A&M-Commerce Anglers Finish in Top-10 at National Championships
Texas A&M University-Commerce was represented well as students Dawson Cassidy and Gus McLarry took home a 9th-place finish out of 176 teams in the Abu Garcia College Fishing National Championships held at Fort Gibson Lake near Wagoner, Oklahoma. The event, sanctioned by Major League Fishing, was held March 29-31. Cassidy and McLarry's total haul weighed in at 28 pounds and 15 ounces. This continues the trend of success in the month of March for the A&M-Commerce Fishing Club, as the pair of McLarry and Jared West won the Abu Garcia Fishing Competition held on Sam Rayburn Reservoir on March 11.
(In photo from left: Dawson Cassidy and Gus McLarry)
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