Here is a golden opportunity for all the young folks looking for fishing money!

[etommy28]

that ranking means nothing. the only realistic ranking is the one several anglers including my self did for college bass. the one on FLW had really nothing to do with fishing, it had to do with the ability to fish different lakes and many other things. on the one we did Va tech is 4th, LSU is not rank, but they were one of the first out.

[Carrington]

ah ok, thanks etommy.  im so pumped though to go and join tech's fishing team.  it will be a great learning experience for me.

[etommy28]

it should be, they have a great team and dont be upset or disappointed if you dont make a travel team your first year

[Carrington]

tbh im not expecting to make it, i just want to improve my fishing and get on the travel team when my skills get to that level.

[SirSnookalot]

IMO the object of college is to get an education, not to go fishing.  However if one can get a free or cheaper ride then it isn't a bad way to go, understanding the focus is to get educated.  Me, my wife and my kids went to Univ of Michigan, not a bad a school, and I cared less if they had a fishing team or not.  Being educated afforded me the ability to send my kids to school where the cost to me meant very little.

I could not agree with Sam more, education means a better income.  For those just entering school the job market may be totally different by the time you graduate.  This has been a deep recession but not unprecedented.......Whiners are losers and winners just go about their business regardless of adversity.

[zero]

i'm planning to go va tech and enter flw college tournament but i think scholarship thing is bad because now it is become like baseball,football and nba so it will keep growing but later it will be hard to fish lmb

[etommy28]

zero are you already at va tech? I only ask because like i told some one else, they have some really good fisherman there and your first year dont expect too much, if you do great if not there is next year, esp. in FLW where they will only get 1 boat per tourny, if your lucky. but I agree, tourny fishing is hard and can be stressful enough, you add a scholarship to that it would be much worst.

[Vinny Chase]

http://www.bethelu.edu/news/home/2010/2/4/new-bass-fishing-team-featured-in-bass-master-magazine

If you do well in high school this college offers a scholarship to join their fishing team. Now that's sponsorship at it's finest!

I WAS ON THE EDGE OF MY SEAT FOR A SECOND THERE!!

haha i go to Bethel University in MN and i saw the link and said no way, but of course it wasnt meant to be  :-/

[b.Lee]

I am very close to this school. My hometown is actually about 10 minutes away. I know the guy who brought the program to the school and I know there "coach." It is interesting but I just hope that this isn't a step closer to an NCAA sanctioned sport :-/

It will never be a NCAA Sanctioned sport. Paintball will not be one either. Well can't say never but it is a huge long shot.

[tnbassfisher]

Can't believe this was posted. I know a kid that is going there on a fishing scholarship next year.

[BethelUBass]

I actually fish for this college. I was one of the first to actually sign a "Scholarship" with Bethel University. It is a program that every school should look at. We are fishing the Southern Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, Boat U.S., and maybe a couple FLW tournaments.

[etommy28]

I actually fish for this college. I was one of the first to actually sign a "Scholarship" with Bethel University. It is a program that every school should look at. We are fishing the Southern Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, Boat U.S., and maybe a couple FLW tournaments.

Well than good luck, ill see yall over at the boat US, if yall have time you should come down and fish a couple of our florida series tournaments.

[GatorBait]

Not to brag, but i fish for UF and our team won the FLW southeast regional!!  Bethel or what ever it is has another thing coming!

[etommy28]

they do they do, yall have a real good team, but there is a difference between being in the club and being on the team. but either way what yall did last year was great.

[ChazfromVA]

i tell you what... after reading all that i would have to say it was a big politcal discussion about our economy ! but i do what to commend etommy. You are one of the most well spoken young men i have seen on this forum. Glad to know we still got people like you around lol

[evrgladesbasser]

A lot of people missing the point here.... you can now get a scholarship... for fishing! I hope someone who really wants to go to college but can't afford to gets in on this, what a great story that would make... "Young man fishes his way through college"

[trevor]

It will only keep growing bigger and bigger though

[D4u2s0t]

honestly ive never heard of that college, and imho i wouldnt goto a school that was unknown because whatever degree you get may not mean as much as if you would have went to a known college. im a senior in highschool btw. Going to Virginia Tech

these days, a degree is not much more than a personal accomplishment.  A very small percentage of people actually pursue what they "thought" they wanted to do before school.  and in todays day and age, a degree no longer necesarily means more money.  so go where you want to go, don't rule out certain schools, and have fun.  that's what school's really about

[lynyrdsky1]

ive looked up this school they r not bad just im trying to figure out how i would go about trying to get a scholarship for fishing from them

[etommy28]

let me correct some of my previous statements, I met some of the guys on there teams and they are great guys. if I did not have the program I have at my school and it would not cost so much to go up there to school I would have considered trying to get a scholarship.

[Taylor Fishin 4 life]

Im definitely interested Im a Junior in high school and have always made mostly A s with 1 or 2 B s a year.

[etommy28]

taylor that is very good for you. keep those grades up, when you start looking at schools if you need any info let me know. I know alot of people who fish for alot of schools.