Powroznik making it happen early
Jacob Powroznik has put an 8-pound, 8-ounce limit in the boat this morning, essentially before anyone had a chance to wet a line yesterday, due to the storm-delayed takeoff. The...
Where will the cutline be?
The 110-angler field will be cut to the top 51 after today’s weigh-in. After Day 1, Ish Monroe and Bernie Schultz were tied with 8 pounds. But don’t be surprised...
More anglers head south
As the anglers takeoff from the Sampit River, they have a decision to make: turn north for quick access to the Waccamaw and Pee Dee rivers (and others) or turn...
Finally, a keeper
After what seems like hours we finally see a keeper come aboard. As a matter of fact we saw two. They were caught on back-to-back casts by Brett Hite. He...
Checking in from Cooper
Steve Bowman checks in from the Cooper River.
The wind on the plantation
We are camped out on the Cooper River watching Skeet Reese. Paul Mueller and Paul Elias are also nearby. So far, we’ve seen one fish, a small keeper for Elias....
Settling in up the Cooper River
As things start to settle in up the Cooper River, we are stopping and watching a few of the guys. Currently the only fish we’ve seen caught is one by...
Props to the old guys
The Cooper River just keeps filling up. It appears as if virtually all the 30-plus boats we saw earlier head this way picked this upper part as their destination. While...
Short on time
We are well up the Cooper River and it was 10 am before we ever saw the first angler. It’s a good five minutes more before they were in fishing water. Those...
