ULM’s Brett Preuett to Compete in Famed BassMaster Classic

The BassMaster Classic.  It's the granddaddy of all bass fishing tournaments and only the best of the best are allowed to compete each year.  And February 20-22, 2015, we've got a local boy who to root for!  He's Brett Preuett from Colfax, Louisiana, who attends the University of Louisiana Monroe. 

Preuett qualified for the prestigous event via his competition in the relatively new Carhartt Bassmaster College Series.

If you look at all the setbacks that Brett Preuett suffered throughout the course of the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series Classic Bracket, you’d be as shocked as he was that he made it past the first day. Before yesterday's final day of competition on Lake Chatuge in Hiawassee, Georgia, nearly everything that could go wrong, had gone wrong.  He lost fish, missed fish, had a giant treble hook buried in his skull and nearly fell into Lake Chatuge chasing a rod that he eventually lost.

But on the final day, he was obviously blessed and everything came together.   “Today is the best day of my life by far, everything just sort of happened for me,” he said. “I had fish hooked with just one hook and landed them, and I got everything in the boat.  It was meant to be.  “It’s been a long week. I’ve had hooks in my head, and there have been some long days on the water, but it’s all been worth it,” he said.

“We’ve been here for nine or 10 days fishing, and you definitely have to earn it to get here. Every year, every pro is fishing for the chance to compete in the Bassmaster Classic, so to get that opportunity to go is great.”

Next year’s Classic is on South Carolina’s Lake Hartwell, a body of water that Preuett is unfamiliar with. But, he plans to be ready.   “I guarantee that I’ll put in the work to do good,” he said.   “When I left the dock this morning, I said that I didn’t want to have any regrets, and I don’t,” he said.

Congratulations Brett!  Thank you for making Louisiana proud!