North Georgia’s Garbacz, Dunahoo Lead Bassmaster College Series Wild Card On Logan Martin

Jonathon Garbacz and Kevin Dunahoo of the University of North Georgia are leading after Day 1 of the 2022 Strike King Bassmaster College Series Wild Card on Logan Martin Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops with 15 pounds, 7 ounces.

June 17, 2022

North Georgia’s Garbacz, Dunahoo Lead Bassmaster College Series Wild Card On Logan Martin

[print_link]

LINCOLN, Ala. — On a fishery known for its spotted bass population, University of North Georgia’s Jonathon Garbacz and Kevin Dunahoo focused on largemouth and caught a limit of 15 pounds, 7 ounces to lead Day 1 of the Strike King Bassmaster College Series Wild Card on Logan Martin Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops.

“We knew coming in that 10 big largemouth would win,” Garbacz said. “So that’s what we’re going for.”

One of 105 teams in the event, Garbacz and Dunahoo head into Saturday’s championship round with a lead of 1-4 over Baylor University’s Parker Greer and Andrew Shadle.

Dealing with extreme heat, the leaders pointed to mental toughness as a key element of their performance. Air temperatures pushed into the low to mid-90s and water temperatures weren’t far behind.

“In the morning, the water temperature was about 86, and later in the day, it got up to about 92,” Garbacz said. “You just have to keep your head in the game. The heat is going to throw you off, but you just have to keep your concentration and find the pattern.”

Noting that they believe they’ve found something unique, the leaders kept the details thin. However, Garbacz said he and Dunahoo are working a game plan based more on quality than quantity.

“We found a pretty good pattern that we can run pretty much up and down the lake, but we’re thinking it’s more of an area type thing,” Garbacz said. “It’s about maximizing your bites because we’re not getting a ton. You have to capitalize on every single bite because you never know when it’s going to be a big one.”

Dunahoo said their day involved a variety of different habitat features. Flexibility, he said, played a significant role in the outcome.

“We moved our way throughout the day and adapted,” Dunahoo said. “We did the same thing in practice; we have not (fished the same way all week) and I expect we probably won’t be able to do the same thing tomorrow.”

Dunahoo said he and Garbacz hit approximately 60 spots to get what they had. Locking up their weight by 11:30 a.m., they fished a combination of finesse and reaction baits.

The latter, Garbacz said, required pinpoint accuracy.

“These fish are going to eat, but you have to put it right in front of them,” Garbacz said.

Dunahoo said he and his partner will likely follow a similarly flexible script on Saturday.

“We don’t have any new water we know we’re going to fish, so we’re either going to be running the same (areas) or getting on the graph tonight and searching for new water.”

Turning in a limit of 14-3, Greer and Shadle anchored their bag with a 4-2. As Greer explained, their day saw them visiting a broad range of habitats.

“This has been a junk-fishing tournament; we’re fishing everything from docks to ledges,” Greer said. “We started this morning in some current throwing a glidebait where we caught some good ones in practice.

“We left that area with two fish and started swimming a jig. I actually flipped to a fish I could see — that 4-2 largemouth. It was in a little cut with thousands of gizzard shad. That fish actually spit up three large gizzard shad in the livewell.”

After catching a 3 1/2-pound spotted bass off a sunken boat in the middle of a cove, Greer said he and Shadle wrapped up their day fishing ledges — a pattern that yielded two final culls.

In addition to the glidebait, Greer and Shadle caught fish on a football jig, a drop shot and upsized shaky heads.

“We’re from Texas, we like to throw big stuff, so we upsized to a 1/2- and 3/4-ounce shaky head with a 6th Sense Magnum Trick Worm,” Greer said.

Tucker Smith and Logan Parks of Auburn University are in third place with 14-2. Spending most of their time offshore, the duo endured a plodding pace but their diligence was rewarded with an afternoon kicker.

“The day started off slow and we hit a few places but didn’t catch much,” Smith said. “We just started running and gunning a bunch of places that we like to hit up here.

“We landed on a good place and Logan caught one (that weighed 6-2) at the end of the day and that really helped out a lot.”

Parks said his big fish culled out a 1 1/4-pounder.

Working 40 to 50 different spots, the Auburn anglers caught fish on a variety of structure in 12 to 17 feet. Reaction baits and slower presentations produced fish, but the latter did most of the work.

“The fish are just moving out there, everybody’s pounding on them and they’re getting kind of finicky,” Smith said. “You have to fish slower.”

