University Of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Takes Top Spot On Lake Of The Ozarks

March 29, 2014
|In Bass
|By AnglersChannel
Mark Hugus and Cody Hahner of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point brought in 19-10 of Lake of the Ozarks bass to take the Day 1 lead in the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Midwestern Regional.

After a long, cold day, the scales settled for Hugus and Hahner just shy of the 20-pound mark. Most anglers at takeoff predicted close to 20 pounds to be the bar to reach. With water temps in the lower 40s, the common consensus was a slow bite but a big bite.

The slow bite showed up with the most productive baits being a jerkbait and a jig. Anglers had to slow down because of the cold water and fish their jerkbaits with 5- to 10-second pauses in their cadence.

The big bite showed up for most of the field as well, but the numbers weren’t there. Most anglers only caught one or two fish while trying to fill their limits, but those fish averaged 4 to 5 pounds.

Hugus and Hahner were the only team that came close to putting together a limit of those 4- to 5-pounders.

“We had one little one around 2 1/2 (pounds), but other than that we had all solid fish,” Hahner said .

Like most of the anglers on Day 1, Hugus and Hahner caught their fish primarily on a jerkbait with the majority of their bites coming after 1 o’clock.

“At about 1 o’clock we had three fish in the boat,” Hahner said. “We knew we had to make something happen.”

After a gut instinct led to an adjustment, Hugus and Haher caught a 5-pounder and a 6-pounder propelling them into the Day 1 lead.

The team of Cody Lincoln and Jason Hawksford and the team of Matt Feiten and Brian Kirt, second and third place respectively, both also of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, round out the Top 3 after Day 1.

Ryan Gilbert and Jacob Cllisch of the University of Wisconsin-Plattville caught the Day 1 Carhartt Big Bass weighing 7-1.

Hugus’ and Hahner’s 19-10 bag took the Nitro Bass Pro Big Bag honors for Day 1.

The Top 14 teams after Day 2 will advance to the Carhartt College Series National Championship to be held later this year.

Anglers will takeoff from Lake of the Ozarks State Park at 7:30 a.m. for Day 2 of competition. Follow all the action at Bassmaster.com and tune in to watch the live weigh-in on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. CT.

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Carhartt Bassmaster College Series – Midwest                
3/28/2014 – 3/29/2014  Lake of the Ozarks – Public Boat Ramp #2 – Osage Beach, MO

