U of L collegiate bass fishing

Another situation in which I am looking into is the boat accessibility. Some of us have boats, but not enough for everyone to compete. I was thinking we could do something like the Purdue team does. Basically a boater and the student. We will need to have at least two qualifying events for us to be eligible to send two guys to the Smash-Mouth Championship in the fall, hosted by ESPN. In order to get a boat for each student I was thinking maybe the KBF could put a list out there for those who may be interested in the program of "mentoring" if you would like to call it that or post it on here, baitshops, etc. In order to get people to donate their valuable time and boat to help the U of L collegiate club get going, their will be incentives. Just brainstorming, I was thinking the students could each throw up $25-$50 or whatever is decided, then the winning boater would win the money, and maybe second and third get something as well. But for the students, it will be just for points, no money involved. The boater's and the student's total weight will count for the boater only, but the students weight alone will count for the points he/she will earn. So basically the boaters are getting a chance to fish a tournament for free, by donating their time and boat, and having a chance to come away with a little cash and knowing they did something to start the U of L bass club, heck you may even see the guy you fish with on ESPN and be able to root'em on! But I am pretty pumped about this and if anyone has any other ideas about the boat situation let me know, maybe we could get sponsors to give away doorprizes or grab bags to each contestant. I'm looking forward to it and any advice or help would be greatly appreciated by you fellow fisherman. Thanks!

Eric Hickman
U of L Bass Club

Hey Kyle whats your email address? Maybe we can set something up like a get together tournament, heck we may even start something that might last a good while down the road, passin' the minnow bucket instead of the keg of nails, you never know. But had a question about the Fox Sports collegiate league, is this new? Tried looking up some info. on it but cannot find anything. The leagues I have found so far are the ABA CAST, CBAA,& Smash-mouth. Got any others you know of? 'preciate it man.

Eric Hickman
U of L bass Club
Tournament Director
[email][email protected][/email]

we here at UK are in the same boat perverbially on boaters, we did exactly what EJ was talking about, for our first tournament on barren in April we have enough volunteer boaters to help with the guys that dont have a boat. Every college contestant puts up a 25$ entry fee and then I am going to take that money and buy gift certificates to tackle shops. 50% to the winning volunteer boater wieght, 25% to the biggest bass of the event, and 25% to the heaviest college wieght, or something like that. This site is great, as it is where I found all my volunteer boaters. hey dont forget the challenge issued by UK, sometime in may, lets get this rivalary fired up real good. Maybe do a state wide event because EKU and Murray have some SERIOUS teams too. Good luck with your team, feel free to call me if you have any questions about how our club works here at UK or how the smash-mouth thing works.
Kyle Crager
UK Bass Team President
"Go Bass-cats"

What about asking Denny Crum, he is a great bass fisherman.

check out my reply on down... Things are looking up man. Does UK fish the ABA trail in the CAST program? This seems like a pretty good deal to me. I think we are going to sign up for that, as well as smashmouth and CBAA. ABA championship is at KY and Barkley which would be homecourt advantage! Shoot me an email sometime at [email][email protected][/email]. Taker' easy.

Eric Hickman Jr.
U of L Bass Club
Tournament Director

Not sure if he still is on staff at U of L, but that is a good idea. Thanks for advice.

my email is [email][email protected][/email]
give me your #, I can talk much faster than I can type, lata man

Eric, I would be glad to help out with offering my time and boat, as long as I am not fishing a toury on the weekend of your toury. I love to Bass fish and maybe can learn something from you guy's. lol
You can e-mail me and we can talk if you like.

Greg Paschal