Tarleton State University Leads College Wild Card Event

June 9, 2016

Tarleton State University Leads College Wild Card Event

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ARDMORE, Okla. — Shallow and deep. That’s how the largemouth and smallmouth bass are getting caught at Lake Murray, a 5,700-acre impoundment in southern Oklahoma.

Zach Ziober and Dakota Ebare teamed up to catch the heaviest limit, weighing 17 pounds, 10 ounces, Thursday during the Carhartt College Series Wild Card presented by Bass Pro Shops.

Ziober and Ebare are fishing for the Tarleton State University bass club. The anglers from Stephenville, Texas, are among the 80 collegiate teams representing more than 40 colleges and universities in the tournament.

Just 10 ounces behind is Itawamba Community College with 17 pounds. Louisiana State University-Shreveport and Bethel University are tied for third place with 16 pounds, 1 ounce. The University of South Carolina is fifth with 15 pounds, 15 ounces.

Ziober and Ebare are finding the most success early in shallow water, and then moving deep.

“The day went about like we planned,” said Ebare. “We took it easy on some of our areas to save them for tomorrow and the next day.”

Friday, the goal is to land in the Top 20. Those teams advance to the championship round on Saturday.

“We aren’t getting our better bites until later in the day,” added Ziober.

Ziober and Ebare hope to repeat their catch today with fewer mistakes.

“We jumped some really good ones off at the boat,” said Ebare. “We have a few ideas on how to improve and will try a few things different.”

Ty Cox and Jake Houston, fishing for Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Miss., are fishing both ends of the water column.

“We are flipping jigs in shallow water, early, and then moving out deep to fish for the smallmouth,” said Cox.

So it goes with the remainder of the teams. The early bite is best when the bass move into shallow water to feed. As the sun heats the water, those bass move to deeper water. The smallmouth thrive in deep water and are more dependable and easier to pinpoint during midday.

The Wild Card format is a bonus opportunity for advancing to the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. The tournament is July 28-30 in Campbellsville, Ky., on Green River Lake.

Most of the national championship teams have already advanced through five conference championships. The Wild Card is the final chance to qualify for this season of the collegiate series.

Several bonus awards are up for contention. The heaviest catch after three days awards the angler $250 from Bass Pro Shops for the Nitro Big Bag award. Tomorrow’s leader receives $250 in lure merchandise for the Livingston Lures Leader Award. The angler catching the biggest bass in the tournament earns the Carhartt Big Bass Award worth $500.

Tomorrow the weigh-in begins at 2 p.m. CT at Lake Murray State Park, North Ramp. Saturday the championship weigh-in will be held on the GEICO Bassmaster BASSfest stage at 4 p.m. at Choctaw Casino Resort in Durant.

Today’s ActivitySTANDINGS BOATER DAY 1Lake Murray – Lake Murray North Ramp – Ardmore, OK6/9/2016 – 6/11/2016Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Wild Card presented by Bass Pro Shops

