Day 2:

 

Less than 2 ounces away from satisfaction--and pay out! Scott and Charlie saw their last chance at a national title slip away with a few close chances. After only weighing 4 keepers on day one, the two anglers needed a big bag on day two to give them the outside shot at a top 5 and a win.

 

The morning started off early for them as the 5th boat to take off out of 129. Topwater off of a secondary protected point at Lewisville boated 3 keepers in 15 minutes for the Hokies. A 5-6 pound fish came out of the water to strike the same bait not seconds later and just missed! An hour later, the two had a solid 15 pound limit from the flooded willow bushes on monster worms and brush hogs. A 5.6 pound fish helped the limit early to around 17 pounds and they can only imagine what that second big fish would have done for them. From 10:00 am until check in at 3:00 pm the team scavenged the willows in search for a single fish that would cull a small 2 pounder and hoist their limit to close to 20 pounds--but it never came. 

 

Weigh in brought the team to 0.11 pounds out of 5th place and a spot in the money and prizes. Scott's big fish at 5.6 held out until the second to last boat brought a 5.7 to the scales. The team was able to secure the heaviest 5 fish bag for the day by nearly 2 pounds over the rest of the 129 boat field on a difficult day on the lake. This is the second year in a row that the VT team has secured the heaviest bag for one of the two days of competition at the national championship and are proud to consistantly fish well. 

 

The guys were extremely disappointed at the results but very proud of the second day's effort and race up the leaderboard.

 

Wyatt and Carson struggled on day 2 along with most of the field in bluebird skys and 90 degree weather. Learning the lake for next year will be invaluable to their future success. 

 

Day 1:

 

Lake Lewisville is fishing tough for most of the 129 boat field but there are some that seem to be figuring them out. 21.66 lbs is leading the field and the weights steadily drop there after. Structure fishing seems to be the ticket to the bigger limits but fish are being caught numerous ways.

 

Scott and Charlie are on a shallow bite and brought almost 12 pounds to the scales for only 4 fish and are in the top 25. Wyatt and Carson are managing Lewisville for the first time at 6.62 lbs. for 3 fish. With 129 boats on a fairly small body of water, fishing is crowded in the spots that produced for most during practice. Charlie was able to hook an 8 pound fish in practice and hope to duplicate that bite on the second tournament day. Stay tuned to see how the Hokies do on a tough Lake Lewisville on day 2. Thanks to all of our sponsors in support of our team this year. We could not make it here without you!

 

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 Southern Collegiate Series Championship

 Lake Wilson, Alabama

 

Three teams from Virginia Tech headed south the weekend of April 17th and 18th for the Southern Collegiate Series Championship hosted by Auburn University. 96 Anglers from 19 Universities participated in this event.

Virginia Tech managed to stay very competitive and by the end of the second day found themselves in 5th place. The results and photos are on the Auburn Website.

 

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