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It took 24 hours on the lake and 13 fish to lead to a $50,000 prize for IU's bass fishing club.

On a foggy final day of the College Fishing Central Regional Championship, the team took home all the glory.

The regional took place at Kentucky Lake, near Murray, Kent. The area is known to be one of the top fisheries in the nation.

It consisted of three full days of fishing for large mouth, small mouth and spotted bass. Each day the teams were allowed to choose their six largest fish to be used in the weigh in.

IU’s championship boat was comprised of senior Jesse Schultz and sophomore Dustin Vaal. At day three’s end, they totaled 29 pounds, 14 ounces from 13 fish.

They defeated runner-up Eastern Kentucky by just over four pounds. Other final competition included Ohio State, Southern Illinois and Murray State.

IU was one of only two schools that qualified two boats for the regional.

The members of the other boat were sophomore Steven Bressler and senior Tyler Zschiedrich. They finished 14th on the weekend.

For a full story, check out tomorrow's edition of the Indiana Daily Student.