Adrian College Finishes 1-2-3 at Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on the Detroit River
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Aug 25th, 2021 by Keith Worrall
Modified Aug 25th, 2021 at 11:18 AM
TRENTON, Mich. (Aug. 25, 2021) – The Adrian College duo of Jacob Emery of New Boston, Michigan, and Aaron Jagdfeld of Rochester, Michigan, weighed a five-bass limit totaling 23 pounds, 4 ounces to earn the win last weekend at the Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI at the Detroit River. The victory earned the Bulldog’s bass club $2,000 and qualified the duo to compete in the 2022 College Fishing National Championship.
According to post-tournament reports, the duo caught their fish targeting grass in 20 to 22 feet of water with honey candy-colored Strike King Dream Shots and Strike King Z-Too soft jerkbaits.
TOP 10 RESULTS*
RANK
COLLEGE NAME
ANGLER NAME/HOMETOWN
BASS
WEIGHT
AWARD
1st
Adrian College
Jacob Emery, New Boston, Mich.
Aaron Jagdfeld, Rochester, Mich.
5
23-4
$2,000
2nd
Adrian College
Carter Ball, Noblesville, Ind.
Austin Tapley, Jackson, Mich.
5
22-10
$1,000
3rd
Adrian College
Zach Salters, Allegan, Mich.
Ben Statly, Fenton, Mich.
5
20-15
$500
4th
King University
Donovan Carson, Bluff City, Tenn.
Landon Lawson, Jonesboro, Tenn.
5
20-14
$500
5th
Western Michigan University
Kurt Antonowitsch, Kalamazoo, Mich.
Cole Zagrzebski, Stevens Point, Wis.
5
20-11
$500
6th
Michigan State University
Nic Lloyd, Lansing, Mich.
Garrett Mandel, Warren, Mich.
5
20-10
7th
Western Michigan University
Bo Thomas, Edwardsburg, Mich.
Mason Vernia, Schoolcraft, Mich.
5
20-10
8th
Adrian College
Matt Mosby, Dryden, Mich.
Derek Rodriguez, Okemos, Mich.
5
20-5
9th
Bowling Green State University
Levi Booher, West Milton, Ohio
Nicholas Nartker, Englewood, Ohio
5
20-4
10th
Western Michigan University
Jack Simpson, Brighton, Mich.
Drake van Dike, Livonia, Mich.
5
20-3
*Top 10 teams advance to the 2022 College Fishing National Championship
Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
2021 QUALIFICATION OPPORTUNITIES
EVENT
DATE
LOCATION
HOST
2022 Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship
TBD
TBD
TBD
The event was the third and final qualifying tournaments for Northern Conference anglers and was hosted by the Detroit Sports Commission.
Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI teams compete in regular-season qualifying tournaments in one of five conferences – Central, Northern, Southern, Southeastern and Western. The top ten teams from each division’s three regular-season tournaments and the top 20 teams from the annual Abu Garcia College Fishing Open advance to the following year’s Abu Garcia College Fishing presented by YETI National Championship.
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