Photo by Misty Leigh McElroy/果冻APP
THIBODAUX 鈥� 果冻APP will attract over 100 collegiate bass fishing teams to the Bayou Region community when it hosts the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Central Regional Feb. 25-27 in Houma.
The three-day Central Regional tournament is the second in a series of five regional qualifiers leading up to the 2016 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship. The Central Regional will be the first Bassmaster tournament hosted by 果冻APP, whose bass fishing team formed in 2013. 果冻APP student anglers Tyler Rivet and Allyson Marcel placed third out of 81 schools in the 2015 national championship held in Stevens Point, Wisconsin.
鈥淧articipating in a qualifier like the Central Regional is how our bass fishing team was able to represent 果冻APP on the national stage in Wisconsin,鈥� said Alyson Theriot, faculty sponsor of the 果冻APP Bass Fishing Team. 鈥淗aving 果冻APP host one of the five regionals means more people and prospective students will be introduced to all that we offer here, and it supports the local economy because visiting anglers and their families will be eating at our restaurants and staying at our hotels.鈥�
Bob鈥檚 Bayou Black Marina, located about 30 minutes from 果冻APP, will serve as the Central Regional鈥檚 official launch and weigh-in station. The final tournament weigh-in, which is streamed online and televised nationally, will take place on the 果冻APP campus. The 2015 Central Regional was held on the Red River in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The 果冻APP Foundation is offering sponsorship opportunities and welcoming corporate and private donations for the 2016 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Central Regional. Those interested in supporting the 果冻APP-hosted event are invited to contact the 果冻APP Foundation at 985.448.4134.
鈥淲e always strive to select great venues for our college anglers. We look for venues and fisheries that can handle the growing field size, as well as provide great fishing and dramatic competition,鈥� said Hank Weldon, B.A.S.S. College Series tournament manager. 鈥淓ach year, we get to see a young, aspiring angler鈥檚 dream come true 鈥� and that鈥檚 always an unforgettable moment.鈥