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BAINBRIDGE, Ga. – FLW College Fishing is headed to Lake Seminole February 1 for the first of four stops in the Southeastern Conference. Fifty college teams will be competing for a top award of $2,000 and a berth in the Southeastern Conference Invitational tournament. UNA will be there with two fishermen, Dawson Lenz of
FLW College Fishing teams compete in three qualifying events in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top 15 teams from each regular-season tournament will qualify for one of five conference invitational tournaments. The top 10 teams from each conference invitational tournament will advance to the 2015 FLW College Fishing National Championship.
BAINBRIDGE, Ga. – FLW College Fishing is headed to Lake Seminole February 1 for the first of four stops in the Southeastern Conference. Fifty college teams will be competing for a top award of $2,000 and a berth in the Southeastern Conference Invitational tournament. UNA will be there with two fishermen, Dawson Lenz of
UNA FLW College Bass Fishing Team
Peachtree City, Georgia and Evan Horne of Florence, Alabama.
“I was just fishing on Seminole last week,” said Straight Talk pro Scott Canterbury of Springville, Ala., who finished third when the Rayovac FLW Series visited Lake Seminole in 2013. “The college anglers are definitely going to be fishing shallow. It’s all pre-spawn patterns right now.
“The key to this tournament will be finding the submerged vegetation and fishing around the grass,” Canterbury continued. “Look for the spawning areas. The fish will be staged up on the big flats. If you can find the right grass, hydrilla and coon tails you will have a good shot at winning.”
Scott Canterbury
Canterbury said that he expects the most popular baits in this event to be Rat-L-Traps, jerkbaits and umbrella rigs.
“For those that throw a Rat-L-Trap, they’ll be targeting 4 to 8 feet of water,” Canterbury continued. “The umbrella rig guys will be fishing a little deeper, from 6 to 12 feet.
“You’re fishing for eight to 10 bites all day long. You’re not catching 20 fish a day, but the ones that you do catch are going to average 4 or 5 pounds. I think the winning team will bring 24 to 26 pounds to the scales.”
Canterbury said that fish will be caught everywhere, but did give the college teams a little advice on where to start.
“The whole lake is good,” Canterbury went on to say. “But, I like to fish the main lake area within five miles of where the Flint and 
Chattahoochee Rivers meet. I feel like that is the most fertile area of the lake. That being said, you can catch them anywhere on the lake.”
Chattahoochee Rivers meet. I feel like that is the most fertile area of the lake. That being said, you can catch them anywhere on the lake.” Anglers will take off from Bainbridge Earle May Boat Basin located at 100 Boat Basin Circle in Bainbridge, Georgia, at 7:30 a.m. Saturday. Weigh-in will be held at the park beginning at 3 p.m. Takeoff and weigh-in are free and open to the public.
FLW College Fishing teams compete in three qualifying events in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top 15 teams from each regular-season tournament will qualify for one of five conference invitational tournaments. The top 10 teams from each conference invitational tournament will advance to the 2015 FLW College Fishing National Championship. College Fishing is free to enter and FLW Outdoors provides boats and drivers for each competing team along with travel allowances. All participants must be registered, full-time undergraduate students at a four-year college or university and members of a fishing club recognized by their college or university.
MEDIA RELEASE/FLW COLLEGE FISHING/Joe Opager, Communications Specialist
