Adrian College Uses Largemouth To Claim Bassmaster College Series Win

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Nick Marsh (right) and Jarrod Layton of Adrian College won the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Southern Tour presented by Bass Pro Shops on Pickwick Lake out of Florence, Ala., with a three-day total weight of 58 pounds, 11 ounces.

Photo by Ronnie Moore/B.A.S.S.

April 21, 2018

Adrian College Uses Largemouth To Claim Bassmaster College Series Win

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FLORENCE, Ala. — Adrian College’s Nick Marsh and Jarrod Layton rode a wave of shallow largemouth to victory at Pickwick Lake in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Southern Tour presented by Bass Pro Shops with a three-day total of 58 pounds, 11 ounces.

After catching over 20 pounds on both Thursday and Friday, the duo from Michigan managed 17-8 during Saturday’s final round to notch the victory by a 5-6 margin over West Virginia University’s Nolan Minor and Casey Lanier.

Although they believed their pattern was dying due to the falling water, Marsh and Layton made a slight adjustment and brought in another solid bag of largemouth to sail away with the win.

“We had a few key bites on Friday around cypress trees,” Marsh said. “We knew the water would continue to drop and the fish would completely leave the buckbrush and eventually the cypress trees. We shifted to cypress trees and the middle of the pockets. The water cleared up, and we eventually started seeing big largemouth laying in the mud trying to spawn.”

They used a one-two punch of flipping a jig at isolated cover and throwing a spinnerbait in the gaps as they covered water. Their key bait was a 1/2-ounce black and blue jig with subtle trailers like a Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver. The spinnerbait size was key as Marsh and Layton threw a heavy 3/4-ounce model with a bigger blade than what comes stock.

“A lot of anglers like to throw a lighter spinnerbait when you’re in 2 feet of water or less, but I felt a bigger one would help coax those bigger fish around the trees and brush,” Marsh said. “I changed those blades to bigger sizes, so it would produce more thump and it also allowed me to fish it slower through the cover.”

Each day the Adrian College teammates would catch one big smallmouth at Wilson Dam to help anchor their bag. But that didn’t pan out Saturday as the fishing near the dam was tougher, so they bailed and relied solely on largemouth.

Minor and Lanier steadily moved up each day of competition as they went from 22nd place on Thursday to third on Friday and eventually settled in the runner-up position. They shared water and often saw the winners from Adrian College, but they also found a way to catch smallmouth without competing at the dam.

After three days, their 53-5 three-day total consisted of largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass.

“We had two areas very close in proximity,” Minor said. “We would start on a main river current seam and catch our limit in the first two hours and then we would fish shallow cover for largemouth and some spotted bass the rest of the day.”

Their smallmouth area was taken over by spotted bass on Championship Saturday, but they were solid bass. They managed a limit in the first hour but never could upgrade shallow because of heavy boat traffic in the shallow sloughs they had been fishing.

“We fished current seams with a Ned Rig and then flipped shallow bushes with a Texas-rigged Missile Baits D Bomb,” Minor said. “Alabama has treated us great over the first two years of college fishing. Bass act the same for the most part all over the country, but these lakes have some big and beautiful fish.”

The biggest jump on the final day came from Joe McClosky and John Austin-Welch of Bethel University who moved from 19th to third after catching 21-11 on Saturday. They fished deeper than most teams this week hoping to find places that reloaded with fish. They did so and qualified for their first Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops in their first Bassmaster College Series event.

Matthew Cross and Mekiah Jack of Middle Tennessee State University took home the Big Bass Award for catching an 8-2 largemouth on Thursday.

The Top 5 teams also received Abu Garcia Veritas rods and Abu Garcia Revo reels for outlasting the record-setting, 266-boat field.

With the conclusion of the Southern Tour event on Pickwick, there are two remaining Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Tour events left, with the next coming at Cherokee Lake in Tennessee and the finale at Clear Lake in California, both in the month of May.

