Bethel University Pair Takes Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Lake Hartwell 

Bethel University Pair Takes Lead At Bassmaster College Series Event On Lake Hartwell ANDERSON, S.C. — For the first time this season on the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series presented by Bass Pro Shops, there will not be a wire-to-wire winner.

After weighing in 9 pounds, 11 ounces on Day 1 of the third tour stop at Lake Hartwell, Bethel University’s Brad Ableman and Wilson Smith jumped from sixth to first on Day 2 with a 9-5 three-fish limit for a two-day total of 19-0.

Meanwhile, Day 1 leaders Jeremy Dellinger and Nathan Smith from Catawba Valley Community College in North Carolina dropped to second with a limit of 6-14 and a two-day total of 18-7.

“It feels pretty good. I didn’t expect it,” Ableman said. “We caught what we caught and we thought it would get us into the final day and qualify us for the National Championship. We are probably going to have to catch the same (weight) if not more tomorrow.

“We are excited to just get back out there and see what we can end up with.”

It is the first time Ableman and Wilson Smith have secured a Top 12 finish as a team. Ableman said they went into this tournament searching for largemouth and have been able to capitalize on that bite for two days, specifically in one area where they have spent the majority of their time.

“We have stayed in our main area until about noon and then went and fished some new stuff,” he said. “We haven’t really found anything new. We have one area that we have been catching some fish in and we are hoping it can hold up.”

The Bethel duo has stayed in shallow water most of the tournament, using a Strike King Rage Bug and a Strike King KVD Sexy Frog to generate a few quality bites.

According to Ableman, the fish they have caught have been on a few key spots, and he believes if the water levels continue to slowly drop, more fish will funnel out of the backwaters close by and replenish those targets. However, if the water drops too much, he fears the fish will move out of the creek completely.

“We don’t really have a backup plan,” Ableman said. “It’s either we catch the fish and we are in position, or we aren’t.”

Meanwhile, the quality of fish decreased for Dellinger and Nathan Smith on Day 2, but the CVCC team remains in contention just 9 ounces behind Ableman and Wilson Smith. Dellinger and Nathan Smith returned to the same pocket they had success in yesterday but did not find the same success.

“There was a bunch of bait in there, and there was some schooling activity yesterday. Today our fish came up schooling and pushed all of the bait out of the pocket,” Dellinger said. “For that particular pocket, I think most of the quality is gone.”

Toward the end of the day, the CVCC team found another pocket with schooling fish, a potential tournament saver if the bass are fired up on Championship Saturday.

“If we can put three bites on those fish in the boat, it’s going to make it interesting tomorrow,” Dellinger said.

All six of the fish Dellinger and Nathan Smith have brought to the scales were caught on the same bait, and Dellinger said he doesn’t intend to change on the final day.

Jake Lee and Mason Cizek from Bryan College in Tennessee rounded out the Top 3 with a two-day total of 18-4, while Jacksonville State University anglers Zeke Gossett and Lucas Smith, who started the day in 30th with a Day 1 total of 6-3, rocketed to fifth place with an 11-7 limit, the heaviest of Day 2.

The Brewton-Parker College duo of Bryce Henley and Reese Kingston claimed the Carhartt Big Bass of the day with a 5-12 largemouth, just 2 ounces shy of the overall big bass of the tournament weighed in by Clemson University’s GL Compton and Matthew Sprouse on Day 1.

The Top 12 teams will take off Saturday from Green Pond Landing at 6:45 a.m. ET and return for the weigh-in at 2:45 p.m. The 12 teams have also already earned a spot in the 2020 Carhartt Bassmaster College National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops on the Harris Chain of Lakes starting Oct. 29.

The event is being hosted by Visit Anderson.

