GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (April 29, 2024) – The King University duo of Tyler Altizer of Abingdon, Virginia, and Landon Lawson of Jonesborough, Tennessee, won the MLF Abu Garcia College Fishing Presented by YETI event on Lake Guntersville Friday with a five-bass limit weighing 25 pounds, 6 ounces. The victory earned the Tornado bass club $2,000 and a qualification into the 2025 MLF College Fishing National Championship.
In practice, the King University team was able to put together two solid patterns: fishing shallow, grassy humps on the main lake and fishing brush piles.
“It was mainly any shallow water close to the main river; any hump or bar in less than 12 foot of water,” Lawson said about the grassy humps. “I was calling it ‘mini-ledges,’ like they’re not all the way out there yet, but they’re on their way.”
Unfortunately, the brush pile pattern totally evaporated during the tournament. Lawson said the brush was automatic in practice, with every pile good for a 3-…