The Top 38 teams qualified for the National Championship, which is at Lake Tenkiller, Oklahoma, on July 19-21, 2018.

Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Southern Tour presented by Bass Pro Shops

4/19/2018 – 4/21/2018

Pickwick Lake – McFarland Park – Florence, AL

STANDINGS BOATER DAY 3

Name # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz # Fish # Live Lbs-Oz PTS

1 Nick Marsh – Jarrod Layton Adrian College 5 5 17- 8 15 15 58-11 500.00

2 Nolan Minor – Casey Lanier West Virginia University 5 5 14- 9 15 15 53- 5 498.12

3 Joe McClosky – John-Austin Welch Bethel University 5 5 21-11 14 14 52- 9 496.24

4 Thomas Milstead – Jared Turnbloom University of Alabama 4 4 16- 8 14 14 52- 5 494.36

5 Ryan Nevil – Nathan Wood Dallas Baptist University 5 5 17- 0 14 14 51- 5 492.48

6 Matthew Cross – Mekiah Jack Middle Tennessee State University 5 5 13- 9 15 15 49-15 490.60

7 Alex Murray – Trent Manuel McNeese State University 4 4 16-15 13 13 49- 2 488.72

8 Justin Barnes – Adam Carroll University of Montevallo 5 5 17-15 15 15 48- 2 486.84

9 Harbor Lovin – Evan Bramhill Murray State University 5 5 15-10 13 13 47- 0 484.96

10 Kyle Weems – Trent Turner LA Tech 5 5 16- 9 14 14 46-15 483.08

11 Bennett Pierce – Austin Phillips Arkansas Tech University 5 5 16- 6 14 14 46-14 481.20

12 Dillon Harrell – Colby Bryant Sam Houston State University 5 5 15- 6 15 15 46- 1 479.32

13 Blake Albertson – Adam Puckett Murray State University 5 5 18- 1 15 15 45-12 477.44

14 Brian Pahl – John Garrett Bethel University 2 2 4- 9 12 12 45- 9 475.56

15 Cade Reeder – Will Harding Wallace State Hanceville 5 5 13- 6 15 15 45- 2 473.68

16 Nick Montilino – Nick Inzeo Murray State University 3 3 9-11 13 13 44-14 471.80

17 Tyler Craig – Spencer Lambert U. of Louisiana at Monroe 2 2 7-12 12 12 43-11 469.92

18 Wesley Griner – Justin Sisavath University of Georgia 3 3 10-15 13 13 42- 8 468.05

19 Dalton Childers – Blake Spradlin Auburn University 4 4 11-10 13 13 42- 2 466.17

20 Cody Stahl – Reese Kingston SCAD 2 2 9-11 12 12 41- 7 464.29

21 Zeke Gossett – Hayden Bartee Jefferson State 3 3 7-12 13 13 41- 4 484.96

22 Shane Campbell – Ethan Jones McKendree University 5 5 10-14 14 14 41- 0 454.89

23 Conner Fogg – Chandler Fogg Bryan College 2 2 8- 2 12 12 40-14 483.08

24 Parker Humber – Carlos Welch Itawamba Comm College 4 4 8-11 14 14 40- 3 471.80

25 Bradley Dunagan – Nick Ratliff Campbellsville University 3 3 8- 4 12 12 40- 0 475.56

26 Jacob Daily – Andrew Deloney University of Alabama 2 2 5-12 12 12 37- 1 468.05

27 Wilson Smith – Cole Walker Bethel University 2 2 6- 2 12 12 34- 4 449.25

28 Luke Potter – Stephen Thomas Lamar University 1 1 3-14 8 7 32-10 453.01

29 Noah Garnett – Tyler Pendergrass Wallace State Hanceville 2 2 4- 0 10 10 31-10 443.61

30 Miller Spivey – Chandler Sickafoose Wallace State Hanceville 2 2 0- 0 10 10 28- 8 451.13

31 Jordan Hartman – Hunter McKinley Murray State University 0 0 0- 0 10 10 27-15 447.37

