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FLW COLLEGE FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
March 1st, 2009

Students throughout nation set to don school colors, renew rivalries and compete for inaugural FLW College Fishing National Championship title.

Beginning in 2009, college students will have an exciting new course to choose from when planning their busy semester schedule – tournament fishing 101. Only in this class, it’s not grades students will be angling for, it’s scholarships, prize money and national bragging rights.

 Starting in January, FLW Outdoors is launching the National Guard FLW College Fishing tournament circuit – the most comprehensive, competitive and lucrative collegiate fishing circuit ever unveiled. And just to make sure that students learn the true value of an outdoor education, FLW Outdoors will award a $100,000 prize package to the eventual collegiate national team champion.
FLW College Fishing schedule

 Northern Division tournaments are scheduled for the Potomac River (June 27), 1,000 Islands (July 18), Lake Champlain (Aug. 29) and Lake Gaston (Sept. 26).

 Southeast Division tournaments are scheduled for Lake Okeechobee (Feb. 28), Santee Cooper (May 2), Wheeler Lake (June 6) and Lake Guntersville (Oct. 10).
Central Division tournaments are scheduled for Kentucky-Barkley lakes (May 9), Detroit River (July 25), Mississippi River (Aug. 22) and Lake of the Ozarks (Oct. 3).

 Western Division tournaments are scheduled for Clear Lake (Jan. 24 and March 7), Lake Roosevelt (April 18) and the California Delta (May 30).

Texas Division tournaments are scheduled for Falcon Lake (Jan. 17), Sam Rayburn (Mar. 21), Lake Amistad (May 23) and Toledo Bend (Oct. 17).To date, 48 teams have signed up. Based on school location, teams will be placed in one of five : Northern, Southeast, Central, Western and Texas. Qualifying tournaments are one-day events that will pay $5,000 to the winning club and another $5,000 to the school’s general scholarship fund. Regional tournaments are three-day events at which the winning club gets $25,000 and the school $25,000. The national championship is a three-day event at which the winning club gets $50,000 and the school $50,000.

 The top five teams from each of a division’s four qualifying tournaments advance to a three-day regional. The top five teams from each regional tournament – a total of 25 teams – will compete in a three-day championship April 10 at Fort Loudoun-Tellico lakes at Knoxville, Tenn. The national champions will qualify for the 2010 Forrest Wood Cup and a chance at $1 million.

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