# Fish Lbs – OzAccumulativeName # Live # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz

1 Zach Ziober – Dakota Ebare Tarleton State University 5 5 17-10 5 5 17-102 Ty Cox – Jake Houston Itawamba Community College 5 5 17- 0 5 5 17- 03 JP Kimbrough – Jared Rascoe LSU Shreveport 5 5 16- 1 5 5 16- 13 Hunter Louden – Bethel University 5 5 16- 1 5 5 16- 15 Chris Blanchette – Dylan Allison University of South Carolina 5 5 15-15 5 5 15-156 John Ledet – Justin Cooper Northwestern State University 5 5 15-12 5 5 15-127 Jason Ashe – Western Carolina University 5 5 15- 2 5 5 15- 28 Aaron Belgard – Logan Laprarie Northwestern State University 5 5 14- 6 5 5 14- 69 Stetson Overton – Justin Seeton Tarleton State University 5 5 14- 4 5 5 14- 410 Ty Dyer – Ricky Harris Bethel University 5 4 13-14 5 4 13-1411 Andrew Madison – Jose Palma University of Central Oklahoma 5 5 13-13 5 5 13-1312 Zach Hurst – Austyn Fowler Tarleton State University 5 5 13- 6 5 5 13- 613 Josh Bensema – Tyler Anderson Texas A&M University 5 5 13- 5 5 5 13- 514 Adam Burkett – Christian Brown LSU Shreveport 5 5 13- 3 5 5 13- 315 Forrest Sears – Greg Dean Wallace State Comm College 5 5 12-15 5 5 12-1516 Patrick Walters – Brian Sweeney University of South Carolina 5 5 12-10 5 5 12-1017 Reed Foster – Zackery Hines Dallas Baptist University 5 5 12- 7 5 5 12- 718 Sam Stone – Evan Coleman Texas State University 5 5 12- 1 5 5 12- 118 Chris Zins – Zach Holliday University of Central Oklahoma 5 5 12- 1 5 5 12- 120 Brian Pahl – John Garrett Bethel University 5 5 12- 0 5 5 12- 021 Tyler Woods – Robert Tweed Stephen F Austin State University 5 5 11-14 5 5 11-1422 Morgan Locke – Logan Elton Florida State University 5 5 11-10 5 5 11-1023 Kyler Chelminiak – Alec Piekarski Bethel University 5 5 11- 9 5 5 11- 924 Sheldon Rogge – Parker Davis Kansas State University 5 5 11- 8 5 5 11- 825 Trent Newman – Nathan Wood Dallas Baptist University 5 5 11- 5 5 5 11- 526 Nick Ratliff – Grant Adams Campbellsville University 5 5 10-12 5 5 10-1227 Wyatt Frankens – Hunter Price Stephen F Austin University 5 5 10-10 5 5 10-1028 Makenzie Henson – Sloan Pennington U. of North Alabama 5 5 10- 5 5 5 10- 529 Dillon Harrell – Dustin Moreno Sam Houston State University 5 5 10- 4 5 5 10- 430 Nathan Martin – Joe Nakai U. of North Alabama 5 5 10- 1 5 5 10- 131 Ryan Kennedy – Frank Lillig Kennesaw State University 5 5 9-13 5 5 9-1332 Cameron Brooks – Mason Sapp Campbellsville University 5 5 9-10 5 5 9-1032 Tyler Craig – Hunter Freeman La Monroe 5 5 9-10 5 5 9-1032 Dustin Nash – Thomas Merchant Northwestern State University 5 5 9-10 5 5 9-1035 Michael Corbishley – Austin Warmus East Carolina University 5 5 9- 7 5 5 9- 736 Jared Bourgeois – Parker White LSU 5 5 9- 6 5 5 9- 637 CJ Knight – Mitchell Jennings Auburn University 5 5 9- 2 5 5 9- 238 Dalton Warrington – Chris Bradley Southwestern Oklahoma State University 5 3 9- 0 5 3 9- 039 Mitchell Mayard – Owen Richard LSU 5 5 8-15 5 5 8-1539 Adam Neill – Thomas Mistead University of Alabama 5 5 8-15 5 5 8-1541 Spencer Lambert – Thomas Soileau La Monroe 5 4 8-14 5 4 8-1442 Alex Murray – Alex Felder Southeastern Louisiana University 4 4 8-14 4 4 8-1443 Tanner Crim – Zach Montalvo Tarleton State University 5 5 8-12 5 5 8-1244 Levi Umland – Heartland Community College 5 5 8-11 5 5 8-1145 Dawson Lenz – Evan Horne University of North Alabama 5 5 8- 9 5 5 8- 946 Garrett Stone – Collin Chandler University of Georgia 4 4 8- 8 4 4 8- 847 Clayton Godfrey – John-Michael Brattlof Stephen F Austin State University 5 3 8- 6 5 3 8- 648 Nicholas DiCamillo – Justin Hettinga New Mexico State University 5 5 8- 5 5 5 8- 549 Cody Peak – Jeff Roman Clayton IV Mississippi State University 5 4 8- 5 5 4 8- 550 Tyler Brown – Baylor Ronemus Clemson University 5 5 8- 4 5 5 8- 4Today’s Activity# Fish Lbs – OzAccumulativeName # Live # Fish # Live Lbs – Oz50 Jacob Fournier – Jared Bascle Nicholls State 5 5 8- 4 5 5 8- 452 Eric Hanna – Oklahoma State University 5 4 8- 2 5 4 8- 253 Adam Carman – Justin Mayfield Campbellsville University 5 5 8- 0 5 5 8- 054 Caleb Garvin – CJ Holbrook Mississippi State University 5 5 7-15 5 5 7-1555 Jared Baker – Layton Jones Georgia Southern University 5 4 7-10 5 4 7-1056 Armando Ortiz – Roy Zhang Auburn University 5 5 7- 8 5 5 7- 857 Dakota Sparks – Levi Sharp LSU 4 4 7- 8 4 4 7- 858 Jacob Reome – Daniel Rupee Clemson University 5 5 7- 7 5 5 7- 759 Jordan Ledbetter – Taylor Schmitt McKendree University 5 5 7- 3 5 5 7- 360 Cody Metzger – Conner Schwab Northeastern State University 5 5 7- 0 5 5 7- 061 Zachary Bodford – NC State University 5 5 6-13 5 5 6-1362 Cody Cleary – Max Gresham Valdosta State University 5 5 6- 9 5 5 6- 963 Cody Billings – Daulton Smith University of Georgia 4 4 6- 8 4 4 6- 864 Wyatt Burkhalter – Taylor Teague University of West Alabama 5 5 6- 7 5 5 6- 765 Charles Conger – Jackson Moody Kennesaw State University 4 4 6- 5 4 4 6- 566 Dakota Cline – Stephen F Austin University 5 4 5-12 5 4 5-1267 Mack Hicks – Alice Lloyd College 4 4 5-11 4 4 5-1168 Brock Wilke – JT Russell McKendree University 5 5 5- 0 5 5 5- 069 Tyler Moses – Brennan Soileau LA Tech 4 4 4-14 4 4 4-1470 Taylor Umland – Justin Schick Illinois State University 3 3 4-12 3 3 4-1271 Chandler South – JR Wright Itawamba Community College 2 2 4-10 2 2 4-1072 Scott Fair – Northwestern State University 2 2 4- 1 2 2 4- 173 Alex Schieman – Garrett Reynolds Georgia College 3 3 4- 0 3 3 4- 074 Derek Louderbaugh – Drury University 3 3 3-10 3 3 3-1075 Garrett Goettee – Grant Pietsch Texas A&M University at Galveston 3 3 3- 8 3 3 3- 876 Ashley Ruggles – Jeff White Drury University 3 3 3- 4 3 3 3- 477 Benjamin Webster – Andrew Deloney University of Alabama 2 2 2- 6 2 2 2- 678 Landon Tucker – Valdosta State University 1 1 1-11 1 1 1-1179 Logan Shaddix – Ethan Flack University of Alabama 1 1 1- 3 1 1 1- 380 Cameron Simmons – Cameron DeBorde Oklahoma State 1 1 1- 1 1 1 1- 1Name City,State Lbs-OzBIG BASSDay1 Trent Newman – Nathan WoodDallas, TX 4-10Day # Live Lbs-Oz # LimitsTOTALS# Fish1 362 352 737- 6 622 0 0 0- 0 0

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