Bobcat fishing team maintains confidence

The GCSU fishing team has recently just finished another tournament following its second place finish in the National Guard FLW College Fishing tournament on Lake Chickamauga in Hixson, Tenn.

Its second place finish last month earned $2,500 for the team and another $2,500 for GCSU.

While its placing at the Southeast Regional Tournament on Lake Monroe in Orlando Fla., on Oct. 21-23 wasn’t as high as it desired, the team was still happy with its ongoing success this year.

While GCSU won’t be heading to the national tournament, its accomplishments have been noticed nationally.

GCSU has been in the national spotlight several times this season competing with schools such as the University of Florida and Auburn University on a monthly basis.

The team that competed was fishermen Joshua Futch and Jared Kutil.

In Orlando, Fla., they caught two fish for a combined weight of three pounds. It was there that they placed seventeenth.

Although they will not be heading to the national tournament, members have taken into account their growth as a team and how they have been sharpening their skills as fishermen.

Futch, a senior at GCSU, spoke of how much the team has grown since his freshman year.

“It started out with three people, now there is a cap on the amount of members,” Futch said. “Now we can only have 26 members, two per boat.”

Although the FLW tournaments aren’t finished until January, GCSU will be taking part in a few other tournaments such as the Auburn Fall Classic.

Senior Walker Smith, the president of the school’s fishing team, is looking forward to the trip to Logan Martin Lake.

“Honestly, the Auburn Fall Classic is not important overall with our success this season,” Walker said. “But one thing is certain, the tournament at Auburn Fall Classic will have a large turnout and be a lot of fun.”

GCSU has a great team, and from the looks of things it is here to stay, with plenty of young talent that have been growing and learning from the older guys.

Jared Hendrix, a sophomore at GCSU, joined the club last year as a freshman.

“My favorite thing about the fishing team is the team itself,” Hendrix said. “Nothing can beat getting to hang out with good friends while doing what I love.”

For more information on the results of the Southeast Regional Tournament and a complete list of results, visit www.CollegeFishing.com.

Posted by Alan Martin on Nov 5 2010. Filed under Sports. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.