Posted By: tx_basser
Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 02:01 AM
Was watching one of the college shows as I heard there was a kid from Sachse in the 2015 event. Anyway... Son and I noticed one of the dudes looked a little mature for college fishing. Sure enough I googled him and he was like 34 and been fishing BASS events since like 2006. Is there not some age limit on these things/for College?
Posted By: Tanner Crim
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 03:24 AM
Theres not an age limit that i know of but you couldn't have fished pro events with over $2500 entry. There was a guy that was in his late 30's maybe early 40's from Tennessee that fished for a year while he was getting a masters in engineering. You have 4 years of eligibility. For the most part we are all 18-25 years old.
Posted By: Jobie99
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 03:41 AM
The all-time best college fishing is when Zona says, "That Tommy Sanders is the worst case of stink eye I have ever seen" about Jonas Ertle! May be Zona's best one-liner ever LOL!!!
Posted By: Preacher Ed
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 04:32 AM
I don't think there is an age limit in any of the NCAA sports. Remember the QB from OSU (I think) a few years ago was about 28 yrs. old, wasn't he? I might be wrong on that, and if so, I apologize. But I know one of the guys from OK will straighten me out on that.
Posted By: RedRanger
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 10:31 AM
Was watching one of the college shows as I heard there was a kid from Sachse in the 2015 event. Anyway... Son and I noticed one of the dudes looked a little mature for college fishing. Sure enough I googled him and he was like 34 and been fishing BASS events since like 2006. Is there not some age limit on these things/for College?
34 and fishing college, Kinda takes the whole college theme out of it.
Theres not an age limit that i know of but you couldn't have fished pro events with over $2500 entry. There was a guy that was in his late 30's maybe early 40's from Tennessee that fished for a year while he was getting a masters in engineering. You have 4 years of eligibility. For the most part we are all 18-25 years old.
You're right Preacher, that would be Brandon Weeden. He now is with the Texans and played a few games for the Cowboys last season?
Posted By: tx_basser
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 12:26 PM
College Fishing I don't think is controlled by the NCAA which is why they can get sponsor dollars, etc.
But I laughed... when I read how old he was.
Posted By: CCTX
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 01:07 PM
I don't think there is an age limit in any of the NCAA sports. Remember the QB from OSU (I think) a few years ago was about 28 yrs. old, wasn't he? I might be wrong on that, and if so, I apologize. But I know one of the guys from OK will straighten me out on that.
Yes, 4 years of eligibility/no age limit. If you look at the ages of the BYU and University of Utah football rosters, many are older due to 1-2 year Mormon mission trips from 18-20yo. Same with Army/Navy with military service years.
Posted By: Outdoordude
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 01:18 PM
There was at one time an age limit for college B.A.S.S. tournaments and maybe college FLW but it made folks who went straight to military service after high school, and then to college when they returned from deployment, ineligible right from the start due to age. It also made graduate students ineligible because of age. There was a guy in his early 30's that fished in one of my college clubs. He obviously didn't go try to finish his degree just to fish college-level tournaments but he enjoyed it.
NCAA has no influence on collegiate fishing and it would do the sport good to never allow that to happen.
Posted By: Jpowell7575
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 01:22 PM
So if I'm 30 and in college and they have a bass club and I bass fish I shouldn't fish with the bass club right? What's the acceptable age limit to fish college tournies? Should I just quit college altogether because I'm 30 and too old?
Posted By: tx_basser
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 02:23 PM
I guess I need to go back to college and take a couple of night classes so I can get in on this action.
Posted By: fouzman
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 02:35 PM
I guess I need to go back to college and take a couple of night classes so I can get in on this action.
Yeah, because college anglers earn so much money fishing.
Posted By: RedRanger
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 02:48 PM
I guess I need to go back to college and take a couple of night classes so I can get in on this action.
Back when college fishing was getting started , I thought about enrolling at UNT and take one class and fish on their team
Posted By: RedRanger
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 02:50 PM
So if I'm 30 and in college and they have a bass club and I bass fish I shouldn't fish with the bass club right? What's the acceptable age limit to fish college tournies? Should I just quit college altogether because I'm 30 and too old?
I think over 26 then you should leave it to the kids.
If you want to go to college and you have the time and the money, It's your call there..........
Posted By: Outdoordude
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 03:08 PM
So if I'm 30 and in college and they have a bass club and I bass fish I shouldn't fish with the bass club right? What's the acceptable age limit to fish college tournies? Should I just quit college altogether because I'm 30 and too old?
I think over 26 then you should leave it to the kids.
If you want to go to college and you have the time and the money, It's your call there..........
I think that's a fair number to be pulling out of the college-level events, especially for the folks that have fished all their lives. I did start feeling guilty entering college tournaments near the end of my Masters degree, I finished at 24 (not that I was any good).
Posted By: Easy Fisherman
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 03:26 PM
No , matters not who wins,sort of like watching curling
Posted By: Andrew Y'Barbo
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/12/16 06:14 PM
You see it all the time. College fishing is driven by money to qualify for the Classic. High School fishing is the same. Money driven industry.
P.S. You have to be enrolled for 12hrs to be a full time student.
Posted By: Outdoordude
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/13/16 01:42 PM
You see it all the time. College fishing is driven by money to qualify for the Classic. High School fishing is the same. Money driven industry.
I don't fully agree with that. There are a few anglers and clubs that dump money into it just to reach national prominence but the majority of college and high school anglers are doing it for the enjoyment of competition. I run a state-wide collegiate series (not in Texas) and there is no incentive to advance to some major event, just 40-50 kids showing up every month to fish against each other and have fun.
You're certainly right, there are some that will exploit the system for their own higher goals, but painting the whole sport in that generality is a little unfair.
Posted By: Andrew Y'Barbo
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/13/16 03:38 PM
You see it all the time. College fishing is driven by money to qualify for the Classic. High School fishing is the same. Money driven industry.
I don't fully agree with that. There are a few anglers and clubs that dump money into it just to reach national prominence but the majority of college and high school anglers are doing it for the enjoyment of competition. I run a state-wide collegiate series (not in Texas) and there is no incentive to advance to some major event, just 40-50 kids showing up every month to fish against each other and have fun.
You're certainly right, there are some that will exploit the system for their own higher goals, but painting the whole sport in that generality is a little unfair.
Yes sir. I agree. We all fished the SFA December tournament on Rayburn for just bragging rights. I was basing my response to what I saw in the "College Fishing" world that advances to higher events.
Posted By: kellisag
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/13/16 03:46 PM
I guess I could enroll for 3 hrs a semester towards my masters and start fishing the free entry fee college stuff...Classic here I come!
J/K I would still get beat.
Posted By: RO519
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/13/16 04:56 PM
I just graduated from A&M in December of 2014. I fished all of the college tournaments I could, everything from the Texas A&M club tournaments to the BASS and FLW college series. Just because it is a bunch of younger kids fishing doesn't mean the talent level isn't there. Look at what some of the recent national champions are doing. Jordan Lee, Matt Lee, Brett Pruett, and the list goes on. They're fishing the elite series, FLW Tour, and the BASS Opens and finishing very well.
I loved all of the college fishing I got to do. We traveled all over the place, fished new fisheries for us, competed against schools from different states, and because of that, college fishing is producing some phenomenal young pros.
Posted By: tx_basser
Re: Anybody watch College Fishing? - 04/13/16 05:33 PM
I agree.. been trying to show my son all of the fishing opportunities at College and where he can pick one, etc.. Looks like allot of fun, and pardner up with some life long friends.
We have 2 guys in our club who are 30 age don't mean anything Most of the guys out there winning are under 22