Hey guys, I posted this over on the Michigan Club board looking for boaters for the Big 10 Classic Championship which is taking place on Coldwater Lake in Michigan this weekend. Our team is still in need of two boats for the tournament, anyone interested in helping out the home team? We'd be able to cover your gas and hotel most likely. Let me know if you're interested!


The Big 10 Classic Championship will be taking place at Coldwater Lake in Coldwater, MI this weekend and we need boaters for our anglers!

For those of you that haven't heard of the Big 10 Classic, it is one of the oldest and longest running college fishing tournaments in the country, with the first one being held in 1996. What started as a rivalry tournament between Indiana University and Purdue University has turned into an annual gathering of the fishing teams from all the Big 10 schools.

Each school is allowed to field five 2-man teams with the top 3 teams combining weights at the weigh-in. As college students we have always depended on volunteers to come out and boat for us for the weekend, as most of us do not have boats of our own. This year the host school, Purdue, is struggling to find enough boaters to meet all the schools' needs. As a result, we are reaching out to every resource possible to try and find volunteers so we can have as many teams out there as possible.

I know this weekend is extremely busy for a lot of you with other tournaments and the start of hunting season, but if you have the time this weekend I know every single one of us would be extremely grateful if you volunteered to help us.

Saturday will be a practice day and boaters are allowed to fish alongside the anglers, but are not allowed to give any information. Sunday is the tournament day and the boaters are only allowed to operate the outboard motor. Anglers will pay gas money for both days and there will be a banquet dinner at the Comfort Inn in Coldwater, MI on Saturday night for anglers and boaters.

This year we are working with marketing company CareCo, which organizes the BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship, for the first time so it is sure to be a very exciting and rewarding experience for all those involved!

If you have any interest at all or would like more information please send me an IM or an email as soon as possible! We have schools that desperately need boaters right now!

Thanks in advance!