Saturday’s takeoff is scheduled for 5:30 a.m. CT at Lincoln’s Landing. The weigh-in will be held at the Landing at 1:30 p.m.

The teams are vying for a spot in the Strike King Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops scheduled for Sept. 2-4 at South Carolina’s Winyah Bay.

The tournament is being hosted by the City of Lincoln.

2022 Strike King Bassmaster College Series Wild Card at Logan Martin Lake presented by Bass Pro Shops 6/17-6/18Logan Martin Lake, Lincoln  AL.(BOATER) Standings Day 1

    Angler                                       Club/School                       Pts

1.  Jonathon Garbacz – Kevin Dunahoo             University of North Georgia         250Day 1: 5   15-07   Total:   5  15-072.  Parker Greer – Andrew Shadle                 Baylor University                   249Day 1: 5   14-03   Total:   5  14-033.  Logan Parks – Tucker Smith                   Auburn University                   248Day 1: 5   14-02   Total:   5  14-024.  Ryan Branch – Kopeland Rosser                University of Montevallo            247Day 1: 5   13-11   Total:   5  13-115.  Tommy Sendek – Cal Culpepper                 University of Montevallo            246Day 1: 5   12-14   Total:   5  12-146.  Lucas Smith – Dalton Mize                    Jacksonville State University       245Day 1: 5   12-13   Total:   5  12-137.  Victor Alford – Logan East                   Bryan College                       244Day 1: 5   12-05   Total:   5  12-058.  Caleb Bridges – Jacob Davidson               Bryan College                       243Day 1: 5   11-14   Total:   5  11-149.  Matthew Wilson –                             Southern union state community c    242Day 1: 5   11-14   Total:   5  11-1410. Clent Blackwood – Bryar Chambers             Wallace State Community College     241Day 1: 5   11-11   Total:   5  11-1111. Caleb Barrow – Reese Kingston                Brewton Parker College              240Day 1: 5   11-10   Total:   5  11-1012. Cy Casey – Tanner Hadden                     Emmanuel College                    239Day 1: 5   11-10   Total:   5  11-1013. Grayson Morris – Cade Holcomb                University of Montevallo            238Day 1: 5   11-09   Total:   5  11-0914. Colton White – Jack Alexander                University Montevallo               237Day 1: 5   11-07   Total:   5  11-0715. Clayton Primrose – Fisher Davis              ETBU                                236Day 1: 5   11-05   Total:   5  11-0516. Lane Bailey – Justin Eggers                  Catawba Valley Community College    235Day 1: 5   11-05   Total:   5  11-0517. Cody Griffith – Drew Jennings                Auburn University                   234Day 1: 5   11-02   Total:   5  11-0218. Reese Melven – Hunter Waldrop                University of South Carolina        233Day 1: 5   10-15   Total:   5  10-1519. Hunter Keller – Wesley Smith                 Catawba Valley Community College    232Day 1: 5   10-13   Total:   5  10-1319. James Romig – Colton Morris                  Florida Gateway College             232Day 1: 5   10-13   Total:   5  10-1321. Gus McLarry – Jared West                     Texas A and M Commerce              230Day 1: 5   10-12   Total:   5  10-1222. Brady Duncan – Stevie Mills                  Carson-Newman University            229Day 1: 5   10-10   Total:   5  10-1023. Tyler Cain – Cole Dodson                     University of Montevallo            228Day 1: 5   10-07   Total:   5  10-0723. Andrew Vereen – Connor Cartmell              Coastal Carolina University         228Day 1: 5   10-07   Total:   5  10-0725. Drew Traffanstedt – Dakendrick Patterson     University of Montevallo            226Day 1: 5   10-05   Total:   5  10-0526. Kaden Proffitt – Cason Ragsdale              East Texas Baptist University       225Day 1: 5   10-01   Total:   5  10-0127. James Willoughby – Jacob Pfundt              University of Montevallo            224Day 1: 5   10-00   Total:   5  10-0028. Spencer Black – Grant Harris                 Catawba Valley Community College    223Day 1: 4   09-14   Total:   4  09-1429. Brenton Godwin – Hunter Odom                 University of Montevallo            222Day 1: 5   09-13   Total:   5  09-1330. Brody Robison – Carson Miller                University of Montevallo            221Day 1: 5   09-12   Total:   5  09-1231. Carson Palmer – Chase Hastings               Carson-Newman University            220Day 1: 5   09-11   Total:   5  09-1132. Vince Maffei – Andrew Ready                  Webber International University     219Day 1: 5   09-10   Total:   5  09-1033. Wes Kinard – Dillan Olvera                   Shelton State Community College     218Day 1: 5   09-09   Total:   