June 9, 2016
Tarleton State University Leads College Wild Card Event
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ARDMORE, Okla. — Shallow and deep. That’s how the largemouth and smallmouth bass are getting caught at Lake Murray, a 5,700-acre impoundment in southern Oklahoma.
Zach Ziober and Dakota Ebare teamed up to catch the heaviest limit, weighing 17 pounds, 10 ounces, Thursday during the Carhartt College Series Wild Card presented by Bass Pro Shops.
Ziober and Ebare are fishing for the Tarleton State University bass club. The anglers from Stephenville, Texas, are among the 80 collegiate teams representing more than 40 colleges and universities in the tournament.
Just 10 ounces behind is Itawamba Community College with 17 pounds. Louisiana State University-Shreveport and Bethel University are tied for third place with 16 pounds, 1 ounce. The University of South Carolina is fifth with 15 pounds, 15 ounces.
Ziober and Ebare are finding the most success early in shallow water, and then moving deep.
“The day went about like we planned,” said Ebare. “We took it easy on some of our areas to save them for tomorrow and the next day.”
Friday, the goal is to land in the Top 20. Those teams advance to the championship round on Saturday.
“We aren’t getting our better bites until later in the day,” added Ziober.
Ziober and Ebare hope to repeat their catch today with fewer mistakes.
“We jumped some really good ones off at the boat,” said Ebare. “We have a few ideas on how to improve and will try a few things different.”
Ty Cox and Jake Houston, fishing for Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Miss., are fishing both ends of the water column.
“We are flipping jigs in shallow water, early, and then moving out deep to fish for the smallmouth,” said Cox.
So it goes with the remainder of the teams. The early bite is best when the bass move into shallow water to feed. As the sun heats the water, those bass move to deeper water. The smallmouth thrive in deep water and are more dependable and easier to pinpoint during midday.
The Wild Card format is a bonus opportunity for advancing to the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. The tournament is July 28-30 in Campbellsville, Ky., on Green River Lake.
Most of the national championship teams have already advanced through five conference championships. The Wild Card is the final chance to qualify for this season of the collegiate series.
Several bonus awards are up for contention. The heaviest catch after three days awards the angler $250 from Bass Pro Shops for the Nitro Big Bag award. Tomorrow’s leader receives $250 in lure merchandise for the Livingston Lures Leader Award. The angler catching the biggest bass in the tournament earns the Carhartt Big Bass Award worth $500.
Tomorrow the weigh-in begins at 2 p.m. CT at Lake Murray State Park, North Ramp. Saturday the championship weigh-in will be held on the GEICO Bassmaster BASSfest stage at 4 p.m. at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant.
Today’s Activity
STANDINGS BOATER DAY 1
Lake Murray – Lake Murray North Ramp – Ardmore, OK
6/9/2016 – 6/11/2016
Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Wild Card presented by Bass Pro Shops
# Fish Lbs – Oz
Accumulative
Name # Live # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz
1 Zach Ziober – Dakota Ebare Tarleton State University 5 5 17-10 5 5 17-10
2 Ty Cox – Jake Houston Itawamba Community College 5 5 17- 0 5 5 17- 0
3 JP Kimbrough – Jared Rascoe LSU Shreveport 5 5 16- 1 5 5 16- 1
3 Hunter Louden – Bethel University 5 5 16- 1 5 5 16- 1
5 Chris Blanchette – Dylan Allison University of South Carolina 5 5 15-15 5 5 15-15
6 John Ledet – Justin Cooper Northwestern State University 5 5 15-12 5 5 15-12
7 Jason Ashe – Western Carolina University 5 5 15- 2 5 5 15- 2
8 Aaron Belgard – Logan Laprarie Northwestern State University 5 5 14- 6 5 5 14- 6
9 Stetson Overton – Justin Seeton Tarleton State University 5 5 14- 4 5 5 14- 4
10 Ty Dyer – Ricky Harris Bethel University 5 4 13-14 5 4 13-14
11 Andrew Madison – Jose Palma University of Central Oklahoma 5 5 13-13 5 5 13-13
12 Zach Hurst – Austyn Fowler Tarleton State University 5 5 13- 6 5 5 13- 6
13 Josh Bensema – Tyler Anderson Texas A&M University 5 5 13- 5 5 5 13- 5
14 Adam Burkett – Christian Brown LSU Shreveport 5 5 13- 3 5 5 13- 3
15 Forrest Sears – Greg Dean Wallace State Comm College 5 5 12-15 5 5 12-15
16 Patrick Walters – Brian Sweeney University of South Carolina 5 5 12-10 5 5 12-10
17 Reed Foster – Zackery Hines Dallas Baptist University 5 5 12- 7 5 5 12- 7
18 Sam Stone – Evan Coleman Texas State University 5 5 12- 1 5 5 12- 1
18 Chris Zins – Zach Holliday University of Central Oklahoma 5 5 12- 1 5 5 12- 1
20 Brian Pahl – John Garrett Bethel University 5 5 12- 0 5 5 12- 0
21 Tyler Woods – Robert Tweed Stephen F Austin State University 5 5 11-14 5 5 11-14
22 Morgan Locke – Logan Elton Florida State University 5 5 11-10 5 5 11-10
23 Kyler Chelminiak – Alec Piekarski Bethel University 5 5 11- 9 5 5 11- 9
24 Sheldon Rogge – Parker Davis Kansas State University 5 5 11- 8 5 5 11- 8
25 Trent Newman – Nathan Wood Dallas Baptist University 5 5 11- 5 5 5 11- 5
26 Nick Ratliff – Grant Adams Campbellsville University 5 5 10-12 5 5 10-12
27 Wyatt Frankens – Hunter Price Stephen F Austin University 5 5 10-10 5 5 10-10
28 Makenzie Henson – Sloan Pennington U. of North Alabama 5 5 10- 5 5 5 10- 5
29 Dillon Harrell – Dustin Moreno Sam Houston State University 5 5 10- 4 5 5 10- 4
30 Nathan Martin – Joe Nakai U. of North Alabama 5 5 10- 1 5 5 10- 1
31 Ryan Kennedy – Frank Lillig Kennesaw State University 5 5 9-13 5 5 9-13
32 Cameron Brooks – Mason Sapp Campbellsville University 5 5 9-10 5 5 9-10
32 Tyler Craig – Hunter Freeman La Monroe 5 5 9-10 5 5 9-10
32 Dustin Nash – Thomas Merchant Northwestern State University 5 5 9-10 5 5 9-10
35 Michael Corbishley – Austin Warmus East Carolina University 5 5 9- 7 5 5 9- 7
36 Jared Bourgeois – Parker White LSU 5 5 9- 6 5 5 9- 6
37 CJ Knight – Mitchell Jennings Auburn University 5 5 9- 2 5 5 9- 2
38 Dalton Warrington – Chris Bradley Southwestern Oklahoma State University 5 3 9- 0 5 3 9- 0
39 Mitchell Mayard – Owen Richard LSU 5 5 8-15 5 5 8-15
39 Adam Neill – Thomas Mistead University of Alabama 5 5 8-15 5 5 8-15
