Americana Outdoors E-Magazine - July 2024

TWIN BROTHER TANDEM DYLAN & CARTER NUTT FROM 3RD RANKED UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA TAKE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP BASS FISHING TITLE AT PICKWICK LAKE

The scales are closed, prizes have been awarded, and a new national champion has been crowned for the 2024 season. The Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops wrapped up today and when the scales closed Dylan & Carter Nutt from the 2nd ranked University of North Alabama won the event with a two-day total of 52.36 pounds. Lucas Bowers & Fisher Rodgers from the University of South Carolina made a second day charge and finished in 2nd, and Nathan Reynolds & Banks Shaw, also from UNA, take 3rd place.

tournament competition, with winds, rain and storms battering the region due to a storm that popped up mid-morning in the Florence, Alabama area, the twin brothers steadily put together a strong limit that weighed in at 24.56 pounds. That five bass limit on Day 2 also included the Overall Big Bass of the tournament, tipping the scales at 8.20 pounds. For the tournament victory, the anglers earned $5,000, as well as several contingency awards to include $1,000 ACA logo contingency, $500 T-H Marine Atlas Awards, a Power-Pole for Overall Big Bass, and 2,500 points towards the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. Finishing the event in 2nd, with 43.74 pounds, are Lucas Bowers & Fisher Rodgers from the University of South Carolina. The two anglers were in 10th place after Day 1. On the final day of tournament competition, they weighed in 24.62

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On Day 1 of tournament competition, Dylan & Carter Nutt weighed in a five bass limit for 27.80 pounds, including the big bass of the day weighing in at 7.87 pounds. On Day 2 of