5  09-0934. Cole Thompson – John Heacock                 University of North Alabama         217Day 1: 5   09-06   Total:   5  09-0635. Conner Johnson – Tyler Greenlee              Georgetown College                  216Day 1: 5   09-04   Total:   5  09-0436. Jacob Frazier – Austin Smith                 Carson-Newman University            215Day 1: 5   09-01   Total:   5  09-0137. Hagan Marlin – Tanner English                University of Montevallo            214Day 1: 5   08-15   Total:   5  08-1538. Dawson Cowden – Nathan Coffman               Louisiana State University- Shrev   213Day 1: 5   08-14   Total:   5  08-1439. Zane O’Domirok – Brandon Sales                                                   212Day 1: 5   08-11   Total:   5  08-1140. Cole Zagrzebski – Logan Paul                 Western Michigan University         211Day 1: 5   08-10   Total:   5  08-1041. Henry Mcpherson –                            University Of Alabama               210Day 1: 5   08-09   Total:   5  08-0942. Branden Burrill – Jaret Bailey               Western Michigan University         209Day 1: 5   08-07   Total:   5  08-0743. Hunter Jones – Dayton Scott                  Columbia State Community College    208Day 1: 5   08-05   Total:   5  08-0544. Cameron Tullis – Brett Jolley                East Texas Baptist University       207Day 1: 5   08-05   Total:   5  08-0545. Evan Sutton – Maxwell Trotter                McKendree University                206Day 1: 4   08-04   Total:   4  08-0446. Jordan Brewer – Conner Crosby                Auburn University                   205Day 1: 5   07-14   Total:   5  07-1447. Gabe Brown – Alex Cooke                      University of South Carolina        204Day 1: 5   07-11   Total:   5  07-1148. Jameson Jenkins – Cameron Loveless           Texas A&M                           203Day 1: 5   07-06   Total:   5  07-0649. Tommy Dunaway – Seth Jones                   Florida Gateway College             202Day 1: 3   07-04   Total:   3  07-0450. Dawson Andrews – Wyatt Ensminger             Southeastern Louisiana Universit    201Day 1: 3   07-01   Total:   3  07-0151. Cole Rankin – Storm Cline                    Carson-Newman University            200Day 1: 5   06-15   Total:   5  06-1552. Allen Powe – Jonathan Combs                  Georgetown College                  199Day 1: 5   06-13   Total:   5  06-1353. Carter Koza – Lee Koza                       Carson Newman University            198Day 1: 4   06-12   Total:   4  06-1254. Hunter Enlow –                               Lander University                   197Day 1: 3   06-10   Total:   3  06-1055. Kaden Liles – Benson Dowler                  University of North Alabama         196Day 1: 4   06-09   Total:   4  06-0956. Cody Monlezun – Atlan Pfluger                Texas A&M                           195Day 1: 4   06-07   Total:   4  06-0757. Cole Holloway – Taylor Mcmullen              Emmanuel College                    194Day 1: 2   06-04   Total:   2  06-0458. Garrison Forrester – Preston Hatz            Auburn University                   193Day 1: 4   06-01   Total:   4  06-0159. Cole Taylor – Hunter Temples                 Lander University                   192Day 1: 4   05-15   Total:   4  05-1560. Zach Williams – James Broderick              Mississippi State University        191Day 1: 5   05-14   Total:   5  05-1461. Jase Smith –  Reed Rambo                     Georgia College and State Univer    190Day 1: 4   05-13   Total:   4  05-1362. Garrett Huddleston – Riley Voltz             Auburn University                   189Day 1: 4   05-11   Total:   4  05-1163. Tyler Campbell – Brandon Martin              Emmanuel College                    188Day 1: 4   05-10   Total:   4  05-1064. Spencer Brister – Roeh Burton                Lamar State College Orange          187Day 1: 4   05-08   Total:   4  05-0865. Tristen Dubbs – Colin Pflederer              Grace College                       186Day 1: 3   05-07   Total:   3  05-0766. Charlie Pennington – Carson Peevy            The University of Alabama           185Day 1: 4   05-03   Total:   4  05-0367. Hayden Marbut – Garrett Warren               Auburn University                   184Day 1: 4   05-02   Total:   4  05-0268. Jack Dice – Jeramy Evans                     Liberty University                  183Day 1: 3   04-13   Total:   3  04-1368. Brayden Nichols – Ty Gentry                  LSU Shreveport                      183Day 1: 3   04-13   Total:   3  04-1370. Lucas Bowers – Luke Willis                   University of South Carolina        181Day 1: 2   04-12   Total:   2  04-1271. Jake Kimbrough – Chandler Pruett             Blue Mountain College               