San Antonio, TX – The 2024-25 season of the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series marks the 20th anniversary for the Association of Collegiate Anglers. The third event of the ACA’s historic season will be the Pickwick Slam. Set to take place at Pickwick Lake in Florence, AL, the no-entry-fee, nationally televised event featuring extensive digital coverage on a variety of platforms will pay out over $20,000 in prizes and contingencies, as well as double points to count towards the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia while also awarding slots in the season ending National Championship event on Lake Hartwell.

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Registration for the event is now open, and will close on Sunday, March 30th.

The Pickwick Slam is the ACA’s first event of 2025, and third event overall during the historic 20th season. Being the final regular season event before the year-end Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops in May, the Pickwick Slam will be a crucial event for college bass fishing teams nationwide.

The Pickwick Slam will be a double points event to count towards the Bass Pro Shops School of the Year presented by Abu Garcia. The final ACA double points event of the 2024-25 season, teams will be eligible to earn points for their two highest-finishing teams inside of the Top 150 for the overall tournament standings. At Pickwick Lake in April, teams will have the opportunity to earn over 3,000 points. This tournament will be make or break for programs looking to take top honors, or even place in the Top 25 come season’s end.

A lot is on the line during the final ACA major regular-season event in April. Along with the valuable double points, top finishing teams will be able to earn automatic qualification into the 2025 Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship presented by Bass Pro Shops. The Top 15 finishing angler pairings at the Pickwick Slam automatically qualify to compete in the 20th ACA National Championship. These qualified angler pairing entries must compete as the same angler pairing that competed at the Pickwick Slam. There is not a limit to the number of entries into the 2025 Championship that can qualify via this Top 15 finish.

The no-entry-fee Pickwick Slam will boast a total prize payout of over $20,000 in prizes and contingencies. To learn more and get signed up for contingency programs offered at ACA events, follow this link.

About the Association of Collegiate Anglers

The Association of Collegiate Anglers (ACA) is a division of CarecoTV that was created twenty years ago to facilitate growth, development, and structure within competitive collegiate bass fishing, with emphasis on competitive fishing events nationwide. The ACA created the original BoatUS Collegiate Bass Fishing Championship which has now evolved into the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, which is now recognized as the longest-running consecutive collegiate bass fishing series in existence. The ACA has also created various other programs such as the Collegiate School of the Year Rankings system, College Bass Fishing Open, Collegiate Big Bass Bash and the College Bass Fishing Springtime Slam.

The ACA lineup of major college fishing events includes a variety of nationwide tournaments that are multi-day tournaments, all of which are televised and streamed on several networks, as well as streamed on a variety of connected platforms. These major events have no entry fees and no membership costs associated with them. The ACA also provides support to numerous schools operating regional events nationwide which is an effort to provide more opportunities to grow the exposure and awareness of college fishing.

The ACA owns the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, Bass Pro Shops School of Year presented by Abu Garcia program, and associated assets which is widely regarded as the most comprehensive and prestigious collegiate bass fishing title today.

Thanks in part to the large diversity of media exposure the ACA provides, the series boasts the largest amount of televised and streaming coverage of any collegiate fishing series. This includes a dedicated television series on numerous television networks and streaming platforms, as well as additional coverage of select events inside other programs.

This combination includes coverage from national and regional television networks as well as being streamed online on various apps and connected devices. You can also find coverage via video on demand online at any time of past events thanks to coverage on OutdoorActionTV.com and PursuitUp.com

For more information on the ACA or the Bass Pro Shops Collegiate Bass Fishing Series, visit www.CollegiateBassChampionship.com.

For more information on CarecoTV, visit www.CarecoTV.com

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