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In recent years, as the sport of college fishing has exploded in popularity, a lesser-known fact in the college fishing world has bubbled to the surface – Indiana University started it all. That’s right, basketball isn’t the only sport steeped in tradition in Bloomington. It all started on a blistery November day in 1968. Well, [...]

  It was the kind of day where 30-mile-an-hour winds were making an already choppy body of water covered with whitecaps even rougher. The sort of day where if you were lucky enough to find fish, you had to do battle with the wind.  To make it more intense, the tournament that the IU fishing [...]

To make lemonade, you have to squeeze the lemon. However, in this case, IU club members had to grind and then pulverize the lemon to get everything they could out of it. The sun rose on October 22nd to reveal a thick blanket of fog over the water of Lake Lemon, forcing the IU Bass [...]

Recently, the IU Bass Club’s adult mentor, Bill Embry, wrote an article in a local outdoor magazine called “The Gad-A-Bout.” The article highlights the technique of finesse cranking for fall bass, which has allowed IU to capture two back-to-back FLW Central Regional Championships, and also allowed Mr. Embry to win the most recent IU club [...]

Soon-to-be All-American Steve Bressler has a saying he likes to joke about: “I don’t believe in miracles, only disasters.” Steve isn’t really that negative, but the saying came to mind when he and two-time All-American Dustin Vaal summarized their exploits a few weeks ago while competing in the FLW College Fishing Central Regional Tournament on [...]

A notorious picture surfaced on several Facebook pages the morning of October second. It was black with soft blue numbers-the reading on a digital thermometer that read 40 degrees. The Big Ten Classic started off a little cooler than most people would have expected. A large cold front blew through the night before the tournament [...]

It’s that time of year again. With one club tournament in the books, the college fishing season is officially back in full swing. The club is looking forward to the upcoming Big Ten Classic this weekend on Coldwater Lake. IU Bass Club President, Zack Wojtowicz, said “We have a very experienced team and have the [...]

This past Saturday, FLW Outdoors hosted at collegiate bass fishing tournament at the Detroit River in Detroit, Michigan. 40 collegiate bass fishing teams in the Central Region competed against eachother for a prize value of $10,000. Steven Bressler, Fremont, IN, and fishing partner, Dustin Vaal, Saint Meinrad, IN, finished in 3rd place to bring home [...]

Vaal Makes Lemonade When Dustin Vaal was given Lake Lemon as the last club tournament of the season last Saturday, he made lemonade.  Only days after his 21st birthday, Dustin Vaal took the win to clinch the title of angler of the year.  After finding spawning bass on the beds in practice, Vaal came to [...]

Results Club Tournament- April 3, 2011 1st- Dustin Vaal: 4.07 lbs 2nd- Chris Weiss: 3.06 lbs 3rd- Clint Shireman: 1.90 lbs In the toughest club tournament in the IU Bass Club sinse 2007 Dustin Vaal captured the win with 1 fish that went a little over 4 pounds.  Dustin becomes the first angler to win [...]