Classic Bracket: On the water with Preuett and Giarla

Head out on the water for Round 2 of the Carhartt College Series Classic Bracket on Chatuge Reservoir.

Brett Preuett starts Round 2 of the Carhartt College Series Classic Bracket on an area with a lot of schooling activity.
Brett Preuett starts Round 2 of the Carhartt College Series Classic Bracket on an area with a lot of schooling activity.
Preuett hooks up, but he believes this one might be a stripe and not a spotted bass.
Preuett hooks up, but he believes this one might be a stripe and not a spotted bass.
This one looks to be of the wrong flavor.
This one looks to be of the wrong flavor.
Another from a similar mother.
Another from a similar mother.
Preuett keeps an eye out as fish surface all around him.
Preuett keeps an eye out as fish surface all around him.
Preuett works a topwater through the schoolers.
Preuett works a topwater through the schoolers.
A solid fish boils on his bait.
A solid fish boils on his bait.
This one should have it...
This one should have it…
... no such luck as the bait pops back to the surface.
… no such luck as the bait pops back to the surface.
The sun starts to break through the clouds.
The sun starts to break through the clouds.
Preuett fires away while cameraman Wes Miller looks on.
Preuett fires away while cameraman Wes Miller looks on.
Preuett hooks up again.
Preuett hooks up again.
This one is the right kind.
This one is the right kind.
Keeper No. 1.
Keeper No. 1.
Another fish pulls Preuett's bait under...
Another fish pulls Preuett’s bait under…
... but somehow it misses the hooks.
… but somehow it misses the hooks.
Preuett hooks up again.
Preuett hooks up again.
This one feels heavy.
This one feels heavy.
Another stripe rages at the boat.
Another stripe rages at the boat.
Preuett struggles to get a hand on the fish.
Preuett struggles to get a hand on the fish.
Better watch out for those hooks.
Better watch out for those hooks.
Almost.
Almost.
Got her.
Got her.
The fish rips away one last time and breaks off Preuett's favorite topwater.
The fish rips away one last time and breaks off Preuett’s favorite topwater.
Time to retie.
Time to retie.
After a fish misses the bait, Preuett hurries to throw back to it and accidentally hooks himself in the back of the head with his topwater.
After a fish misses the bait, Preuett hurries to throw back to it and accidentally hooks himself in the back of the head with his topwater.
Preuett hit himself with so much force that he straightened out the split ring, leaving a treble with two points buried past the barbs in his head.
Preuett hit himself with so much force that he straightened out the split ring, leaving a treble with two points buried past the barbs in his head.
That was painful.
That was painful.
Buried.
Buried.
Cameraman Wes Miller clips the barb off and Preuett decides to keep fishing. There's a Bassmaster Classic berth on the line.
Cameraman Wes Miller clips the barb off and Preuett decides to keep fishing. There’s a Bassmaster Classic berth on the line.
Preuett is running low on topwaters and starts mixing this prop bait in.
Preuett is running low on topwaters and starts mixing this prop bait in.
Hooked up.
Hooked up.
This is another of the right variety.
This is another of the right variety.
Keeper No. 2.
Keeper No. 2.
Going in the box.
Going in the box.
Tough being a small fish in a big pond.
Tough being a small fish in a big pond.
Robert Giarla works a shallow bank.
Robert Giarla works a shallow bank.
Giarla makes a cast.
Giarla makes a cast.
Fire away.
Fire away.
Working shallow docks produced the only fish that Giarla has so far this morning.
Working shallow docks produced the only fish that Giarla has so far this morning.
The sun is finally popping out from behind the clouds.
The sun is finally popping out from behind the clouds.
Cameraman Carey Barett focuses in.
Cameraman Carey Barett focuses in.
Both Robert Giarla and teammate Bentley Manning made it to Round 2.
Both Robert Giarla and teammate Bentley Manning made it to Round 2.
Giarla works a topwater down a rocky bank.
Giarla works a topwater down a rocky bank.
Targeting shallow largemouth, Giarla beat out Jake Whitaker in Round 1.
Targeting shallow largemouth, Giarla beat out Jake Whitaker in Round 1.
A look at Giarla's topwater.
A look at Giarla’s topwater.
On the move.
On the move.
Robert Giarla made a move to deeper water.
Robert Giarla made a move to deeper water.
A look at a few of Giarla's setups.
A look at a few of Giarla’s setups.