32 Taylor Hamburger – Carson Smith Northeastern State University 0 0 0- 0 10 10 27- 7 441.73

33 Nathan Bell – Cole Sands Bryan College 10 10 27- 4 439.85

34 Trevor McKinney – Curtis Lilly McKendree University 8 8 27- 0 437.97

35 Greyson Williams – Ben Stone Lander University 8 8 26-11 436.09

36 Collin Bode – Josh Perrin Sam Houston State University 9 9 26-10 434.21

37 John Moore – Clark Mannas Texas A&M University 9 9 26- 9 432.33

38 Chris Walter – Jacob Gress Indiana University 9 9 26- 7 430.45

39 Jacob Louis – Taylor Schmitt McKendree University 10 10 26- 6 428.57

40 Bates Enmeier – Dexter Flick Oklahoma State University 8 8 26- 5 426.69

41 Rick Couch Jr – John Kaufman U. of Central Florida 10 10 26- 1 424.81

42 Jake Houston – Austin Keith University of Mississippi 10 10 25-15 422.93

43 Evan Owrey – KJ Queen Bethel University 7 7 25-10 421.05

44 Chase Fernandez – Garrett Marler U. of North Alabama 8 8 25- 9 419.17

45 Dalton Price – Jake Lee Bryan College 7 7 25- 6 417.29

46 Case Key – Daniel Murkerson University of Alabama Birmingham 8 8 25- 5 415.41

47 Kyler Chelminiak – Ricky Harris Bethel University 9 9 25- 5 413.53

48 Robert Moody – Matt Fielder Missouri State University 9 9 25- 5 411.65

49 Brennan Soileau – Garrett McDonald LA Tech 8 8 25- 3 409.77

50 Jarred Jones – Devin Mobbs Jacksonville State University 10 10 25- 1 407.89

51 Ryan Winchester – Tyler Black Bethel University 8 8 24-13 406.02

52 Garrett Enders – Bethel University 7 7 24-10 404.14

53 Triston Crowder – Lake Blasingame U. of North Alabama 7 7 24- 9 402.26

54 Ty Cox – Alden Keel Jr Blue Mountain College 7 7 24- 9 400.38

55 Caiden Sinclair – Hunter Gibson University of Alabama 6 6 24- 5 398.50

56 Laura Ann Foshee – Gabriella Gonzalez SCAD 10 10 23-11 396.62

57 Tyler Pennington – Brady Bowden Faulkner University 7 7 23- 9 394.74

58 Patrick Pelt – Logan McEwen Auburn University 10 10 23- 8 392.86

59 Kyle Palmer – Jason Felter Bethel University 10 10 23- 8 390.98

60 Evan Slentz – Colin Slentz Lander University 8 8 23- 6 389.10

61 Will Phillips – Sean Murphy Auburn University 7 7 23- 6 387.22

62 Jack Spreen – Anthony Vintson Auburn University 8 8 22-14 385.34

63 Hunter Whiteley – Tyler Nekolny Kansas State University 6 6 22- 0 383.46

64 Cody Henderson – Will Spencer U. of North Alabama 8 8 21-10 381.58

65 Heath Smith – Isaac Duncan Bethel University 8 8 21- 8 379.70

66 Alex Henderson – John Franko Adrian College 8 8 21- 3 377.82

67 Mike Lowry – Brian Koch Murray State University 9 9 20-15 375.94

68 Sloan Pennington – Hunter McCarty U. of North Alabama 7 7 20-14 374.06

69 Austin Niggli – Andrew Althoff McKendree University 7 7 20- 8 372.18

70 Mitch Van Ert – Brandon Schultz U. of Wisconsin Whitewater 6 6 20- 5 370.30

71 Lee Mattox – Anderson Aldag University of Alabama 6 6 20- 4 368.42

72 Chad Poulsen – Jared Penton East Texas Baptist University 7 7 20- 2 366.54

73 Josh Worth – Max Spangler Colorado Mesa University 7 7 20- 2 364.66

