Penn State Leads Wire-To-Wire To Take Title In Bassmaster College Event On James River

Sean Cummins (left) and Maurice Hudson of Penn State University win the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Eastern Regional presented by Bass Pro Shops on the James River out of Richmond, Va., with a three-day total weight of 42 pounds, 14 ounces.

May 21, 2016

Penn State Leads Wire-To-Wire To Take Title In Bassmaster College Event On James River

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RICHMOND, Va. — Maurice Hudson and Sean Cummins of Penn State University lead wire-to-wire to win the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Eastern Regional presented by Bass Pro Shops on the James River with a four-day total of 42 pounds, 14 ounces.

The Nittany Lions teammates only brought four fish to the scales for the second consecutive day, and it was enough to overcome a hard charging Ohio State.

“After Thursday, we thought we had something figured out,” Hudson said. “Then we found out we had a cameraman and media coverage following us around, and we got nervous. We were a little camera shy and didn’t fish clean (flawlessly) at all. Coming in with four fish today had us worried.”

The duo relied heavily on a crankbait bite and ran the changing tides to stay around the quality fish they needed to do well. Hudson, who fishes the Potomac River and Upper Chesapeake Bay, knows how the tides change and the impact they have on the fish so timing was the most critical thing in this event.

“Running with the tide is key,” Hudson said. “Once you figure out a pattern, you have to stick with it on that specific tide. We knew our key bites would come an hour later every day, so we had to stay patient and not fish a spot too early.”

Throughout the transition of the tide they would throw crankbaits that varied in depth. When it was high tide, they could catch fish on deeper-running crankbaits, but with less water on their cover at low tide, they could lean on a shallow squarebill bite. They also added important bass on a jig over the last two days.

Hudson and Cummins rotated multiple main river spots throughout the event and think their bite wasn’t affected by the changing weather, which threw three different conditions at the teams this week.

The Ohio State team of Jacob Miller and Kyle Waller stayed consistent over the three-day event and cashed in with a second-place finish for the week. They weighed a final-day limit of 14-2 and pushed their total to 42-5, just 9 ounces behind Hudson and Cummins.

Miller and Waller had two key areas and patterns they could rely on throughout the tournament. Every morning the duo ran down river and fished a stretch of cypress trees adjacent to a spawning pocket to fill their limit. After catching numerous keepers, they would run a grass pattern in the Chickahominy River when the tide started to get low.

“We didn’t plan on our spots holding up as well as they did this week,” Miller said. “We would lay off of our cypress trees after getting a limit, so we could conserve it throughout the tournament because we would catch a limit in the first 15 minutes of our day.”

Their one-two punch helped them stay around the 13 to 14-pound range each day, but on the final day, they couldn’t get that big bite they so desperately needed.

The rest of the Top 5 rounded out with Carson Orellana of Strayer Univeristy in third, Tyler Woolcott and Cody Wilson of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in fourth and Sam Glenn and Cameron Baker of UNC Charlotte in fifth.

The Top 13 teams after the final weigh-in earned a berth to the 2016 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship on Green River Lake in Campbellsville, Ky., on July 28-30.

Hudson and Cummins were also awarded the Bass Pro Shops Nitro Big Bag Award after catching 17-2 on Thursday. They also won the Livingston Lures Day 2 leader award.

Jay Emmert and Logan Brewster of the University of Tennessee won the Carhartt Big Bass Award after hauling in a 7-pound, 8-ounce largemouth on the first day of the competition.

