On the water with AUM

Catch up with AUM as they fish the final day of the Carhartt College Series National Championship on the Chatuge.

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<p>Day Three on Lake Chatuge started with overcast skies and temperatures in the mid-60s.</p>
Day Three on Lake Chatuge started with overcast skies and temperatures in the mid-60s.
<p>AUM’s Jacob Nummy fished from the back of the boat, and here’s his workstation.</p>
AUM’s Jacob Nummy fished from the back of the boat, and here’s his workstation.
<p>Here’s Nummy at work.</p>
Here’s Nummy at work.
<p>This is the back of Tom Frink’s jersey.</p>
This is the back of Tom Frink’s jersey.
<p>Frink prepares to make a move.</p>
Frink prepares to make a move.
<p>Here’s the rat swimbait/wakebait that Frink used to wreak havoc on the field on Day Two. He was putting it to work on Day Three as well. Note the quad hooks, rather than trebles. </p>
Here’s the rat swimbait/wakebait that Frink used to wreak havoc on the field on Day Two. He was putting it to work on Day Three as well. Note the quad hooks, rather than trebles. 
<p>Another shot of El Raton. Good luck finding one, even on the Internet.</p>
Another shot of El Raton. Good luck finding one, even on the Internet.
<p>Frink releases El Raton.</p>
Frink releases El Raton.
<p>Auburn’s Matt Lee buzzes by in his Triton/Mercury.</p>
Auburn’s Matt Lee buzzes by in his Triton/Mercury.
<p>Frink spent much of the morning throwing the rat, looking for “heads” (big largemouth) to crush it.</p>
Frink spent much of the morning throwing the rat, looking for “heads” (big largemouth) to crush it.
<p>You can take the boy out of California…</p>
You can take the boy out of California…
<p>Frink and Nummy work a large concrete structure.</p>
Frink and Nummy work a large concrete structure.
<p>After the rat failed to get any more bites, the duo whipped out drop shot rigs to scrounge up a limit of spotted bass.</p>
After the rat failed to get any more bites, the duo whipped out drop shot rigs to scrounge up a limit of spotted bass.
<p>Frink catches what appears to be a yellow perch. It was weird looking, but likely very tasty.</p>
Frink catches what appears to be a yellow perch. It was weird looking, but likely very tasty.
<p>When spotted bass came up schooling, Frink and Nummy both threw walking topwater baits to the commotion, but neither hooked up.</p>
When spotted bass came up schooling, Frink and Nummy both threw walking topwater baits to the commotion, but neither hooked up.
<p>As the day wore on, Frink and Nummy worked their way up Lake Chatuge and stopped at a bridge to work the pilings with drop shot rigs.</p>
As the day wore on, Frink and Nummy worked their way up Lake Chatuge and stopped at a bridge to work the pilings with drop shot rigs.
<p>The team slides under the bridge.</p>
The team slides under the bridge.
<p>Frink hooked into a baby.</p>
Frink hooked into a baby.
<p>With just a couple of hours left, the duo hit a marina further up the lake, where Nummy hooked up…</p>
With just a couple of hours left, the duo hit a marina further up the lake, where Nummy hooked up…
<p>…but it wasn’t a keeper.</p>
…but it wasn’t a keeper.
<p>Frink hooks into a better bass…</p>
Frink hooks into a better bass…
<p>…and Nummy grabs the net.</p>
…and Nummy grabs the net.
<p>Frink works the bass alongside the boat…</p>
Frink works the bass alongside the boat…
<p>…and scoops up the keeper largemouth.</p>
…and scoops up the keeper largemouth.
<p>It was their second keeper of the day.</p>
It was their second keeper of the day.
<p>Nummy goes to add it to the “tub”, or livewell.</p>
Nummy goes to add it to the “tub”, or livewell.
<p>Frink is hooked up again!</p>
Frink is hooked up again!
<p>Nummy lowers the net…</p>
Nummy lowers the net…
<p>…as the bass makes one last attempt to regain its freedom.</p>
…as the bass makes one last attempt to regain its freedom.
<p>But its final jump is right into Nummy’s waiting net.</p>
But its final jump is right into Nummy’s waiting net.
<p>It was small, but it kept.</p>
It was small, but it kept.