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Thefinaldayofthe2017BoatUSColegiateBassFishingChampionshippresentedbyCabela’s
onPickwickLakebeganwithcalmandcoolconditions.Howanotherweatherchangewould
afectthefishingconditionswasonthemindsofthetopfiveteams,alofwhomhadweighed
inmorethan20poundsondayone.
Thedayoneleaders,TusculumColegeteamofNickHartfieldandCoreyNeece,hadanarow
leadofonlyouncesoverDakotaEbareandJustinSeetonfromTarletonStateUniversity,as
welasSloanPenningtonandHunterMcCartyfromtheUniversityofNorthAlabama.Sitingin
fourthandfifth,respectively,wereWyatYoungandTuckerSargentanotherteamfromTar-
letonStateUniversity,andthedefendingChampionsMitchelJenningsandColeBurdeshaw
fromAuburnUniversity.
Altheteamswerehopefulforasimilarstartondaytwothatwasseenondayone,wherea
fastandfuriousstartformanyteamshadthemcatchingthemoneaftertheother.Tosaythe
least,altheteamsincontentionhadveryhighhopesandexpectationsfortheChampionship
finalday.
Theonlythingleftwastogambleonalongrunorstickclosertotakeof.Withtheslickcondi-
tionsatsunrise,itdidn’ttakelongforaltheteamstodecideonmakingalongrun.Withthe
TVAscheduledtobepulingverylitlewaterfromtheWilsonLakeDam,theearlymorningbite
wasnoticeablyslowerthanondayone.Reportsoffishcatchesstartedtoslowlycomeinand
itseemedthedeepbitewastheonethatanglerswereconcentratingontostarttheday,but
forthetopfiveteamsfromdayone,thefishwerealconsiderablysmalertostarttheday.
TusculumColegeteamofNickHartfield
andCoreyNeeceweighin23.92pounds
totaketheleadonDay1.