2020 Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes brought to you by the United States Marine Corps
Catfish are king at Santee Cooper
The Santee Cooper Lakes are superb bass fisheries. But this vast 170,000 acres of mostly shallow water may be best known for catfish. Tournament leader Carl Jocumsen was disappointed earlier...
Jocumsen’s punch tactic
A 3.5-inch Molix SV Craw, rigged on 4/0 Mustad Jungle Hook, with 1.5-ounce WOO! Tungsten weight is the bait of choice for Carl Jocumsen’s flipping program. It’s his favorite bait...
Chatterbait cat
“If this is a bass it’s a giant,” Carl Jocumsen screamed out. Then he noticed it was fighting funny — one of Santee Cooper’s famous catfish had grabbed his Jack...
Slow start for Shryock
Hunter Shryock has six flipping rods on the deck and he’s working through them to start Day 2 of the Bassmaster Elite at Santee Cooper Lakes brought to you by...
Leader on the board
After what seemed like an eternity of inaction, Carl Jocumsen finally hooked up. He pleaded with the fish to stay hooked up and it did. He is on the scorecard...
Talley with a 5-pounder
Frank Talley is on the board with a 5-pounder, as you can see in this photo just taken by Andy Crawford, And sure enough, and just as planned, the fish...
Felix on the docks
Austin Felix is doing something very different from everybody else. Yesterday he had a little over 20 pounds; and I figured he was fishing cypress trees or punching mats like...
Talley’s change up
Yesterday by 10 a.m. Frank Talley had caught all of his 19 pounds of weight. He only had seven bites all day, using a Strike King KVD 2.5 Squarebill during...
