College anglers cast on Lake Champlain today

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June 25, 2011

Anonymous Press-Republican The Press Republican Sat Jun 25, 2011, 03:23 AM EDT

PLATTSBURGH — National Guard FLW College Fishing is headed to Lake Champlain today for the second of four stops in the Northern Division. Forty college teams will compete for a top award of $10,000 to be split between the school and bass fishing club, with $7,500 going to the bass club and the remaining $2,500 going to the school.

"Teams should be looking for smallmouth and largemouth bass on beds," IAMS/Pringles pro Vic Vatalaro said in a press release. "The bass are going to be spawning. The smallmouth will be easy to find in the clear water of Champlain and they won't be any deeper than 5 to 12 feet. The smallmouth typically like the small or subtle points in shallow water and I would be throwing tubes to catch them."

Anglers will take off from Plattsburgh Boat Basin at 6:30 a.m. Weigh-in will be held at the marina beginning at 1 p.m. Takeoff and weigh-in are free and open to the public.

Plattsburgh State is among the schools that are competing and will be looking to reclaim the Lake Champlain crown it won two years ago.

The top five teams from each tournament will qualify for the regional championship where the first-place team will win $12,500 cash for their school and $12,500 cash and a Ranger 177TR bass boat with a 90 horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor wrapped in school colors for their fishing club. The top five teams from each regional tournament advance to the national championship, where the first-place team will win $25,000 for their school and $50,000 cash and a Ranger 177TR bass boat with a 90 horsepower Evinrude or Mercury outboard motor wrapped in school colors for their fishing club.

College Fishing is free to enter, and FLW Outdoors provides boats and drivers for each competing team along with travel allowances. All participants must be registered, full-time undergraduate students at a four-year college or university and members of a fishing club recognized by their college or university.