74 Tristan Thomas – Braxton Martin U. of North Georgia 5 5 19-14 362.78

75 Austin Finley – Hunter Ward Central AL Community College 5 5 19-14 360.90

76 Andrew Liveoak – Brant Lewis U. of West Alabama 7 7 19- 9 359.02

77 Luke Mason – Nathan Methvin U. of North Alabama 7 7 19- 9 357.14

78 Jacob Keith – Mason Beatty East Texas Baptist University 8 8 19- 7 355.26

79 Jacob Locke – Lucas Harrison Georgetown College 6 6 19- 6 353.38

80 Anthony Jordan – Ben Grizzell Middle Tennessee State University 7 7 19- 4 351.50

81 Max Gresham – Zack Blake Valdosta State University 5 5 19- 3 349.62

82 Chris Hiott – Steven Petz University of Alabama Birmingham 7 7 18-10 347.74

83 Zach Clisch – Adam Neu U. of Wisconsin Platteville 8 8 18- 3 345.86

84 Blake Jackson – Brady Faust McKendree University 5 5 18- 1 343.98

85 Dylan True – Justin Melson UT Martin 5 5 18- 0 342.11

86 Tanner Ward – Jacob Klicman Kent State University 5 5 17-15 340.23

87 Donald Hart – Tyler Winn Northeastern State University 6 6 17-11 338.35

88 Ethan Stokes – Will Lancett Arkansas Tech University 7 7 17- 9 336.47

89 Nathan Adams – Brendan Bingham Murray State University 8 8 17- 8 334.59

90 Briana Tucker – Hollie Reagan Bryan College 6 6 17- 7 332.71

91 Cully Scroggins – Nathon Portch Bethel University 8 8 17- 4 330.83

92 Cole Hewett – Dawson McGovern U. of Central Florida 5 5 16-15 328.95

93 Parker Davis – Drake Tavel U. of North Alabama 5 5 16-12 327.07

94 Martin McCravy – Koby Littrell U. of North Alabama 4 4 16-11 325.19

95 Jacob Schrimsher – Austen Willard Calhoun Community College 5 5 16-10 323.31

96 Will Brown – Chase Chastain Jacksonville State University 5 5 16- 9 321.43

97 Chase Christie – Brandon Black University of West Georgia 6 6 16- 8 319.55

98 Justin Bun – Evan Wieber Polk State College 5 5 16- 7 317.67

99 Joseph Bruener – Nathan Doty McKendree University 5 5 16- 7 315.79

100 Brodie Cox – Jacob Robbins Clemson University 6 6 16- 3 313.91

101 Denver Satterlee – Landon Smith Calhoun Community College 6 6 16- 2 312.03

102 Logan Parks – Lucas Lindsay Auburn University 7 7 15-14 310.15

103 Chris Carnes – Tyler Lawwill UNC Charlotte 6 6 15-13 308.27

104 Anthony Fazio – Carlos Thomas Illinois State University 6 6 15-10 306.39

105 Daniel Kennedy – Sean Hall SCAD 7 7 15- 6 304.51

106 Johnny Ledet – Logan Laprarie Northwestern State University 6 6 14-15 302.63

107 Chris Lupo – Hunter Brazier Calhoun Community College 6 6 14-11 300.75

108 Mason Sapp – Tray Hardwick Campbellsville University 5 5 14- 9 298.87

109 Austin Bartholomew – Brayden Garza University of Iowa 4 4 14- 7 296.99

110 Jonathan Kelley – John Duarte Coastal Carolina University 5 5 14- 5 295.11

111 Josh Dugger – Jacob Dugger Arkansas Tech University 5 5 14- 4 293.23

112 Louie Dazzo – Brett Yahnke U. of Wisconsin Whitewater 4 4 13- 9 291.35

113 Taylor Cranford – LSU 5 5 13- 6 289.47

114 Branden Newcome – Colin Steele West Virginia University 4 4 13- 5 287.59

