Cook breaks the ice

At 9:45, Drew Cook finally got on the scoreboard with a small male. Before, he spent over 1 hour trying to coax a big female off the bed with no...

Cook in park mode

I just took this photo of Drew Cook, patiently fishing for what appears to be bedding bass. The wind is calm, like the water surface. Cook is doing what he...

Swindle looking to upgrade

Good Morning from the Santee Cooper Chain of Lakes. In a back water area this morning with Gerald Swindle who seems to be repeating his efforts of yesterday. “You see...

Hackney starting strong

Greg Hackney entered the day in third place and is off to a quick start again on Lake Marion. At 8:15 he landed his third keeper of the day and...

Jocumsen starts with a 3-pounder

Carl Jocumsen and Brandon Cobb just missed adding to the list of 20-pound bags caught yesterday. They finished tied for 15th-place with 19-14. Jocumsen is off to a solid start...

Can Elites top Day 1 at Santee?

The Day 1 totals at Santee Cooper were extraordinary: 14 limits topping 20 pounds, headlined by Drew Cook’s 31-13; an 8-pound, 15-ounce big bass by Todd Auten and two 8-7s...

Comeback Cook starts on top

Drew Cook has been trying to break his slow-starting habit for a while now. He’s tired of having to be the “comeback kid.” In the Elite Series season-opener at the...

Cook’s lunkers

Day 1 leader Drew Cook shows off two of the massive bass that anchored his Thursday success. Update by Chris McCabe

Pirch solid day

Clifford Pirch having a solid day flippin’ into some cypress trees, trying to stay out of the wind. Great day for sight fishing Bassmaster Marshal Jared Rushton

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