College: Final day on Chatuge

Head out on the water with the top five teams on the final day of the 2014 Carhartt College Series National Championship.

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Zach Parker and Matt Roberts start the final day on Chatuge with the lead in the 2014 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship.
Zach Parker and Matt Roberts start the final day on Chatuge with the lead in the 2014 Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship.
We were treated to quite the scenic show this morning.
We were treated to quite the scenic show this morning.
Parker fires a dropshot.
Parker fires a dropshot.
The sun tries to burn the clouds away.
The sun tries to burn the clouds away.
Hard to beat a view like this.
Hard to beat a view like this.
Roberts hooks up.
Roberts hooks up.
This one starts digging.
This one starts digging.
The fish makes one last run near the boat.
The fish makes one last run near the boat.
In the boat.
In the boat.
Keeper No. 1.
Keeper No. 1.
Friends watch on.
Friends watch on.
Chatuge is situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains and has made for an amazing location for the National Championship.
Chatuge is situated in the Blue Ridge Mountains and has made for an amazing location for the National Championship.
On the move.
On the move.
Roberts hooks up again.
Roberts hooks up again.
A small one, but it will keep.
A small one, but it will keep.
Bethel's gallery grows.
Bethel’s gallery grows.
Parker takes a turn.
Parker takes a turn.
This one is fighting a little harder.
This one is fighting a little harder.
Parker lets the fish go wherever it wants to.
Parker lets the fish go wherever it wants to.
A better fish surfaces.
A better fish surfaces.
This one finishes off the limit.
This one finishes off the limit.
Parker hooks up again.
Parker hooks up again.
Almost there.
Almost there.
In the net.
In the net.
Roberts with another bite.
Roberts with another bite.
This one may upgrade.
This one may upgrade.
A better fish enters the boat.
A better fish enters the boat.
A little closer to the goal of winning the 2014 National Championship.
A little closer to the goal of winning the 2014 National Championship.
This one will get rid of a 14-inch squeaker.
This one will get rid of a 14-inch squeaker.
Gameface time.
Gameface time.
Parker spent most of the practice period staring at his graph and very little time actually fishing. That allowed Bethel to find the best brush with the most bass.
Parker spent most of the practice period staring at his graph and very little time actually fishing. That allowed Bethel to find the best brush with the most bass.
Tanner Cooper and Memo Nunez of New Mexico State University start the day in fifth place.
Tanner Cooper and Memo Nunez of New Mexico State University start the day in fifth place.
Time to relocate.
Time to relocate.
Cooper and Nunez spend most of the day staring at their graph.
Cooper and Nunez spend most of the day staring at their graph.
TV time.
TV time.
Bass come up chasing bait near New Mexico State, and a topwater bait is presented to them quickly.
Bass come up chasing bait near New Mexico State, and a topwater bait is presented to them quickly.
Nunez fires a topwater.
Nunez fires a topwater.
Time to make another move.
Time to make another move.
Brett Preuett and Jackson Blackett of the Universtiy of Louisiana at Monroe sit in third to start the day.
Brett Preuett and Jackson Blackett of the Universtiy of Louisiana at Monroe sit in third to start the day.
ULM has split their time between shallow and deep techniques.
ULM has split their time between shallow and deep techniques.
Blackett is focused.
Blackett is focused.
Fishing deep brush, docks and shallow-water cover, ULM put together the biggest bag of Day 2 and scratched their way into the top five.
Fishing deep brush, docks and shallow-water cover, ULM put together the biggest bag of Day 2 and scratched their way into the top five.
Preuett keeps an eye out.
Preuett keeps an eye out.
Dropshots have produced most of the keepers here this week on Chatuge.
Dropshots have produced most of the keepers here this week on Chatuge.
Blackett makes a pitch.
Blackett makes a pitch.
ULM on the road again.
ULM on the road again.
Robert Giarla and Bentley Manning of Tennessee Tech University start the day in fourth place.
Robert Giarla and Bentley Manning of Tennessee Tech University start the day in fourth place.
Manning grinds the bottom with a crankbait.
Manning grinds the bottom with a crankbait.
Keeping an eye on the graph in case one swims under the boat.
Keeping an eye on the graph in case one swims under the boat.
Manning fires a worm.
Manning fires a worm.
Giarla makes a cast.
Giarla makes a cast.
Jake Whitaker and Andrew Helms of UNC Charlotte work the shallows.
Jake Whitaker and Andrew Helms of UNC Charlotte work the shallows.
A flotilla starts to form around UNC.
A flotilla starts to form around UNC.
Whitaker makes a cast to shallow wood.
Whitaker makes a cast to shallow wood.
Helms burns a topwater frog through the shallows.
Helms burns a topwater frog through the shallows.
A look at the frog Helms is using.
A look at the frog Helms is using.
UNCC spent their whole week targeting shallow cover.
UNCC spent their whole week targeting shallow cover.
Whitaker and Helms are the closet to Bethel and have the best chance to overtake them.
Whitaker and Helms are the closet to Bethel and have the best chance to overtake them.
Whitaker fires a popping frog under a tree.
Whitaker fires a popping frog under a tree.