2020 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series at Lake Hartwell presented byBass Pro Shops 8/27-8/29Lake Hartwell, Anderson  SC.(BOATER) Standings Day 2

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Brad Ableman – Wilson Smith                  Bethel University                   250Day 1: 3   09-11     Day 2: 3   09-05   Total:   6  19-002.  Jeremy Dellinger – Nathan Smith              CVCC                                249Day 1: 3   11-09     Day 2: 3   06-14   Total:   6  18-073.  Jake Lee – Mason Cizek                       Bryan College                       248Day 1: 3   09-12     Day 2: 3   08-08   Total:   6  18-044.  Bryce Henley – Reese Kingston                Brewton-Parker College              247Day 1: 3   06-13     Day 2: 3   11-00   Total:   6  17-135.  Zeke Gossett – Lucas Smith                   Jacksonville State                  246Day 1: 3   06-03     Day 2: 3   11-07   Total:   6  17-106.  Grant Adams – Wil Rigdon                     Campbellsville University           245Day 1: 3   10-02     Day 2: 3   07-07   Total:   6  17-097.  Griffin Fernandes – Gunner Wilson            Adrian College                      244Day 1: 3   08-08     Day 2: 3   08-10   Total:   6  17-028.  Cody Gregory – Levi Mullins                  Bethel University                   243Day 1: 3   09-03     Day 2: 3   07-04   Total:   6  16-079.  Grayson Morris – Jacob Pfundt                University of Montevalllo           242Day 1: 3   08-00     Day 2: 3   08-04   Total:   6  16-0410. Jarred Jones – Logan Tate                    Jacksonville State University       241Day 1: 3   07-07     Day 2: 3   08-06   Total:   6  15-1311. Garrett Warren –                             Snead State Community College       240Day 1: 3   06-10     Day 2: 3   08-07   Total:   6  15-0112. Harbor Lovin – Zachary Martin                Murray State University             239Day 1: 3   08-12     Day 2: 3   06-02   Total:   6  14-1413. Joseph McClosky – Ryan Winchester            Bethel University                   238Day 1: 3   04-10     Day 2: 3   10-02   Total:   6  14-1214. GL Compton – Matthew Sprouse                 Clemson University                  237Day 1: 3   10-01     Day 2: 3   04-07   Total:   6  14-0815. George Fallon – George Gore                  Clemson University                  236Day 1: 3   09-00     Day 2: 3   05-03   Total:   6  14-0316. Cole Sands – Conner Dimauro                  Bryan College                       235Day 1: 3   08-05     Day 2: 3   05-08   Total:   6  13-1317. Cal Culpepper – Mason Waddell                University of Montevallo            234Day 1: 3   07-02     Day 2: 3   06-08   Total:   6  13-1018. Mark Harris – Reece Martin                   Dallas Baptist University           233Day 1: 3   03-05     Day 2: 3   10-01   Total:   6  13-0619. Miller Spivey – Trey Dickert                 University of Montevallo            232Day 1: 3   06-06     Day 2: 3   07-00   Total:   6  13-0620. Joshua DeKoning – Carter Ball                Adrian College                      231Day 1: 3   06-14     Day 2: 3   06-06   Total:   6  13-0421. Weston Hollar – Wesley Gore                  University of Montevallo            230Day 1: 3   06-05     Day 2: 3   06-12   Total:   6  13-0122. Dax Ewart – Kyle Palmer                      Bethel University                   229Day 1: 3   07-14     Day 2: 3   05-01   Total:   6  12-1523. James Willoughby – Chance Schwartz           University of Montevallo            228Day 1: 3   05-12     Day 2: 3   07-02   Total:   6  12-1424. Lane Bailey – Adam Seagle                    CVCC                                227Day 1: 3   10-05     Day 2: 2   02-03   Total:   5  12-0825. Emil Wagner –                                Ole Miss                            226Day 1: 3   06-02     Day 2: 3   06-05   Total:   6  12-0726. Hunter MCClaskey – Nicholas Gilbert          King University                     225Day 1: 3   05-11     Day 2: 3   06-10   Total:   6  12-0527. Nolan Minor – Casey Lanier                   West Virginia University            224Day 1: 3   03-08     Day 2: 3   08-12   Total:   6  12-0428. Mitchel Goodin – John Jacobs                 Georgia Southern University         223Day 1: 3   04-05     Day 2: 3   07-13   Total:   6  12-0229. Bryce Miller – Nick Crawford                 Kent State University               222Day 1: 2   04-08     