Day One leaders Travis Cox and Justin Witten head for a new spot on Saturday. The team from Radford went on to win the Carhartt College Bass East Super Regional on Smith Mountain Lake.
Day One leaders Travis Cox and Justin Witten head for a new spot on Saturday. The team from Radford went on to win the Carhartt College Bass East Super Regional on Smith Mountain Lake.
Nick Preskitt and Clay Ross of Virginia Tech fish in front of an ESPNU camera on Saturday.
A young paddler passes the competitors on Smith Mountain Lake.
These young fans weren’t worried about water temperatures around 60 degrees.
Ross (left) and Preskitt had a rough day Saturday and dropped to third place.
Preskitt and Ross from Virginia Tech fished around boat docks and had some success but failed to convert on all their opportunities.
This one didn’t get away, but will it help?
There’s no way the small largemouth will outweigh that smallmouth.
Justin “Scotty” Witten works on a bedding fish while teammate Travis Cox watches. The Radford team had a system in place in which Witten concentrated on sightfishing and Cox assisted him by re-rigging baits and netting fish when Witten hooked up.
Witten’s concentration was steely.
While Witten worked on beds, Cox used a giant swimbait to pick up kicker fish.
The leaders and eventual winners head off for a new location.
Smith Mountain Lake presents a picturesque backdrop for fishing and sailing.
Travis Cox helped Radford’s cause by catching his team’s biggest bass on swimbaits.
Mississippi State’s Mack Walters and Josh Cameron struggled on Day Two and dropped from fourth place to 11th.
Cameron untangles his umbrella rig from a piece of brush on a clay bank.
Cameron clears some debris from his rig.
The Bulldogs take off for more productive fishing grounds.
Christoper Newton University’s Joe Wilkerson reties as Cody Griffey works a spinnerbait along the bank.
Griffey hooks into one.
Wilkerson is quick on the net and readies it to assist Griffey.
Unfortunately, the CNU team won’t need a net for this bass.
Griffey sends the little bass back to grow up.