FLW College Fishing Northern Division to Host Event on Lake Erie 9-3-2010
gengberg September 3rd, 2010
FLW College Fishing Northern Division To Host Event On Lake Erie
ERIE, Pa - National Guard FLW College Fishing is headed to Lake Erie on September 11 for the last of four stops in the Northern Division. Forty collegiate teams will be competing for a top award of $10,000 to be split evenly between the school and bass fishing club.
“If the anglers can get out on the lake, it’s just a no-brainer,” said Chevy pro Dave Lefebre of Union City, Pa. “They’ll need to get out in deeper water and find the little rock piles and humps and breaklines 30 to 50 feet deep. And they’ll need to use little baits. They can’t think they’re going to power fish. It’s all light line and using your electronics.
“It’s not the primo time of year to be on Erie, but the weights are always going to be big here,” Lefebre added.
Anglers will take off from Presque Isle Bay State Park located at 301 Peninsula Drive in Erie, Pa., at 6:30 a.m. Weigh-in will be held at Presque Isle Bay State Park beginning at 1 p.m. Takeoffs and weigh-ins are free and open to the public.
Schools competing in this week’s tournament include: Carnegie Mellon University, Central Michigan, Chestnut Hill College, Christopher Newport, Concord University, Cornell University, Denison University, Fairmont State University, Gardner-Webb University, Glenville State College, Kent State University, Lebanon Valley College, Lenoir-Rhyne College, Longwood University, Lynchburg College, Mansfield University, Messiah College, Michigan State University, N.C. State University, Ohio State, Ohio University, Penn State, Plymouth State College, Radford University, Ramapo College, Rensselaer, RIT, Slippery Rock University, SUNY-Plattsburgh, UNC Charlotte, University of Connecticut, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Vermont Technical College, Virginia Commonwealth, Virginia Tech, Wake Forest University, Wayne State University, West Point, West Virginia University and Western Michigan.
The top five teams from each tournament will qualify for the regional championship where the first-place team wins $25,000 cash for their school and a Ranger 177TR bass boat for their fishing club. The top five teams from each regional advance to the national championship where the first-place team wins $50,000 for their school and $25,000 cash and a Ranger 177TR bass boat for their fishing club. Continue Reading »
