Tyler Moberly finally felt the long-time-coming excitement of winning a college national championship. The versatile college angler has been in the hunt in several big tournaments, but in the last three weeks he's won the BoatU.S. Collegiate Bass Fishing Open on Kentucky Lake and now the College Bass Championship on the Arkansas River, Lake Maumelle and Lake Brewer in Arkansas. Moberly and partner Jonas Ertel won the tournament in impressive fashion with a final-day weight of 21.39 pounds of bass that they caught throwing Cumberland Pro football jigs offshore. They beat the second-place team of Georgia by nearly 10 pounds.

 

The tournament started on the Arkansas River, but was moved to Lake Maumelle because of hazardous conditions. The final day however was fished on nearby Lake Brewer, a lake neither Moberly nor Ertel had ever fished.

 

Moberly, with other partners has been in the running in several National Championships and finally got his own National Championship. We'll be featuring Moberly in an upcoming article about casting jigs, a technique somewhat born in Eastern Kentucky, that Moberly has become very adept at, regardless of the depth.

 

Congrats to EKU and Moberly and Ertel for the long awaited Championship.

 

For more details on the event and their win, click here.