115 Zane Loveday – Blake Burtram Calhoun Community College 4 4 13- 3 285.71

116 Parker Davis – Will Perry Kansas State University 5 5 13- 1 283.83

117 Thad Simerly – Ethan Shaw Bryan College 5 5 13- 0 281.95

118 Zachary Asher – Christian Hylton Kent State University 5 5 12-15 280.08

119 Chase Serafin – Cody Batterson Adrian College 5 5 12-14 278.20

120 Makenzie Henson – Jacob Denton U. of North Alabama 4 4 12-12 276.32

121 Connor McNabb – Brandon Boyd Mississippi State University 4 4 12-10 274.44

122 Zachary Martin – Cole Emerson Murray State University 5 5 12- 6 272.56

123 Nathan Ragsdale – Jerimiah Freelund University of Georgia 5 5 12- 5 270.68

124 Dakota Pierce – Tristan McCormick Bethel University 5 5 12- 3 268.80

125 Jacob David – Nick Prestwood Tarleton State University 5 5 12- 3 266.92

126 Alex Torkleson – Tyler Hastings Rogers State University 5 5 11-15 265.04

127 Liam West – Brady Waits Clemson University 4 4 11-11 263.16

128 Logan Callahan – Andrew Roaten Mississippi State University 5 5 11- 9 261.28

129 Hayden Suddith – Tre Brown U. of North Alabama 4 4 11- 6 259.40

130 Levi Neave – Noah Caulder Clemson University 5 5 11- 3 257.52

131 Tate Clements – Joshua Boone Eastern Kentucky University 5 5 10-14 255.64

132 Austin Traffansteadt – Wyatt Beavers UT Chattanooga 4 4 10-12 253.76

133 Jake Soto – Michael Greer Dallas Baptist University 4 4 10- 9 0.00

134 Ryan Wood – Reid Strobl Dallas Baptist University 3 3 10- 9 250.00

135 Dakota Cantrell – Austin Moore Campbellsville University 3 3 10- 8 248.12

136 Riley Rathbun – Riley Fletcher Drury University 5 5 10- 7 246.24

137 Kyle Stafford – Austin Bell Polk State College 4 4 10- 6 244.36

138 Ryan Michael – Jacob Lamb University of Alabama Huntsville 4 4 10- 6 242.48

139 Luke Croft – Tyler Pigg University of Alabama Huntsville 5 5 10- 4 240.60

140 Travis Howard – Kyle Ingleburger Tennessee Tech University 3 3 10- 4 238.72

141 Kevin Latham – Austin Gregory Lander University 5 5 10- 4 236.84

142 Quinton Booth – Clay Cooper Missouri State University 3 3 9-15 234.96

143 Brendan Madden – Braden Watt McKendree University 3 3 9-12 233.08

144 Tanner Barnes – Ezra Oliver Campbellsville University 3 3 9-11 231.20

145 Adam Carman – Grant Adams Campbellsville University 4 4 9-10 229.32

146 Trevor St. John – Bailey Fain Bryan College 3 3 9- 8 227.44

147 Justin Tingle – Clay Roberson Snead State Community College 3 3 9- 7 225.56

148 Alec Garrison – U. of Wisconsin Platteville 3 3 9- 5 223.68

149 Dax Ewart – Logan Millsaps Bethel University 3 3 9- 2 221.80

150 Austin Padgett – Seth Pemberton Florida State Panama City 2 2 9- 0 219.92

151 Carter McNeil – Bethel University 3 3 8-15 218.05

152 Luke Gillund – Jack Kons Bemidji State University 3 3 8-15 216.17

153 Chase Farris – Reid Daniel U. of North Georgia 2 2 8-14 214.29

154 Samuel Whitemire – Trenton Rogers Polk State College 3 3 8-11 212.41

155 Tyler Presnell – Brandon Acker Faulkner University 3 3 8-10 210.53

