total of 24.07 lbs. has them in the lead by about 5 and a half pounds lead going into the 3rd and final day.
     The Day 1 leaders from Alabama University slipped to 2nd only weighing in 6.27 lbs. on day 2 for a combined weight of 18.99 lbs. They will need to have another day much like their day 1 and hope that Auburn Universities team has their worst day yet …read more

     Foster Bradley and Jeff Aul of the University Alabama are in the lead after day 1 of the College Bass national Championship presented by Under Armour with 12.72 lbs. The two have opened more than a 2 pound lead over Texas A&M’s team of Andrew Shafer and Scott Edmonds. The pair sit in 2nd with 10.2 lbs.    
     How do you think Trip Weldon feels about the Day 1 results? Pretty happy I’m sure.
To Check out the Day 1 results click here.

     The Under Armour College Bass National Championship is underway. The event on Lake Maumelle in Arkansas is hosting 54 teams from college campuses and universities across the map. The two-man team event will go from today, July 9-11 as Virginia Tech defends their title.
     For live streaming video feeds of the weigh-in and “Hooked Up”, featuring ESPNU host Keith Allen starting daily at 4pm, click here. 
2008 National Ranking – Top 5
*prior to the Championship
1. Virginia Tech University
2. University of Louisiana – Lafayette
3. University of Oklahoma
4. University of Iowa
5. Mississippi State University

     While it’s no secret that College Bass Fishing is growing much faster than anyone had anticipated, it doesn’t seem to want to slow down for a breather. Announced recently was that The Bass Federation is now providing advice and structure methods to College Bass Clubs. So what does this mean? For the most part it means that College Bass Clubs can know affiliate their clubs with TBF and receive rewarded advances and entries into other TBF and FLW Sanctioned events through the Collegiate Bass Championship such as, The Living The Dream Package, BFL All-American and Forrest Wood Cup Qualification. …read more

     We had always wondered who would win if some of our favorite anglers went head to head in a fishing face-off. Until Ultimate Match Fishing came along, those curiosities remained  a debate among fans. Now, every season we get to see a bracket style tournament that pits some of today’s best in the business in a head to head style tournament in which one angler is eventually crowned the UMF Champion and awarded $50,000.
     Now the UMF is going to college. With the rapid growth that college sports is seeing in tournament bass fishing participation, UMF will run a season called “Ultimate Match Fishing …read more

     How neat is it for the students going to college right now? If they are anglers or fans of fishing than it is pretty sweet and getting even sweeter. The sanctioning body over Collegiate Bass Angling is the Collegiate Bass Angling Association (CBAA). They provide various councils as well as sanction and host various Bass Fishing Tournaments and Championships. While still fairly young, Collegiate Bass Fishing seems to be taking root and gaining more and more momentum every year with the help of the CBAA and its sponsors.
     Over this past year the CBAA organized an Athletic Advisory Council.  …read more

    
     Over the past weekend, the National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship (NCBFC) was help on Texas’s Lake Lewisville. The event played host to 83 teams represented by 48 different schools. The format was similar to Pro level tournaments alike. Two man teams would compete over 2 days in an attempt to make the top 5 cut for the final and third day were their weights would be zeroed.
     After the three days of competition, it would be the Texas A&M team of Trevor Knight and Justin Rackley who would cinch the title with a day three total weight of 7.60 pounds …read more