Bemidji State University hosts 2017 Bassmaster College Series Championship, Aug. 10–12 on Lake Bemidji

Bemidji State University hosts 90 teams competing for the 2017 Bassmaster College Series Championship, Aug. 10–12 on Lake Bemidji.

The championship field includes 90 teams — including two representing Bemidji State — which qualified for the tournament in a series of five regional championships and a wild-card tournament held throughout 2017.

Championship competition begins with preliminary rounds on Aug. 10 and 11, leading to a final day of fishing Aug. 12.

Each day of competition begins with a 6 a.m. takeoff from Paul Bunyan Park in downtown Bemidji, with weigh-ins beginning each day at 2:30 p.m. Weigh-in results will be posted to the Bassmaster website and ESPNU will provide tape-delayed coverage of the

Aug. 12 championship weigh-in.

A College Series national champion will be crowned Aug. 12, with the top four teams advancing to a College Bracket at a to-be-announced location Aug. 14–16. There, individual anglers will compete for a single berth to the 2018 GEICO Bassmaster Classic,

March 16-18, 2018, in Greenville, S.C.

Bemidji State University was selected to host the Bassmaster National Championship in May. BSU — the only college or university in Minnesota which offers a four-year degree program in aquatic biology — is located in northern Minnesota’s lake

region, with more than 400 of the state’s 15,000 lakes located within 25 miles of campus. In 2015, Bemidji State was tabbed by Scout.com as the No. 1 college in the country for fishing.

All Day (until August 12)

Paul Bunyan Park, Bemidji