MINNEAPOLIS – FLW Outdoors, the world’s leading tournament fishing organization, has announced its 2010 FLW College Fishing schedule as well as other tournament-specific details relating to the upcoming season.
FLW Outdoors launched the National Guard FLW College Fishing circuit in 2009 and the success has been unparalleled to date.
The 2010 schedule will consist of four qualifying events and one regional tournament in each division – Central, Northern, Southeast, Texas and Western – and is below.
2010 FLW College Fishing regular season and regional schedules
Date, Fishery, Location
Central Division
March 20, Lake of the Ozarks, Osage Beach, Mo.
April 17, Lake Ouachita, Mount Ida, Ark.
May 15, Kentucky Lake, Gilbertsville, Ky.
Sept. 18, Lake Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Central Regional – Indiana University
Oct. 30-Nov. 1, Lake Monroe, Bloomington, Ind.
Northern Division
March 27, Mt. Island Lake, Mount Holly, N.C.
June 5, Potomac River, Marbury, Md.
July 17, Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Sept. 11, Lake Erie, Erie, Pa.
Northern Regional – North Carolina State
Nov. 6-8 Lake Jordan Raleigh, N.C.
Southeast Division
Feb. 27, Lake Okeechobee, Clewiston, Fla.
March 13, Old Hickory Lake, Gallatin, Tenn.
May 1, Lake Eufaula, Eufaula, Ala.
Oct. 2, Pickwick Lake, Florence, Ala.
Southeast Regional – University of South Carolina
Nov. 13-15 Lake Murray Columbia, S.C.
Texas Division
Jan. 9, Lake Falcon, Zapata, Texas
Feb. 6, Sam Rayburn, Jasper, Texas
March 6, Red River, Natchitoches, La.
June 19, Toledo Bend, Many, La.
Texas Regional – University of Texas
Oct. 23-25, Lake Austin, Austin, Texas
Western Division
Jan. 16, Lake Shasta, Shasta Lake, Calif.
May 8, Lake Mead, Las Vegas, Nev.
June 12, California Delta, Stockton, Calif.
Sept. 25, Lake Roosevelt, Payson, Ariz.
Western Regional – Sacramento State
Oct. 9-11, Folsom Lake, Sacramento, Calif.
2010 FLW College Fishing National Championship (for 2009 regional qualifiers only)
April 10-12; Fort Loudoun/Tellico lakes, University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tenn.
2011 FLW College Fishing National Championship
The 2011 FLW College Fishing National Championship (earmarked for qualfiers from the 2010 season) is scheduled to take place at the University of Tennessee-Chatanooga. Dates for this event have not yet been finalized. However, as soon as they become available, they will be updated on FLWOutdoors.com.
Eligibility requirements
Full-time students at four-year institutions with a bass fishing club are eligible to compete. There is no entry fee, boats are provided and each team receives a travel allowance. Each qualifying event will accept up to 40 teams with the top five teams from each division advancing to their respective regional championship. The top five teams from each regional championship advance to the national championship. The team that takes home the national championship title qualifies for the Forrest Wood Cup.
Each team consists of two students competing for awards that are split between their bass fishing club and their respective school. Entries will be accepted online at CollegeFishing.com beginning Monday, Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. Central time. For additional information, please visit CollegeFishing.com.