PICKWICK LAKE, Ala. — Local anglers from northwest Louisiana highlighted a strong showing from the LSU Shreveport Fishing team this past weekend at the Association of Collegiate Anglers national championships.
Mason McCormick and Colton Caskey teamed up for a 13th-place finish in a 197-boat field on Pickwick Lake in northern Alabama. McCormick and Caskey were sitting in fourth after the first day of the two-day event, bagging 24.24 pounds of bass.
“They caught such huge fish early that first morning that they were practicing for Day 2 at 10 a.m.,” said LSUS coach Charles Thompson. “The problem is that the Tennessee River is based on a (very strong) current, and the current fluctuated overnight, and it was very tough getting a bite the second day…