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April 25, 2026

Casey Ashley won the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Lake Murray in mid-May, catching these two 3-pounders in the last 45 minutes of competition to put him over the top.

Ashley wins at Murray; Hite gives SC pros a 1-2 BASS finish

Two South Carolina pros finished first and second at the Bassmaster Elite Series tournament on Lake Murray in mid-May. […]

Chuck Huffman of Elon displays a 6.07-pound bass, the big fish of the day at the April 2 Yadkin Team Tournament on High Rock Lake.

Blankenship’s huge limit wins at Jordan

Tony Garitta

James Blankenship of Lexington won the April 9 Walmart BFL Piedmont Division tournament on Jordan Lake with a 5-fish limit weighing 26 pounds, nine ounces. First place was worth $3,246 for Blankenship. […]

Jon and Ellis Cannon of Chapin won the Southern Crappie Tournament Trail’s season-ending tournament on Lake Hartwell with a 2-day catch of better than 25 pounds.

Hite grabs BASS win at Pickwick

Glenn Corley

Davy Hite of Ninety Six took home his eighth BASS tournament title in early April by winning a Bassmaster Elite event on Alabama’s Lake Pickwick. […]

Randy Weddington and Ronnie Smith won the March 5 Yadkin Team Tournament on High Rock Lake with a 5-fish limit that bettered 25 pounds.

Thrift bags win at Beaver Lake

Tony Garitta

Bryan Thrift of Shelby won the FLW Tour event on Arkansas’ Beaver Lake in early March with a 4-day catch of 54 pounds, eight ounces, to take the first-place prize of $100,000 plus a Ranger Cup bonus of $25,000. […]

Hampton Angerson and Harrison Bramlett of Anderson’s T.L. Hanna High School won the TBF state high-school bass-fishing championship on Lake Keowee.

T.L. Hanna wins S.C. prep crown

Glenn Corley

T. L. Hanna High School of Anderson won the inaugural Student Angler Federation South Carolina High School Fishing Championship at Lake Keowee on March 26. […]

Chris Brown and David Wright of Lexington won the Feb. 12 Yadkin Team Tournament on High Rock Lake.

VanDam makes it four Classic titles

Tony Garitta

Michigan’s Kevin VanDam won his fourth Bassmaster Classic in mid-February on the Louisiana Delta with a record-breaking, 3-day, haul of 69 pounds, 11 ounces to tie Rick Clunn for the most Classic championships with four. […]

Andy Nix of Thomasville (left) and Carty Sealy of Lexington won the Jan. 8 Southern Championship Winter Trail tournament at High Rock.

Four NC anglers will fish Elites

Tony Garitta

Four North Carolina anglers have qualified for the 2011 Bassmaster Elite Series: Pat Golden of High Point, Britt Myers of Lake Wylie, Dustin Wilks of Rocky Mount and Dave Wolak of Wake Forest. […]

Steve Bullaboy of China Grove and his partner, Jerry Bullaboy, finished second in the Dec. 5 Lake Norman Winter Series.

Wright, Elton win Newman tourney

Tony Garitta

Jody Wright of Ellenboro and Lester Elton of Forest City topped a field of 128 teams to win the Ryan Newman Foundation Charity Bass Tournament at Lake Norman on Dec. 11. […]

Ryan McMurtry won a total of $110,000 and a berth in the Bassmasters Classic for his win in the Bassmaster Weekend Series championship.

McMurtry earns berth in Classic

Glenn Corley

Ryan McMurtury of Abbeville came from behind on the final day to win the 2010 Bassmaster Weekend Series on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville in mid-November, qualifying for the Bassmasters Classic in the process. […]

Braxton Wall of Ninety Six caught this 2.25-pound crappie to take big-fish honors on the way to second place in the South Carolina Crappie Tournament Trail event on Lake Hartwell in early October.

Montgomery wins berth in Classic

Glenn Corley

Andy Montgomery of Blacksburg sewed up his berth in the 2011 Bassmaster Classic, finishing second in the Bassmaster Southern Open season standings. […]