University of Georgia Bulldogs Come From Behind to Win 5-29-2010
gengberg May 29th, 2010
UNIVERSITY of GEORGIA BULLDOGS COME FROM BEHIND TO WIN 2010 BOATU.S. COLLEGIATE BASS FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
University of North Carolina-Charlotte and Western Kentucky Round Out Top Three
2010 Champions
Bo Page and Ben Cleary from University of Georgia
Lewisvile, Texas - In what was easily the most dramatic final day in the five year history of the event, the University of Georgia outweighed the University of North Carolina-Charlotte by 2.85 pounds to win the 2010 BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship.
The anglers endured blistering heat described as brutal by many as temperatures climbed into the mid 90’s every day with very little wind both days. The more than 300 collegiate anglers from across the nation registered to compete in the event this year showcased their fishing skills in this year’s national championship despite the challenging conditions.
Ben Cleary and Bo Page of the University of Georgia turned in an impressive performance as they came from third place to claim the national championship title with the most consistent performance of any team in the field in recent history. “It really means a lot to win the biggest collegiate bass fishing event ever held,” said Cleary and Page “It hasn’t even fully sunk in yet.” After weighing in 18.34 pounds on day one, the pair accumulated 18.07 pounds on day two, giving them a total weight of 36.41 pounds and a comfortable margin of victory. On day one they were able to coax the Lake Lewisville bass into biting by swimming a watermelon/red Git-Bit football jig. After catching a 5 pounder on a Pop R first thing on day two, a much slower presentation with Texas rigged watermelon/red Zoom Baby Brush Hogs dipped in JJ’s Magic soft plastic dye was required to get bites. Cleary reported catching a 6 pounder and a 3 pounder when he popped his Texas rig free from the rocks that were scattered on the bottom. As it turned out, their consistent creel of over 18 pounds per day resulting from six keeper bites each day proved to be more than enough to take the trophy home to Georgia. Click here to read the full story.
