Registration Opens for Major Events on the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series

SAN ANTONIO, TX – The calendar has turned over to 2023 and the Association of Collegiate Anglers is entering the second half of the 2022-23 season on the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series. In preparation for the spring season and the final push towards crowning the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia, the ACA has opened registration for its two remaining events of the season. Those two tournaments are the Pickwick Slam at Pickwick Lake on April 22-23, 2023, and the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops on Lake Hartwell during May 25-26, 2023.

The first event on the calendar this upcoming spring is the Pickwick Slam. Set to take place at Pickwick Lake in Florence, AL on April 22-23, 2023, this will be the last ACA major event before the year-end Championship in May. The Pickwick Slam is a two-day, traditional five-bass limit, no-entry-fee event. Take off and weigh-in will take place at McFarland Park in Florence, AL.

As the final ACA major regular season event for the 2022-23 campaign, a lot will be on the line as hundreds of the country’s most elite college anglers compete on storied Pickwick Lake. Total payout for the event will consist of over $20,000 in prizes and contingencies. Schools will also be eligible to earn double points towards the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. Each university bass fishing club/team will be able to earn points for its two highest-finishing teams inside of the Top 150 in the final overall tournament standings. First place at the Pickwick Slam will earn 1,750 points for their respective school.

The Top 10 finishing teams at the Pickwick Slam will earn automatic qualification into the 2023 BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. Each of the Top 10 teams will be required to compete as the same two angler pairing at the year-end Championship event. These qualifications are in addition to the spots secured by teams via other criteria. View Championship Qualification Criteria here, and follow this link to see how many boats your school has qualified thus far.

The 2022-23 college fishing season will then culminate with the 18th edition of the annual BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops at Lake Hartwell. College fishing’s longest-running National Championship event will be contested for the first time in Anderson, SC on a fishery that has been the playing field for some of the most prestigious events in the sport of competitive bass fishing.

This two-day, five-bass limit, no-entry-fee event will crown a National Champion and award the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. Take off and weigh-in will take place at Green Pond Landing in Anderson, SC.

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About the ACA

The Association of Collegiate Anglers (ACA), a division of CarecoTV, is a tournament organization created to facilitate growth, development, and structure within competitive collegiate bass fishing. The ACA created the original BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Series,17 seasons ago, which has evolved into the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series which is now recognized as the longest-running consecutive collegiate bass fishing series in existence. The ACA also provides support to dozens of smaller schools operating regional events nationwide which help to grow the exposure of college fishing. The ACA owns the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia Program, and associated assets. The ACA lineup of major college fishing events includes a variety of events nationwide that are multi-day events all of which are televised on several networks as well as streamed on a variety of connected platforms.

Thanks in part to the large diversity of media exposure the ACA provides the largest amount of televised and streaming coverage of any collegiate fishing series to include a dedicated television series on several television networks as well as additional coverage of select events inside other programs. This combination includes coverage from Discovery Channel, CBS Sports, NBC, Pursuit Channel, as well as other regional and national networks.

For more information on the ACA or the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, visit www.CollegiateBassChampionship.com. For more information on Bass Pro Shops, visit www.BassProShops.com. For more information on CarecoTV, visit www.CarecoTV.com.

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