![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() “Actually it really hit me when I penciled in the Forrest Wood Cup on my calendar.” “It’s just now finally sinking in what has happened,” Gipson said. We caught up with Gipson yesterday after letting the emotions settle from their impressive come from behind win on Loudon/Tellico. Plus each angler got a $2,500 gift card to Cabela’s and a $500 check from Ranger. They went to that event and won an impressive third event of their first season fishing the circuit to take home $100,000 to split between their school and their bass club. That qualified them for the FLW National Guard College Fishing Championship in Knoxville. Next they fished the regional on Lake Monroe in Sanford, Fla., and won that event as well, earning another $25,000 for their school and their club. They earned $10,000 for their school and their club to split in that qualifier. They qualified for the regional by winning the second qualifying event of the Southeast Division on Santee Cooper last May. The road to the championship was tough, but it obviously prepared them for the final event and gave them the confidence to close the deal in the end. Jake earned the right to fish as a pro in the Forrest Wood Cup on Lake Lanier later this summer when Gipson and Wercinski bested the rest of the FLW National Guard College Fishing National Championship field on Lakes Loudon and Tellico in Knoxville last weekend. Jake Gipson and his bass fishing tournament partner Matt Wercinski of the University of Florida are going to be living the dream in August. But it’s a reality in the fishing world for one lucky angler. Can you imagine being told that you could play in the NBA Finals or the Super Bowl and all you had to do was play on your college team and be in the top five in a couple tournaments and win the last one and you would be in the Finals against Kobe Bryant or Lebron James? Or maybe you’d be covering Randy Moss and trying to stop Tom Brady. ![]()
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