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Casey Ashley enters Sunday's final day of the Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell in fifth place, less than two pounds out of the lead.

Ashley bags second-straight solid limit, is fifth entering final day of Classic

There’s four fishermen and one bass standing between Casey Ashley of Donalds and the Bassmaster Classic championship. […]

Dean Rojas of Arizona leads the Bassmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell through the first round.

Arizona pro burns up frigid Lake Hartwell for first-round Bassmaster lead

North Carolina Sportsman

Doesn’t it just figure that after the coldest day in the history of the Bassmaster Classic, four anglers from warm, sunny climates are sitting atop the standings? […]

Casey Ashley of Donalds puts a Lake Hartwell bass in his boat in the Bassmaster Classic.

Ashley pleased, Montgomery disappointed after Bassmaster Classic opener

Dan Kibler

South Carolina’s two members of the Bassmaster Classic field had widely differing views of how Friday’s first day of the tournament on Lake Hartwell went. […]

Bass pro Andy Montgomery of Blacksburg was wrapped up like a mummy for Wednesday's final practice day for this weekend's Basssmaster Classic on Lake Hartwell.

Bassmaster Classic pros will be fighting the weather as well as Hartwell’s bass

Dan Kibler

Besides bass and each other, the pro fishermen who kick off competition in the Bassmasters Classic on Lake Hartwell on Friday will have another opponent: Mother Nature. […]

Rather than battling the elements out in the main lake, wintertime crappie anglers can find fish stacked up under deep water boat docks that provide both shade and cover for the fish.

Forget deep brush, go to deep docks for dead-of-winter Hartwell crappie

Phillip Gentry

According to guide Doug Youngblood, one of the most-productive patterns crappie fishermen can count on in the dead of winter is targeting boat docks in deep water. […]

Not all anglers need huge boats. And, as pro anglers Scott and Marty Glorvigen know, smaller electronics better fit the smaller crafts most families use.

One size doesn’t fit all

Allan Tarvid

Every now and then, as I poke along through life, I’m hit with small blasts of clarity. […]

Most fishermen have all they need to build a homemade downrigger in their tackle box or shop.

Hold onto that hard-earned money; make your own downrigger

Tony Garitta

With striped bass, hybrid bass, spotted bass and white bass in many North Carolina lakes, downriggers have become standard equipment to get baits down to these open-water fish, but they aren’t a poor-man’s fishing tool, with most systems costing more than $200. […]

Commission postpones four public meetings because of weather

North Carolina Sportsman

Due to anticipated inclement weather across North Carolina, a handful of public meetings scheduled for discussion of fishery and wildlife issues have been postponed, but a meeting to discuss the replacement of an important buoy off Wrightsville Beach will remain on schedule for Tuesday night. […]

Sheepshead get their names, and nicknames, from their physical attributes: teeth that resemble those in a sheep’s mouth, plus vertical “convict” bars on their sides.

Sheepshead specifics

Brian Cope

Sheepshead get their name from their dental work, which resembles that of a sheep. […]

PIONEER 222 SPORTFISH

Jerry Dilsaver

The Pioneer 222 Sportfish is a boat that can be as serious or relaxed as you like. […]