Students from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College compete in intercollegiate sports across the Southeastern portion of the United States. But ABAC athletes also compete on the lakes and ponds of the U.S. in another sport … bass fishing. Yes, ABAC has an official bass fishing team as one of more than 60 clubs and organizations on campus.

The ABAC bass fishing team consists of nearly 30 members who meet every second Wednesday of the month. For more than four years, the club has been competing in numerous tournaments and teaching new members how to fish. “I joined the bass fishing team because I have always loved to fish but never got the opportunity to do it in a tournament,” Cydney Slapa, a sophomore from Deltona, Fla., said. “I went to my first meeting last year and have been ‘hooked’ ever since.

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