San Antonio, TX – The Association of Collegiate Anglers (ACA) is excited to announce hands-on educational demo rides to see the all-new Garmin®Spy™ Pole and GT360UHD transducer in action on the water during practice days of the ACA Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship, May 19-20, 2026, at Pickwick Lake in Florence, Ala.
Anglers competing in the Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops can sign up to reserve a time to take to the water at McFarland Park to demo these great products. The first 50 anglers to participate each day will receive a $25 Bass Pro Shops gift card. Garmin is also going to provide free breakfast or dinner (depending on your session time) to all anglers registered for the on-the-water demo sessions.
Garmin Pros and former college anglers, Beau Browning & Cody Huff, will be on site with Garmin representatives to conduct 20-minute product demos during two sessions: 4:00 PM – 8:00 PM on Tuesday evening, and 7:00 AM – 11:00 AM Wednesday morning.
Click this link to sign up and reserve your spot.
Announced earlier this year, Garmin's new 360-degree GT360 UHD scanning sonar that lets anglers see a birds-eye view of fish and structure in every direction around the boat in 2D and 3D views—then fish that area without having to constantly rescan. This advanced sonar system includes the game-changing motorized Spy Pole and unlocks new underwater perspectives with unmatched integration and control.
With Spy Pole, anglers can steer a LiveScope transducer with unmatched accuracy and initiate scans with ease; lock LiveScope sonar on any point with SpyLock™ technology or automatically sweep back and forth to find fish in SpyScan™ mode.
In addition to these new products, participants can learn more about Garmin's award-winning LiveScope live-sonar, Force trolling motors, mapping and more, plus ask questions about dialing in settings specific to their needs.