Alabama NewsCenter — Angling version of Iron Bowl lifts Auburn over Alabama in College Fishing Faceoff

By: Alabama News Center Staff

Two of Alabama’s favorite recreational staples are college football and bass fishing. The Auburn University and University of Alabama bass fishing teams recently competed for bragging rights in their own “Iron Bowl” on Logan Martin Lake at the Abu Garcia College Fishing Faceoff Presented by This Is Alabama.

The friendly competition on the Alabama Power reservoir took place March 16 while the Bass Pro Shops Redcrest Powered by Optima Lithium was underway one lake down the Coosa River at Lay Lake.

It was a close finish, but Auburn pulled away in the “fourth quarter” and won with a total of 68 pounds, 7 ounces for its four-man, two-boat team to Alabama’s 52-8. Auburn’s four-man team consisted of Sam Harvey and Hayden Marbut in one boat and Blake Milligan and Carson Maddux in the second boat. Both schools wore headsets to communicate from boat to boat throughout the day.

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