The NCBFC made its debut in the fall of 2006 as a result of Fox College Sports (FCS) and Careco MultiMedia combining their respective expertise and committing to take college bass fishing to the next level. It was a modest beginning with 41 two-person teams representing 24 colleges and universities. But it was the right group for a first event of this kind because it included some of the nation’s top inter- and intra-divisional rivalries. With participating teams from Purdue, Wisconsin, Texas A&M, Oklahoma, Oregon, Alabama and others, conferences like the Big 10, Big 12, PAC-10 and SEC all had a prominent presence.

The three-day event held at Sneaky Pete’s Marina on Lake Lewisville in Texas had all the fanfare of any major college sports’ championship, including television cameras rolling to capture the before, during and after activities for a 2007 air schedule on the FCS network. North Carolina State goes in the history books as being the country’s first national college bass fishing champion.

The success of both the premiere event and the TV series left the participants, the sponsors and the American public wanting more collegiate bass fishing. The result is today’s BoatUS National Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship. The sport’s governing body, the Collegiate Bass Anglers Association (CBAA), has since sanctioned the NCBFC to be THE event for determining the nation’s national champion each year. Watch the2006 tournament episodes below.

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