STANDINGS                                          BOATER DAY 1

Name School #Fish # Live Lbs-Oz
1. Mark Hugus – Cody Hahner Wisconsin, Stevens Point 5 5 19-10
2. Cody Lincoln – Jason Hawksford Wisconsin, Stevens Point 5 5 16- 1
3. Matt Feiten – Brian Kirt Wisconsin, Stevens Point 5 5 14- 8
4. Jackson Grabeel – Joseph Reilly Western Illinois University 5 5 14- 5
5. Lance Freeman – Seth Brock Murray State University 5 5 13- 1
6. Ryan Gilbert – Jacob Cllisch University of Wisconsin, Plattville 3 3 12-12
7. Michaela Anderson – Bryan Billeadeau University of St Thomas 5 5 10-15
8. Kyle Alsop – Taylor Bivins Kansas State University 5 5 10-10
9. Ben McCullough – Howie Lee University of Missouri 4 4 10- 5
10. Ben Verhoef – Tommy Hebson University of Missouri 4 4 9- 6
11. Dan Martin – Tyler McCune Eastern Illinois University 2 2 9- 1
12. Chris Burgan – Austin Felix University of Minnesota 3 3 8- 9
13. Cody Sieben – Dan Schult Murray State University 4 4 8- 0
14. Nathen Kozlowski – Lance Maldonado Kansas State University 3 3 7-15
15. Quinn Fowler – Dylan McKee Kansas State University 3 3 7- 7
16. Justin Berger – Cody Santel Murray State University 2 2 7- 5
17. Ted Johnson – Jody Derks Wisconsin, Stevens Point 3 3 6- 4
18. Bryce Wegman – Carlos Thomas Illinois State University 1 1 5-15
19. Sam Starr – Alex Fulkerson Kansas State University 3 3 5-13
20. Zachary Wiggers – Justin Bruno Grand Valley State University 2 2 5-13
21. Kyle Casper – Tyler Hillen Wisconsin, Stevens Point 3 3 5-12
22. Dustin Genrich – Nathan Hettinga University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse 2 2 5-11
23. Logan Thomas – Ryan Kirkpatrick Murray State University 1 1 5- 8
24. Noah Kruzitski – Nicklas Kushnerik Wisconsin, Stevens Point 2 2 5- 4
24. Scott Sullivan – Chad Siegfried U. of Central Missouri 2 2 5- 4
26. Steve Nebel – Jared Mataczynski University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 2 2 4-15
27. Kyle Gates – Katie Edgar St Ambrose University 1 1 4-15
28. William McCabe – Jon Bash University of Nebraska 2 2 4-13
29. Daniel Fuhrig – Michael Fink University of Missouri 2 2 4- 8
29. Ben Kroeger – Ryan Leach University of Nebraska – Omaha 2 2 4- 8
31. Levi Warner – Konner Kearney University of Wisconsin 2 2 4- 6
32. Charlie Sterrett – Brock Phillips University of Illinois 2 2 4- 5
33. Andrew Schoenekase – Darren Smith U. of Central Missouri 1 1 4- 4
34. Matt Smith – Jarett Svihlik University of Dubuque 2 1 4- 2
35. Jake Crawford – Garrett Price Lake Superior State University 1 1 4- 2
36. Garrett Cates – Graham Howard Kansas State University 1 1 4- 0
37. Kody Mattson – Harrison Barton Winona State University 2 2 3-14
37. Luke Stoner – Joey Disomma University of Illinois 2 2 3-14
39. Nick Dion – Nate Sleight Lake Superior State University 2 2 3- 8
40. Marshall Sandretto – Eric Logisz Milwaukee School of Engineering 1 1 3- 7
41. Yu Han – Qiurun Chen University of Illinois 1 1 3- 4
42. Stephen Farley – Jordan Smith Southern Illinois University of Carbonda 1 1 3- 3
43. Mark Krutzfield – Tony Mehrl University of Iowa 1 1 3- 0
44. Jordan Meddaugh – Samuel Hempel Wisconsin, Stevens Point 1 1 2-10
45. Tucker Oliver – Tyler Cooper University of Missouri 1 1 2- 4
46. Sean Mulholland – Everett Ridderbos University of Nebraska 1 1 2- 3
46. Christian Ponzetti – Adam Hubbs University of Missouri 1 1 2- 3
48. Cade Laufenberg – Wyatt Stout Winona State University 1 1 2- 2
48. Jason Shaw – Mathew Cardani Murray State University 1 1 2- 2
48. Caleb Shoemaker – Sam Wheeler Western Illinois University 1 1 2- 2
48. Cass Waddle – Tom Scroppo Western Illinois University 1 1 2- 2
52. Josh Pagel – Tanner Blaschka University of Wisconsin 1 1 1-15
53 Mitchell Armstrong – Mathew Siebert U. of Central Missouri 1 1 1-14
54 .Keaton Williams – Max Mercer University of Iowa 1 1 1- 8
55. Derrick Hoffman – Brody McWilliams Indiana University 1 1 1- 0
56. Jake Ansami – Trevor Epping Wisconsin, Stevens Point 0 0 0- 0
56. Curtis Borawski – Thomas Platt University of Illinois 0 0 0- 0
56. Pat Bowers – Sig Finley University of Wisconsin, LaCrosse 0 0 0- 0
56 .Justin Brown – Brody Layher Northern Michigan University 0 0 0- 0
56. Nick Carter – Leo Dedering Wisconsin, Stevens Point 0 0 0- 0
56. Ethan Dhuyvetter – Dan Towsley Kansas State University 0 0 0- 0
56. Brett Fickle – Layne Woods U. of Central Missouri 0 0 0- 0
56. Justin Graben – Randal Argo Murray State 0 0 0- 0
56. Brady Gregor – Clayton Moles Southwest Baptist Universty 0 0 0- 0
56. Carl Hanson – Vanessa Hanrahan University of Wisconsin, Stout 0 0 0- 0
56. Reid Miller – Matt Pasma University of Wisconsin, Stout 0 0 0- 0
56. Tyler Nekolny – Samuel Haines Kansas State University 0 0 0- 0
56. Andrew Nordbye – Andrew Almohtadi Northwest Missouri State University 0 0 0- 0
56. Austin Paytash – Nicholas Welu Wisconsin, Stevens Point 0 0 0- 0
56. Richard Rappley – Craig Wise Western Illinois University 0 0 0- 0
56. Aaron Schiller – Andrew Gullickson Wisconsin, Stevens Point 0 0 0- 0
56. Matthew Trickler – Blaise Weaver University of Nebraska 0 0 0- 0
56. Kyle Vowels – Zachary Woodbury Western Illinois University 0 0 0- 0
56. Travis Wilson – Brian Lafferty Western Illinois University 0 0 0- 0
56. Tyler Zimmerman – Andrew Mlotek University of Wisconsin, Whitewater 0 0 0- 0

BIG BASS  Day              Name             City,State  Lbs-Oz
1         Ryan Gilbert     Sterling, IL     7- 1

TOTALS    Day              # Fish           # Live  Lbs-Oz    # Limits
1         122              121              328- 3  7
2         0                0                0- 0    0