Today’s Activity# Fish Lbs – OzAccumulativeName # Live # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz1 Maurice Hudson – Sean Cummins Penn State University 4 4 14- 4 13 13 42-142 Jacob Miller – Kyle Waller Ohio State University 5 5 14- 2 15 15 42- 53 Carson Orellana – Strayer University 5 5 13- 2 15 15 40-104 Tyler Woolcott – Cody Wilson Embry-Riddle Aeronoautical University 5 5 13-13 15 15 38-105 Sam Glenn – Cameron Baker UNC Charlotte 5 5 13-13 15 15 37- 96 Jordan Wise – Chris Phinney East Carolina University 5 5 14- 2 15 15 37- 57 Chase Johnson – Eric Leifheit East Carolina University 5 5 12-12 15 15 36-148 Garrett Paquette – Zak Fadden Schoolcraft College 5 5 9- 5 15 15 36- 09 Josh Cannon – Alex Frazier Western Carolina University 5 5 12- 5 13 13 35-1410 Zachary Castano – Aaron Sollenberger UNC Charlotte 5 5 12-12 13 13 35-1111 Hunter Whitman – Alec Lower NC State University 5 5 11-14 15 15 35- 912 Justin St Onge – Ryan McLaughlin Haywood Community College 5 5 9- 8 15 15 34-1113 Zander Monk – Kolton Hawks UNC Charlotte 5 5 10- 5 15 15 34- 014 Michael Corbishley – Austin Warmus East Carolina University 5 5 9-10 14 14 33-1515 Nick Schultz – Zachary McGeehan UNC Charlotte 5 5 11- 3 15 15 33- 716 Mark Adams – Kile Quick Virginia Tech 5 5 11- 3 15 15 33- 517 John Teare – Christopher Campo Virginia Commonwealth University 4 4 9- 8 12 12 32- 118 Pete Kenny – Taylor Godsey Christopher Newport University 3 3 8- 0 13 13 30- 519 Matt Allen – Daniel Bray Tennessee Tech University 3 3 6- 2 13 13 29-1420 Weston Chandler – Chase Nye East Carolina University 2 2 3-11 10 10 27-1121 Seth Winslow – Galen Creekmore Christopher Newport University 10 10 21-1222 Josh Cook – Rob Hendrick Western Carolina University 9 9 21- 823 Jason Ashe – Justin McClure Western Carolina University 10 10 21- 524 Sam Carris – Elliot Lee Tennessee Tech University 9 9 20-1425 Joshua Fletcher – Bryson Peed East Carolina University 10 10 20-1426 Jay Emmert – Logan Brewster U. of Tennessee 8 8 20- 827 Blaine Atkins – Hunter Altice Patrick Henry Comm College 9 9 20- 728 Mack Hicks – Aaron Creech Alice Lloyd College 8 8 20- 529 Hunter Fulcher – Andrew Day U. of Kentucky 10 10 18- 830 Andrew Annuzzi – Zachary Orsino Ramapo College 6 6 18- 731 Andrew Helms – Taylor Thomas UNC Charlotte 10 10 18- 532 Kelly Johnson – Matt Reid Appalachian State University 9 9 17- 933 Wesley Fox – Cody Pack UNC Charlotte 6 6 16-1434 Bryce Owen – Greg Burchfield NC State University 10 10 16- 835 William Ray IV – Michael Resor Western Carolina University 7 7 16- 436 Jacob Crowe – Zachary Tallent Western Carolina University 6 6 15-1337 Benjamin Hager – Christohper Cordova UNC Charlotte 9 9 15-1238 Tyler Dixon – Hunter Hatcher Virginia Tech 8 8 15- 839 Dylan Jackson – Erik Struder Virginia Commonwealth University 7 7 15- 740 Corey Smith – Cantley Krafft Virginia Tech 7 7 15- 541 Kyle McHenry – Tyler Barnes West Virginia University 10 9 15- 542 Darrell Pease – Justin Anderson Virginia Commonwealth University 7 7 15- 343 Nathan Adams – Mason Grabowski Murray State University 5 5 14-1444 Trevor Lewis – Lucas Harrison Georgetown College 7 7 14-1145 Nick White – Sean Coast The Apprentice School 7 7 14- 046 Matt Pastino – Michael Manning East Carolina University 8 8 13-1247 Skye Riggleman – Alex Williamson Liberty University 9 9 13-1048 Dylan Whitmore – Gary Nix The Apprentice School 5 5 13- 349 Tripp Norris – Spence Hutcheson NC State University 6 6 13- 050 Jacob Osborne – Hunter Massie West Virginia University 7 7 11-1251 Zachary Bodford – Alex Hinkle NC State University 5 5 10-1152 Parker Dixon – Nicholas Newberry UNC Charlotte 4 4 10- 453 James Shank – Clayton Frey Penn State University 4 4 9-1054 Brian Travers – Caleb Unger Liberty University 5 5 8- 855 Bentley Manning – John Berry Tennessee Tech University 5 5 8- 756 JR Little – Sam McLamb NC State University 4 4 8- 757 Jackob Leonard – Daniel Smathers Liberty University 4 4 8- 558 Jerris Bush – Jake Powell East Carolina University 5 5 8- 559 Mark Moran – Zach Browning Glenville State College 5 5 7-1360 Gerald Ramsey – Kolby Kindley Haywood Community College 5 5 7- 961 Andrew Green – Anne Arundel Comm College 4 4 7- 362 Tate Clements – Gavin Draper Eastern Kentucky University 3 3 6- 263 Jake Thompson – Tyler Maschal Virginia Tech 3 3 6- 064 Charlie Sipe – Ethan Howell Appalachian State University 3 3 5- 065 Kain Fadeley – Sid Hoover Ohio State University 4 4 4- 966 Branden Newcome – Michael Shughart West Virginia University 2 2 4- 267 Christian Chavez – Western Carolina University 2 2 3- 968 Joe Mullins – David Maples Virginia Tech 2 2 3- 669 Qiurun Chen – Johns Hopkins University 2 2 3- 470 Andre Vicari – Ryan Worth Ramapo College 2 2 2-1571 Ryan Rainey – Austin Frazier UNC Greensboro 2 2 2-1272 Shawn Combs – Hans Mikellsoo Georgetown College 2 2 2- 873 Lee Blackmon – Trey Sweeting UNC Greensboro 0 0 0- 073 Matthew Combs – West Virginia University 0 0 0- 073 Kevin Deley – Tommy Arena West Chester University of PA 0 0 0- 073 Ian Hardesty – Milton Sheesley Virginia Tech 0 0 0- 073 Elliott Roberson – William Adams Virginia Tech 0 0 0- 073 RC Sutton – Andrew Davis Virginia Tech 0 0 0- 0Name City,State Lbs-OzBIG BASSDay1 Jay Emmert – Logan BrewsterKnoxville, TN 7- 82 Mack Hicks – Aaron Creech London, KY 7- 5Day # Live Lbs-Oz # LimitsTOTALS# Fish1 284 284 637-13 432 222 221 495-15 263 91 91 221- 6 15

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