HOBIE BOS LOWRANCE College Championship

The Hobie Bass Open Series Powered by Lowrance presents the Inaugural Fall College Tour Team Open!

To wrap up our 3rd season of the College Tour, we are looking at a new semester for students! With this provides new faces and schools and we want our anglers to have this event to gear up for what the 2025 season and format will look like while getting to represent your school and a team for the first time!

This unique format of our college tour presents an opportunity of a team of 1-3 anglers from an institution to fish on a team for their best 10 fish over 2- days. An institution can have as many 1-3 person teams as they can field. Allowing teams to be competitive with each other, but also representing their school!

A team can catch up to 10 fish on Day 1 as a combined total from all anglers.  The team will also have a chance to cull or improve all 10 fish on day 2.  This ensures as many fish will count as possible and that no team is completely out of the hunt on day 2!

This event will run in conjunction with the Hobie BOS Event on Lake Chickamauga in Dayton TN.  Anglers are encouraged but not required to participate in that event also.  Friday night meetings, and Sunday awards will be together.

Tournament Director: AJ McWhorter

Motor Status: Allowed for practice and a single motor is allowed for competition.

Event Headquarters Friday: Dayton Church of God: The Family Church- 3314 Rhea County Hwy, Dayton TN 37321

Event Headquarters Sunday: Rhea County Welcome Center: 107 Main St. Dayton TN 37321

In order to support the host communities that support us, we encourage our anglers to stay, eat, and shop within this community.  Make sure to tell everyone you are there for the Hobie Bass Open Series Kayak Tournament!  Dayton has something for everyone, so stay with us there!

Additional Lake area info: https://fishdayton.com/

Check out local shop https://realdealtackle.com/ for the best selection, prices and service around!

All questions must be sent to BOS@Hobie.com

Official Schedule-  All Times EST

8/21/24- Registration Opens

8/31/24- Off- Limits period begins.

9/13/24- Registration ends.

9/14/24- Official Practice Period Begins. Practice Email Sent.

9/19/24- Need to Know email sent.

9/20/24- 4pm – Practice Period Ends.

– 5:00- Board Check Begins.

– 6:00- Mandatory Event briefing begins.

9/21/24- Day 1 of Competition.

– 6:30am – Blast Off!

– 7:00am – First Cast.

– 3:00pm- Lines Out of the Water/ Pic deadline.

– 3:30pm- Submission Deadline.

– 6:30pm- Live Feed ID Distribution, Day 1 recap, Day 2 Prep. Watching is expected!

9/22/24- Day 2 of Competition.

– 6:30 am- Blast Off!

– 7:00 am- First Cast!

– 3:00 pm – Lines out of water/ Pic deadline.

– 3:30 pm – Submission Deadline.

– 4:30 pm – Live event Awards at Sunday HQ.

There will be no refunds for any College Tour Entry.  If an angler can’t make it their entry can get transferred to another angler on their team.

Event Boundaries: 

Anglers are allowed to fish and legal and connected body of water or portion of Lake Chickamauga as long as they launch and land from the published launches and follow all BOS Rules in accessing water.  No portaging or wading. Locking up or down will not be allowed for this event.

Published Launches: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=15SW4JuHX7JSm0vxNNKqHXcEnJ0NwU28&usp=sharing

Anglers must use launches from the following list for competition days.  This list is subject to updated.  Participants are expected to contribute to this list both in additions or removal of launches as needed, by communicating with the TD.  No additions will be made after 9/19/24 at 10pm.

The Hobie BOS is a Ketch Board Only Series!  We allow metal and Karbonate boards.  Boards must be checked and stickered before each event to be legal.  There will be no boards available for sale at the event.  Please clean your boards before getting them checked.