MARBURY, Md. (Sept. 15, 2025) – The Adrian College duo of Ryan Kahut, and Brady Osborn, won the MLF Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI event on the Potomac River Presented by Columbia PFG Sunday with a five-bass limit weighing 14 pounds, 11 ounces. The victory earned the school’s bass club a qualification into the 2026 MLF College Fishing National Championship.
Adrian College showed up strong for the event, as three of the top four spots in the tournament were claimed by Bulldog anglers. Kahut and Osborn, both sophomores, sealed the deal with an approach that took them to an out-of-the-way bite.
“We had found some fish kind of far away in the back of a creek at a marina,” Osborn said. “We figured there would be no one there, so we decided to go back there. It was a 15-minute run and a 30-minute idle to the back of the creek. We fished the marina for about three hours, but we really caught all of them in the first hour on a drop-shot on the marina posts.”
Osbourn said the key bait on the drop-shot rig was an Aaron’s Morning Dawn-colored Roboworm. The setup accounted for nine keepers during the day.
“It was kind of tough, but we were able to get those quality bites,” Osborn said.
Osborn said he figured that 14 pounds would get the duo qualified for the 2026 MLF College Fishing National Championship but didn’t think it was enough to win the Potomac event.
“We figured it would take 15 to 16 pounds to win it,” Osborn said. “We’re very ecstatic with this win and how the teams all placed.”
The top six teams that now qualify to compete in the 2026 MLF College Fishing National Championship are:
1st: Adrian College – Ryan Kahut, Brighton, Mich., and Brady Osborn, Fishers, Ind., five bass, 14-11
2nd: Adrian College – Braylon Eggerding, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Brady Pinwar, Midland, Mich., five bass, 13-7
3rd: Oklahoma State University – Nevan Osburn, Lipan, Texas, five bass, 12-15
4th: Adrian College – Derek Rodriguez, Okemos, Mich., and Nicholas Seitz, Maumee, Ohio, five bass, 12-14
5th: The Apprentice School – Jeremy Harmon, Capron, Va., and Caleb Russell, Disputanta, Ga., five bass, 12-14
6th: University of Rio Grande – Cameron Burgess, Hamilton, Ohio, and Tyler Eggers, Jackson, Ohio, five bass, 12-8
Rounding out the top 10 were:
7th: University of Pikeville – Aaron Mills, Tomahawk, Ky., and Seth Shular, Whittier, N.C., five bass, 12-6
8th: University of South Carolina –Jacob Buzin, Downington, Pa., and Finley Maher, Weston, Mass., five bass, 12-2
9th: Youngstown State University – Jake Campbell, Stroudsburg, Pa., and Richard Hassel II, Austintown, Ohio, five bass, 12-0
10th: University of Pikeville – Carson Holbrook, Prestonburg, Ky., and Silas Jones, Kalispell, Mont., five bass, 11-12
Complete results for the entire field can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com.
The Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI event on the Potomac River Presented by Columbia PFG was hosted by the Charles County Board of Commissioners. The next tournament for MLF College Fishing anglers will be the Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI event on Pickwick Lake Presented by Columbia PFG, October 3, in Florence, Alabama.
The 2025 MLF Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI season features college teams from across the country competing in six regular-season open tournaments. The top 15 percent of teams from each regular-season tournament advance to the 2026 Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI National Championship.
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