Adrian College Finishes 1-2-3 at Abu Garcia College Fishing Tournament on the Detroit River

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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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