Day 2: 2   07-07   Total:   4  11-1530. Whit Edmonds – Bobby Long                    Lander University                   221Day 1: 3   05-05     Day 2: 3   06-09   Total:   6  11-1431. Dalton Smith – Bradley Dunagan               Campbellsville University           220Day 1: 3   04-09     Day 2: 2   07-03   Total:   5  11-1232. Colin Slentz – Evan Slentz                   Lander University                   219Day 1: 3   07-03     Day 2: 3   04-05   Total:   6  11-0833. Jacob Blumling – Nathanael Wright            Emmanuel College                    218Day 1: 3   07-01     Day 2: 2   04-07   Total:   5  11-0834. Jason Zubris –                               Penn State University               217Day 1: 3   07-02     Day 2: 3   04-05   Total:   6  11-0735. Hayden Gaddis – Ben Cully                    Carson-Newman University            216Day 1: 3   06-08     Day 2: 3   04-15   Total:   6  11-0736. Weston Bison – Parker Wilton                 Lander University                   215Day 1: 3   05-06     Day 2: 3   05-15   Total:   6  11-0537. Luke Lamb – Seth Roberts                     Bethel University                   214Day 1: 2   06-11     Day 2: 3   04-08   Total:   5  11-0338. Jj Kocevar – Tanner Shriver                  Kent State University               213Day 1: 3   05-11     Day 2: 3   05-06   Total:   6  11-0139. Zachary Asher – Jacob Klicman                Kent State University               212Day 1: 3   05-07     Day 2: 3   05-10   Total:   6  11-0140. Braden Perry – Aidan England                 Carson-Newman University            211Day 1: 3   09-09     Day 2: 1   01-06   Total:   4  10-1541. Mason Moore – Ryan Freeman                   Eastern Kentucky University         210Day 1: 3   04-05     Day 2: 3   06-10   Total:   6  10-1542. Drew Pridgen – Kaleb Brown                   Lander University                   209Day 1: 3   08-04     Day 2: 1   02-10   Total:   4  10-1443. Shane Nelson – Brayden Federer               Adrian College                      208Day 1: 3   06-01     Day 2: 3   04-13   Total:   6  10-1444. Calvin Currie – Tommy Teaster                Lander University                   207Day 1: 3   05-01     Day 2: 3   05-13   Total:   6  10-1445. Solomon Glenn – Hunter Ward                  University of Montervallo           206Day 1: 3   04-00     Day 2: 3   06-13   Total:   6  10-1346. Austin Goins – Kirk Elijah                   Bryan college                       205Day 1: 3   04-10     Day 2: 3   06-00   Total:   6  10-1047. Cole Zagrzebski – Ryan Bradway               Western Michigan University         204Day 1: 3   05-11     Day 2: 3   04-15   Total:   6  10-1048. Jack Dice –                                  Liberty University                  203Day 1: 3   04-15     Day 2: 3   05-07   Total:   6  10-0649. Andrew Fisher – Bennett Kudder               Bryan College                       202Day 1: 3   03-12     Day 2: 3   06-08   Total:   6  10-0450. William Martin – Jack Baron                  University of Montevallo            201Day 1: 3   04-07     Day 2: 3   05-08   Total:   6  09-1551. Cordell Beckman – Dru Johnson                Greenville University               200Day 1: 3   03-11     Day 2: 3   06-03   Total:   6  09-1452. Austin Davis – Josh Howard                   Greenville Techincal                199Day 1: 3   04-03     Day 2: 3   05-11   Total:   6  09-1453. Jackson Staib – Baylor Howell                Bethel University                   198Day 1: 3   05-10     Day 2: 2   04-00   Total:   5  09-1054. Conner Giles – Christian Wright              Bryan College                       197Day 1: 3   05-00     Day 2: 3   04-10   Total:   6  09-1055. Trevor Harrill – Ty Leatherwood              Appalachian State University        196Day 1: 3   04-06     Day 2: 3   05-03   Total:   6  09-0956. Caleb Lonca – Justin Eggers                  CVCC                                195Day 1: 3   05-13     Day 2: 3   03-10   Total:   6  09-0757. Stephen Kinard – Jimmy Mitchum               Lander University                   194Day 1: 3   06-12     Day 2: 2   02-07   Total:   5  09-0358. Shawn Coots – Luke Henderson                 Campbellsville University           193Day 1: 3   04-05     Day 2: 3   04-14   Total:   6  09-0359. Nolan Yeager – Ethan LeGare                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi    192Day 1: 3   03-06     Day 2: 3   