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Shull, who lead the event after the first day with 17 pounds, stuck with his gut choice to stay up shallow for a Top 12 finish.
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Merrick Diaz and Cade Hayford from Campbellsville University also relied on a shallow bite for a Top 12 finish.
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Evan Mabrey and Andrew Oswalt from the University of Montevallo relied on some old-school techniques this week as they took the dirty shallow water approach.
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Reece Keeney, who claimed victory on Lake Hartwell in the 2022 Bassmaster High School National Championship on Lake Hartwell, found himself and partner Brantley Anders inside the Top 12 with a shot to win again this week.
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Stephens and Fields from McKendree University also relied on the offshore bite over top of the main river channel with a combination of baits.
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Reynolds and Shaw from the University of North Alabama gave some humor to the Top Lures gallery with their three-bait approach.
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Carson Newman University’s Drake Hemby and Ewing Minor took to the offshore bite this week on Lake Hartwell.
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The Emmanuel duo took to the offshore game this week targeting offshore brush and schools of fish chasing blueback herring with one simple tactic that led to a fifth-place finish and clinched the 2024 Bassmaster College Series Team of the Year win.
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Florida Gateway College pair Bryson O’Steen and Seth Jones stuck it out in the shallows this week with a mix including a little bit of everything.
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These Erskine College anglers who might as well call Lake Hartwell home delivered in a big way using their local knowledge to navigate both the offshore bite for spotted bass and shallow bite for largemouth.
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Favorites coming into this National Championship on their home lake, Guy and Campbell ran a selection of their offshore honey holes for a second-place finish.
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Lander University’s Andrew Blanton and Garret Smith kept the shallow bite honest around bream beds up the Tugaloo River to become the new 2024 Strike King Bassmaster National Champions presented by Bass Pro Shops.
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