41 Spencer Lambert – Thomas Soileau La Monroe 5 4 8-14 5 4 8-14
42 Alex Murray – Alex Felder Southeastern Louisiana University 4 4 8-14 4 4 8-14
43 Tanner Crim – Zach Montalvo Tarleton State University 5 5 8-12 5 5 8-12
44 Levi Umland – Heartland Community College 5 5 8-11 5 5 8-11
45 Dawson Lenz – Evan Horne University of North Alabama 5 5 8- 9 5 5 8- 9
46 Garrett Stone – Collin Chandler University of Georgia 4 4 8- 8 4 4 8- 8
47 Clayton Godfrey – John-Michael Brattlof Stephen F Austin State University 5 3 8- 6 5 3 8- 6
48 Nicholas DiCamillo – Justin Hettinga New Mexico State University 5 5 8- 5 5 5 8- 5
49 Cody Peak – Jeff Roman Clayton IV Mississippi State University 5 4 8- 5 5 4 8- 5
50 Tyler Brown – Baylor Ronemus Clemson University 5 5 8- 4 5 5 8- 4
Today’s Activity
# Fish Lbs – Oz
Accumulative
Name # Live # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz
50 Jacob Fournier – Jared Bascle Nicholls State 5 5 8- 4 5 5 8- 4
52 Eric Hanna – Oklahoma State University 5 4 8- 2 5 4 8- 2
53 Adam Carman – Justin Mayfield Campbellsville University 5 5 8- 0 5 5 8- 0
54 Caleb Garvin – CJ Holbrook Mississippi State University 5 5 7-15 5 5 7-15
55 Jared Baker – Layton Jones Georgia Southern University 5 4 7-10 5 4 7-10
56 Armando Ortiz – Roy Zhang Auburn University 5 5 7- 8 5 5 7- 8
57 Dakota Sparks – Levi Sharp LSU 4 4 7- 8 4 4 7- 8
58 Jacob Reome – Daniel Rupee Clemson University 5 5 7- 7 5 5 7- 7
59 Jordan Ledbetter – Taylor Schmitt McKendree University 5 5 7- 3 5 5 7- 3
60 Cody Metzger – Conner Schwab Northeastern State University 5 5 7- 0 5 5 7- 0
61 Zachary Bodford – NC State University 5 5 6-13 5 5 6-13
62 Cody Cleary – Max Gresham Valdosta State University 5 5 6- 9 5 5 6- 9
63 Cody Billings – Daulton Smith University of Georgia 4 4 6- 8 4 4 6- 8
64 Wyatt Burkhalter – Taylor Teague University of West Alabama 5 5 6- 7 5 5 6- 7
65 Charles Conger – Jackson Moody Kennesaw State University 4 4 6- 5 4 4 6- 5
66 Dakota Cline – Stephen F Austin University 5 4 5-12 5 4 5-12
67 Mack Hicks – Alice Lloyd College 4 4 5-11 4 4 5-11
68 Brock Wilke – JT Russell McKendree University 5 5 5- 0 5 5 5- 0
69 Tyler Moses – Brennan Soileau LA Tech 4 4 4-14 4 4 4-14
70 Taylor Umland – Justin Schick Illinois State University 3 3 4-12 3 3 4-12
71 Chandler South – JR Wright Itawamba Community College 2 2 4-10 2 2 4-10
72 Scott Fair – Northwestern State University 2 2 4- 1 2 2 4- 1
73 Alex Schieman – Garrett Reynolds Georgia College 3 3 4- 0 3 3 4- 0
74 Derek Louderbaugh – Drury University 3 3 3-10 3 3 3-10
75 Garrett Goettee – Grant Pietsch Texas A&M University at Galveston 3 3 3- 8 3 3 3- 8
76 Ashley Ruggles – Jeff White Drury University 3 3 3- 4 3 3 3- 4
77 Benjamin Webster – Andrew Deloney University of Alabama 2 2 2- 6 2 2 2- 6
78 Landon Tucker – Valdosta State University 1 1 1-11 1 1 1-11
79 Logan Shaddix – Ethan Flack University of Alabama 1 1 1- 3 1 1 1- 3
80 Cameron Simmons – Cameron DeBorde Oklahoma State 1 1 1- 1 1 1 1- 1
Name City,State Lbs-Oz
BIG BASS
Day
1 Trent Newman – Nathan WoodDallas, TX 4-10
Day # Live Lbs-Oz # Limits
TOTALS
# Fish
1 362 352 737- 6 62
2 0 0 0- 0 0