05-12   Total:   6  09-0260. Matthew Davis – Cody Batterson               Adrian College                      191Day 1: 3   04-13     Day 2: 3   04-05   Total:   6  09-0261. Sean Clayton – Owen Dimaio                   Clemson University                  190Day 1: 3   04-06     Day 2: 3   04-11   Total:   6  09-0162. Matthew Cummings – Joseph Woods              Bethel University                   189Day 1: 3   02-14     Day 2: 3   06-02   Total:   6  09-0063. Dawson Cassidy – Gus Mclarry                 Texas AM Commerce                   188Day 1: 3   04-10     Day 2: 3   04-04   Total:   6  08-1464. Hunter Bond – Bowman Davis                   Clemson University                  187Day 1: 3   07-11     Day 2: 1   01-01   Total:   4  08-1265. Ross Parris – Reed Green                     Lander University                   186Day 1: 2   03-11     Day 2: 3   05-01   Total:   5  08-1266. Atom Ward – Gavin Lagle                      Indiana University Southeast        185Day 1: 3   04-07     Day 2: 3   04-05   Total:   6  08-1267. Zach Manneback – Jarrod Layton               Adrain College                      184Day 1: 2   04-05     Day 2: 3   04-05   Total:   5  08-1068. Curtis Dillon – Aaron Digh                   East Carolina University            183Day 1: 3   04-02     Day 2: 3   04-07   Total:   6  08-0969. Cameron Rhodes – Jacob Witkowski             Dallas Baptist University           182Day 1: 3   04-09     Day 2: 3   03-13   Total:   6  08-0670. Tyler Christy – Trey Schroeder               McKendree University                181Day 1: 3   05-05     Day 2: 2   03-00   Total:   5  08-0571. Cole Dodson – Trent Jones                    University of Montevallo            180Day 1: 3   06-02     Day 2: 1   02-02   Total:   4  08-0472. Wyatt Reid – Gehrig DeFronzo                 Erskine College                     179Day 1: 3   04-05     Day 2: 3   03-13   Total:   6  08-0273. Griffin Phillips – Ethan King                University of Montevallo            178Day 1: 3   01-11     Day 2: 3   06-06   Total:   6  08-0174. Cy Casey – Daelyn Whaley                     Emmanuel College                    177Day 1: 3   04-01     Day 2: 3   03-14   Total:   6  07-1575. Hayden Fuhr – Chase Carver                   Lander University                   176Day 1: 3   05-02     Day 2: 3   02-12   Total:   6  07-1476. Brian Linder – Nathan Thompson               Minnesota State Univ Mankato        175Day 1: 3   05-09     Day 2: 2   02-03   Total:   5  07-1277. Tristan McCormick – Stevie Mills             Bethel University                   174Day 1: 1   00-15     Day 2: 3   06-08   Total:   4  07-0778. Matthew Benson – Garrett Ankerich            Emmanuel College                    173Day 1: 1   01-15     Day 2: 3   05-05   Total:   4  07-0479. Tanner Barnes – Jordan Smallwood             Campbellsville University           172Day 1: 3   03-11     Day 2: 3   03-09   Total:   6  07-0480. Mark Wilson – Dylon Williams                 georgia southern                    171Day 1: 1   01-01     Day 2: 3   05-09   Total:   4  06-1081. James Duncan – Blake Stringer                Campbellsville University           170Day 1: 1   01-03     Day 2: 3   05-07   Total:   4  06-1082. Bailey Bleser – Christian Hernandez          Mckendree University                169Day 1: 3   03-14     Day 2: 2   02-10   Total:   5  06-0883. Colby Hays – Logan Hawkins                   Campbellsville University           168Day 1: 2   01-15     Day 2: 3   04-07   Total:   5  06-0684. Britt Myers – Tyler Anderson                 Lander University                   167Day 1: 3   03-06     Day 2: 3   03-00   Total:   6  06-0685. Spencer Black – Lucas Oliver                 CVCC                                166Day 1: 3   03-08     Day 2: 1   02-13   Total:   4  06-0586. Ethan Shaw – Tyler Price                     Bryan College                       165Day 1: 2   02-06     Day 2: 3   03-13   Total:   5  06-0387. Sam Shoemaker – Hayden Scott                 Adrian College                      164Day 1: 1   01-15     Day 2: 3   04-02   Total:   4  06-0188. Kollin Smith – John Wesley Wardlaw           Emmanuel College                    163Day 1: 3   05-13     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  05-1389. Alec Coffey – Kyle Roy                       Campbellsville University           162Day 1: 1   02-10     Day 2: 2   03-03   