Beating competition burnout
In my last two columns, I talked about some really great stuff. My early years in fishing — college edition coming soon — and the Bassmaster Classic. Those are things...
Gear Review: Strike King Carolina Chrome
WHAT IS IT? Strike King Carolina Chrome WHAT SETS IT APART? Strike King offers the Carolina Chrome color in several of its popular soft plastic forms: Blade Minnow (4.5-inch), Caffeine Shad (4- and...
How to catch fish at the beach
I’ve been around bass fishing now for nearly a decade. While I don’t have the time to do it as much as I’d like, I feel comfortable with it. I...
Gear Review: Star brite Ceramics
WHAT IS IT? Star brite Ceramics WHAT SETS IT APART? What sets Star brite’s new Ceramic-based products apart are their durability, long-lasting protection and hydrophobicity or resistance to water beading...
Gear Review: Costa Mayfly
WHAT IS IT? Costa Mayfly WHAT SETS IT APART? Mother’s Day is coming soon, and here is a great gift idea you wouldn’t think of until now. It’s a pair...
Gear Review: Costa Mainsail
WHAT IS IT? Costa Mainsail WHAT SETS IT APART? Father’s Day is coming soon, and here is a gift idea that you might not have thought of, just in time...
Elite Analysis Santee Cooper Lakes – Day 4
Day 4 at Santee Cooper was a mixture of a few “haves” and four times as many “have nots.” The big bags turned in by champion Luke Palmer and runner-up...
Palmer prevails for first Elite Series title
CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — At the Championship Sunday takeoff, an ominous weather forecast told of a coming storm. By day’s end, it was clear Luke Palmer was the storm. Turning in an absolutely...
Hard times for Santee Cooper Lakes fish attractors
It wasn’t stubbornness; rather when the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR) took a “hard-headed” approach to bolstering its manmade fish attractors spread throughout the Santee Cooper Lakes system,...
Menendez rallies from 34th to fourth
CLARENDON COUNTY, S.C. — After what Mark Menendez did Saturday, it makes you think that anything is possible when the AFTCO Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes concludes Sunday. Menendez...
