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This 7-pound, 12-ounce largemouth gave bass pro Jason Williamson a lead he never relinquished in winning a Bassmaster Elite tournament on Clarks Hill Lake in late May. Williamson breaks bank at Clarks Hill
July 2010
Bass pro Jason Williamson of Wagener held on to his third-day lead to win the Bassmaster Elite Series’ Pride of Georgia Tournament on Clarks Hill in late-May by two ounces.

Joe Cobb won the April 10 Lake Jocassee Trout Tournament with this 4.58-pound rainbow. Camden man wins Federation crown
June 2010
Jay Keith of Camden came from behind to win The Bass Federation’s national championship in late April on Tennessee’s Watts Bar Lake.

Tanner Lindler of Lexington shows off his winning catch of 5.08 pounds in the St. Andrews’ Junior Bass Federation tournament on Lake Murray. Schindledecker wins Santee BFL
May 2010
With a 5-bass limit weighing 23.3 pounds, Brad Schindledecker of Monks Corner won the FLW Bass Fishing League’s South Carolina Division Tournament at Santee Cooper on March 20.

DJ McEachern of Columbia has a fast start on a professional bass-fishing career; he qualified for the past two Junior World Championships. Young angler is set to make big strides
January 2010
No one knows what the future holds, especially a 16-year-old, but DJ McEachern of Northeast Columbia is sure of one thing — he will be bass fishing at some level.

Johnny Council and Eric Weir won the Oct. 17 CATT event on Lake Wylie with 16-2, including a 6-1 big fish. Spraying issue erupts at Santee
December 2009
The decision by Santee Cooper, the South Carolina Public Service Authority, to spray aquatic herbicide on parts of Lake Marion before and during the Bassmaster Southern Open in late October may have been more of a public relations gaffe than an actual problem for fishermen.

Greg and Laura Sigmon of Lancaster won the CATT Fall Series tournament on Lake Wateree with a catch of 13 pounds, 12 ounces. Rikard brothers are strong in BFLs
November 2009
The Rikard brothers from Leesville have been a major presence in both the angler and co-angler competition on the South Carolina and North Carolina Divisions of the Walmart Bass Fishing League this year.

Davy Hite of Ninety Six had a disappointing finish on the BASS Elite Series, missing the Bassmasters Classic field after a poor performance in the season’s final event. BASS Elite finishes are mixed for Palmetto State bass pros
October 2009
For Jason Quinn of York, the final BASS Elite Series tournament on New York’s Oneida Lake was just what the doctor ordered. For Casey Ashley of Donalds, it was a big disappointment. And for 2-time BASS Angler of the Year and 1999 Bassmaster Classic champion Davy Hite of Ninety Six, it was a nightmare.

Cleve Yarborough and Chad Gainey won the CATT Summer Final with 16 pounds, four ounces. Their total payday was better than $5,000. Driggers, McGregor sweep NBC Southern Division
September 2009
Teams in the National Bass Circuit Pro Series’ Southern Division spent the entire year chasing Josh McGregor of Timmonsville and Randall Driggers of Turbeville. They won all six tournaments.

Mike Lundy, team captain Mike Green and Rodney Crisco of Team Fishers-of-Men show off the 37.65- and 30.81-pound stripers that won the Striped Bass Conservation Coalition/Christian Anglers Striper Trail tournament May 30 on Clarks Hill Lake. Team Fishers-of-Men catch two whoppers to win striper tourney
August 2009
Team Fishers-of-Men weighed in two huge striped bass for a whopping 68.45 pounds to take first place in the Striped Bass Conservation Coalition/Christian Anglers Striper Trial tournament May 30 on Clarks Hill Lake.

Big bass like this one propelled Mark Hutson of Monks Corner to a Stren Series tournament win on Santee Cooper that was worth more than $20,000. Hutson walks away with big payday in Stren Santee Cooper
July 2009
Mark Hutson of Moncks Corner caught four bass weighing 15 pounds, seven ounces, to win the May 1 Stren Series Southeast tournament on Santee Cooper with a 3-day total of 13 bass weighing 49 pounds, 13 ounces.

Kim Henderson and Tim Farris won the Cabela’s King Kat Tournament on Santee Cooper in mid-March with a catch of more than 120 pounds. April is high-to-low month for BASS pro Casey Ashley
June 2009
Casey Ashley of Donalds went from the high of finishing second in the BASS Elite Series tournament on Alabama’s Wheeler Lake April 5 to the low of finishing far down in the field three weeks later at Virginia’s Smith Mountain Lake, where he had notched his first BASS win in 2007.

Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity won the FLW Tour event on Missouri’s Table Rock Lake in mid-March, taking home a $125,000 check. S.C. anglers defy ‘Ides of March’ to win big in bass tournaments
May 2009
In Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, the soothsayer warned Caesar to “Beware the Ides of March,” shortly before his assassination on March 15. In Roman culture, March 15 was designated the “Ides of March” as a festive day to celebrate the full moon.

Tim and Neil Huffstetler caught the best limit of the CATT season, 22-4, to win the Lake Murray Fall Final on Dec. 6. CATT trails’ purses total $85,000 for 2008 season
April 2009
The Carolina Anglers Team Tournaments ended the 2008 season having paid out more than $85,000 to anglers in three trails on Lake Wylie, Lake Wateree and Lake Murray.

Ray Cox, and Dearal Rodgers won the Toys for Tots Tournament on Lake Wateree. Benefit tournaments highlight late-fall bass-fishing action
January 2009
A huge weather front blew through the Midlands in late October, the night before the 18th annual Tours For Tots Tournament on Lake Wateree, spewing hard winds out of the southeast. Although the day of the tournament dawned with good cloud cover, Dearal Rodgers felt the bite would be tough, and it was — for a while.

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