180Day 1: 1   04-06   Total:   1  04-0672. Mary Goode – Nicholas Watson                 Brewton-Parker College              179Day 1: 2   04-04   Total:   2  04-0473. William Vega – Will Emmert                   Sam Houston State University        178Day 1: 2   04-03   Total:   2  04-0374. Ryan Bradway – Hunter Jordan                 Western Michigan University         177Day 1: 2   04-00   Total:   2  04-0075. Lane Collier – Cody Lunsford                 University of North Georgia         176Day 1: 3   03-14   Total:   3  03-1476. Hayden Fuhr –                                Lander University                   175Day 1: 3   03-11   Total:   3  03-1177. Isaac Warta –                                Middle Tennessee State Universit    174Day 1: 2   03-09   Total:   2  03-0978. Cade Fortenberry –                           Nicholls State University           173Day 1: 2   03-07   Total:   2  03-0779. Nate Triplett – Cy Lambert                   University of North Alabama         172Day 1: 1   03-02   Total:   1  03-0280. Hunter Jenkins –                             Dallas Baptist University           171Day 1: 1   03-01   Total:   1  03-0181. Matthew German – Adam Hollingsworth          University Of Alabama               170Day 1: 2   03-00   Total:   2  03-0082. Logan Hicks – Preston Parker                 Shelton State Community College     169Day 1: 2   02-14   Total:   2  02-1483. Mason Bohland – Brady Metzger                Purdue University                   168Day 1: 2   02-11   Total:   2  02-1184. Elijah Walker – Hunter Hillanbrand           AUBURN                              167Day 1: 2   02-10   Total:   2  02-1085. Micah Goosby – Joseph Taylor                 Mississippi State University        166Day 1: 2   02-07   Total:   2  02-0786. Jacob Butts – Mark Kershaw                   Erskine College                     165Day 1: 3   02-05   Total:   3  02-0587. Corey Yaden – Hunter Richie                  Brewton Parker college              164Day 1: 1   02-04   Total:   1  02-0488. Jonathan Goforth – James Bonnell             Auburn University                   163Day 1: 1   02-02   Total:   1  02-0289. Davian Smith – Jordan Turner                 University of Montevallo            162Day 1: 3   02-01   Total:   3  02-0190. Carson Maddux –                              Auburn University                   161Day 1: 1   01-14   Total:   1  01-1491. K.D. Sizemore – Bryce Quick                  Auburn University                   160Day 1: 1   01-08   Total:   1  01-0892. Mason Phillpotts –                           Grand Valley State University       159Day 1: 1   01-07   Total:   1  01-0793. Matthew Roberts –                            Alice Lloyd College                 158Day 1: 1   01-06   Total:   1  01-0694. Jim McPherson –                              Mississippi State University        157Day 1: 1   01-03   Total:   1  01-0395. Brendon Brones – Ethan Tant                  Lamar State College Orange          156Day 1: 1   01-00   Total:   1  01-0096. Garrett Walters – Reese Walters              University of Alabama               155Day 1: 1   00-11   Total:   1  00-1197. Syon Barnes –                                Jacksonville State University         0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0097. Chase Davis – Camden Keeton                  CACC                                  0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0097. Drew Deloney –                               University of Alabama                 0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0097. Trey Dickert –                               University of Montevallo              0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0097. Dale Hansard – Seth Elkins                   Jacksonville State University         0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0097. Trevor Johnston – Josh Kerr                  Texas AM University                   0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0097. Ryan Michek –                                University of Wisconsin Plattevi      0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0097. John Ortman –                                Emmanuel College                      0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-0097. Walker Sahagun –                             University of North Alabama           0Day 1: 0   00-00   Total:   0  00-00———————————————————————–TotalsDay   #Limits    #Fish      Weight1        49       363       702-05———————————-49       363       702-05

The post North Georgia’s Garbacz, Dunahoo Lead Bassmaster College Series Wild Card On Logan Martin appeared first on The Bass Cast.