Entries by Kyle Curry

The Top 5 Ranked Teams in Collegiate Bass Fishing Entering a New Season

San Antonio, TX (8/18/2023) – The Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia is college fishing’s only all-encompassing national rankings system.  Over the course of a 12-month season, thousands of college anglers representing hundreds of schools compete in dozens of points earning events.  Each year, teams enter the new season with high […]

EP. 186 – Auburn University’s Smith & Marbut Win Second College National Championship Title of the Summer

Last weekend, Tucker Smith & Hayden Marbut from nationally ranked Auburn University won the Bassmaster College Series National Championship at Pickwick Lake.  With a three-day total of 53 pounds and 12 ounces, Smith & Marbut secured their second National Championship title of the summer.  Back in May, at Lake Hartwell, the pair won the Association […]

The Annual ACA Pre-Season Poll for the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia

The first of a three-part feature article series will take a look at teams ranked 16th – 25th San Antonio, TX (8/17/2023) – The Association of Collegiate Anglers, which operates the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia, is excited to showcase its third annual pre-season rankings for college bass fishing, according […]

Transfers in Collegiate Bass Fishing?!

SAN ANTONIO, TX (August 7, 2023) – In major collegiate athletics, the transfer portal has been a talking point at the epicenter of college sports for several years now.  The transfer portal allows student athletes to leave their current institution and explore their opportunities to further their athletic and academic careers at a new school.  […]

EP. 185 – Blake Tinsley to Transfer to McKendree University

On this episode of the Rapala #WeAreCollegiateBass Podcast, host Kyle Curry talks with college angler Blake Tinsley.  Tinsley spent the last several seasons at Winona State and is transferring to McKendree University for this upcoming season.  Tinsley and McKendree University Head Coach Jon Rinderer had met several times out on the college trail last season […]