UD Fishing Club Catches Its Highest Placement
Jul 18, 2016 | Stacey Ortman, University Relations
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Members of the University of Dubuque Fishing Club: (Bottom Row, L-R) Brandon Feldman, Austin Brimeyer,
Hunter Reifschneider, Jake Wolfe, Brian Goebel; (Top Row, L-R) Advisor Vic Popp w/ son Isaac,
Nate Pauli, Matt Smith, Jon Klaes, Alex Steffen. Not pictured: Thomas Scroggs.
DUBUQUE, Iowa – The University of Dubuque Fishing Club caught its highest placement this season.
Ten students helped the club place 12th in the prestigious 2016 Cabela’s School of the Year, competing against over 250 collegiate teams throughout the season. UD earned 1,556 points.
This year is the first time the UD Fishing Club, formed in 2011, placed in the Top 30.
“The entire team contributed to great finishes all year, and that’s what really helped us finish so well overall,” said Austin Brimeyer, a senior from Dubuque and club president. “We couldn’t do it without the school supporting us. It’s awesome to see how far the team has come this year.”
The Cabela’s School of the Year program offers college anglers the opportunity to compete in collegiate fishing events across the nation. The Association of Collegiate Anglers designed the program to rank and reward collegiate fishing teams that compete with the ACA in the Cabela’s Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, as well as select national Carhartt College B.A.S.S. and FLW events.
On July 9, the final tournament of the season was held. UD Fishing Club team members Brimeyer and Brian Goebel, a sophomore from Gratiot, Wisconsin, caught five bass weighing 13 pounds, 3 ounces to place fourth in the FLW College Fishing Central Conference on the Mississippi River at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. The team received $500. Other UD teams came in 29th, 43rd, and 61st out of 85 teams.
Brimeyer and Goebel advanced to the 2017 FLW College Fishing National Championship, which will be held early next spring on a lake to be determined.