156 Ryan Baker – Tyler Harless University of Montevallo 4 4 8- 9 208.65

157 Jordan Thompson – Mitchell Gowen Calhoun Community College 3 3 8- 8 206.77

158 Cameron Smith – Grant Harris Drury University 3 3 8- 4 204.89

159 Tyler Dunlap – Wyatt Cagle Rogers State University 4 4 8- 1 203.01

160 Josh McIlwain – Nolan Rowell Troy University 3 3 7-15 201.13

161 Nicholas Price – Tom Miles Mississippi State University 3 3 7-12 199.25

162 Bridger Thomas – Peyton Satterfield U. of North Alabama 3 3 7-10 197.37

163 Blake Campbell – Evan Dodd University of Arkansas Fort Smith 2 2 7-10 195.49

164 Brett Clark – Jacob Sanders East Texas Baptist University 3 3 7-10 193.61

165 J T Russell – Jarrett Brown University of Montevallo 3 2 7- 9 191.73

166 Trevor Sagrecy – Travis Hunt Campbellsville University 2 2 7- 8 189.85

167 Justin Roberts – Oakley Connor SCAD 3 3 7- 8 0.00

168 Logan Brewster – Chase Dawson U. of Tennessee 2 2 7- 5 186.09

169 Dalton Noble – Kolby Hillman Eastern Kentucky University 3 3 7- 3 184.21

170 Reid Conner – Joshua Butts Wallace State Hanceville 2 2 7- 3 182.33

171 Logan Morel – Chandler South University of Mississippi 2 2 7- 1 0.00

172 Shawn Blankenship – Brad Ableman Bethel University 3 3 7- 1 178.57

173 Garret Sanders – Owen Kuhn Florida State University 3 3 7- 0 176.69

173 Trevor Schleich – Charlie DeShazer University of Nebraska 3 3 7- 0 176.69

175 Brandon Bland – James Mullek-Russell U. of South Alabama 3 3 6-14 172.93

176 Cordell Beckman – Ricky Huge Greenville University 2 2 6-14 171.05

177 Joshua Rockefeller – Augusta University 2 2 6-11 169.17

178 Zachary Tallent – Jacob Crowe Western Carolina University 2 2 6-10 167.29

179 JP Kimbrough – Ryan Antee LSU Shreveport 2 2 6- 4 165.41

179 Blake Lockhart – Ransom Phillips Troy University 2 2 6- 4 165.41

181 Justin Lane – Andrew Cannon U. of North Alabama 2 2 6- 3 161.65

182 Caleb Fisk – Dakota Guzman Calhoun Community College 2 2 6- 3 159.77

183 Justin Jones – Zach Lineberry Troy University 2 2 6- 2 157.89

183 Dillon Roberts – Tanner Bracken Rogers State University 2 2 6- 2 157.89

185 Dallin Hatter – Garrett Deavers University of Montevalllo 3 3 5-14 0.00

186 Hunter Louden – Seth Roberts Bethel University 3 3 5-12 152.26

187 Elijah Wilson – Derick Vickery U. of North Alabama 2 2 5-10 150.38

188 Tanner Eaves – Bradley Lynn Calhoun Community College 2 2 5- 9 148.50

189 Austin Mize – Ethan Goodwin U. of North Alabama 2 2 5- 9 146.62

190 Chase Herndon – JP Pirani Jr Auburn University 2 2 5- 7 144.74

191 Matthew Reyer – Joe Nakai U. of North Alabama 2 2 5- 6 142.86

192 Matthew Reece – Hunter Ruber Eastern Kentucky University 2 2 5- 5 140.98

193 Ethan Gilmore – Wallace State Dothan 1 1 5- 3 139.10

194 Crosley Welch – Hayden Lee Missouri State University 2 2 5- 2 137.22

195 Seth Hornsby – Brock Meigs McKendree University 1 1 5- 2 135.34

196 Derek Freeman – Robert White Clemson University 1 1 5- 0 133.46