Total:   3  05-1390. River Lee – Hunter Muncrief                  Stephen F. Austin State Universi    161Day 1: 1   01-02     Day 2: 3   04-07   Total:   4  05-0991. Tanner Maness – Chandlar Ellis               Lander University                   160Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 3   05-07   Total:   3  05-0792. Bailey Fain – Preston Kendrick               Bryan College                       159Day 1: 1   00-15     Day 2: 3   04-07   Total:   4  05-0693. Matthew Roberts –                            Alice Lloyd College                 158Day 1: 1   01-00     Day 2: 1   04-02   Total:   2  05-0294. Zachary Bowen – Thomas Millraney             Bethel University                   157Day 1: 2   02-02     Day 2: 3   03-00   Total:   5  05-0295. Rob Lindsey – Justin Botts                   Bryan College                       156Day 1: 3   03-12     Day 2: 1   01-01   Total:   4  04-1396. Jake Maddux –                                Southern Union Community College    155Day 1: 3   04-12     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  04-1297. Levi Sanchez – Nathan Schrader               Clemson                             154Day 1: 3   04-10     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  04-1098. Chandler Jarrard – David Brashear            Georgia Southern University         153Day 1: 3   04-06     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  04-0699. Adam Puckett – Blake Albertson               Murray State University             152Day 1: 3   02-13     Day 2: 1   01-06   Total:   4  04-03100. Ty Black – Avry Thomason                     Georgia Southern University         151Day 1: 3   04-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  04-00101. Jack York – Cooper Thor                      Stephen F Austin State Universit    150Day 1: 3   03-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  03-15102. Austin Smith – Maddux Walters                Carson Newman                       149Day 1: 1   02-02     Day 2: 2   01-12   Total:   3  03-14103. Tyler Lusk – Corey Waits                     Lander University                   148Day 1: 2   02-11     Day 2: 1   00-15   Total:   3  03-10104. Alex Saxon – Andrew Brock                    Emmanuel College                    147Day 1: 3   03-03     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   3  03-03105. Troy Gibson – Adam Hope                      University of Louisville            146Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-11   Total:   1  02-11106. Denver Monteith – Adam Watts                 Trevecca Nazarene University        145Day 1: 2   02-09     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  02-09107. Brant Shuler – Blake Nalley                  Clemson University                  144Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   02-05   Total:   1  02-05108. Cade Tootle – Thomas Mcelwaney               Georgia Southern University         143Day 1: 2   01-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   2  01-15109. Ryan Park – Jon Johnston                     Murray State University             142Day 1: 1   01-06     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-06110. Garritt Coughenour –                         Tennessee Tech                      141Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 1   01-04   Total:   1  01-04111. David Hendel – Jacob Blackburn               Ohio State University               140Day 1: 1   01-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  01-00112. Weston Randall – Anthony Hunckler            Appalachian State University        139Day 1: 1   00-15     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   1  00-15113. Jonah Gilbert –                              Emmanuel College                      0Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00113. Griffin Heffington – Jacob Frazier           Carson-Newman University              0Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00113. Caleb Sheldon – Ben Kinney                   Lander University                     0Day 1: 0   00-00     Day 2: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00———————————————————————–TotalsDay   #Limits    #Fish      Weight1        85       288       538-102        77       265       516-09———————————-162       553      1055-03

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