Big Fish on Campus

Unlike most college sports, angling can pay off

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Hollis Bennett for TIME

Jordan Lee, who fishes for Auburn, holds a 5-lb. largemouth bass he caught at the FLW College Fishing National Championship.

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Preuett sheds tears of relief. Clark, his teammate, is ecstatic. They hold up a giant $30,000 check; the NCAA suits would faint at such a sight. "My grades have been worse because I've spent so much time fishing, for sure," says Clark. "Then again, I'm the national champion. For that, I'll take a D." As in donkey.

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