2024 Santee Cooper Open Team Tournament
The 2024 Santee Cooper Open Team Tournament (SCOTT) was held last Saturday at the John C. Land, III Sports Fishing Facility. Food trucks and a Striped Bass Festival t- shirt table kept spectators busy until the 3 p.m. weigh-in.
The local - pro duo of Wayne Frierson and Anthony Gagliardi combined for 28.03 lbs of bass and a first place prize of $5,000. Their limit included a 7.58 lb kicker that just missed Big Fish for the event. Second place went to Craig McFadden and Mike Watson, who combined for 25.48 lbs. Mark and Michael Hutson came in third with 25.2 lbs. combined. The Big Fish for this year’s SCOTT was reeled in by William Holmes and Michael Craven and weighed 8.07 lbs.
Team Star brite triumphs at Builders FirstSource Qualifier Elimination Match 1
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LONGVIEW, Texas – Team Star brite won Elimination Match 1 of the Builders FirstSource Qualifier Presented by Berkley by a margin of 6 pounds, 14 ounces over Team Ferguson.
Alton Jones, Dave Lefebre and Brent Chapman of Team Star brite combined to catch 51 bass for a total weight of 77 pounds, 4 ounces. Hot on their heels was Stephen Browning, Anthony Gagliardi and Keith Poche of Team Ferguson, who posted 43 bass for a combined weight of 70-7. Meanwhile, Alton Jones Jr., Britt Myers, and Nick LeBrun of Team Kubota missed the elimination line with 34 bass weighing 55-14.
Check out some of the day’s highlights in this video, and watch the General Tire Team Series Builders FirstSource Qualifier Presented by Berkley action unfold on Outdoor Channel as six two-hour original episodes each Saturday from 2-4 p.m. EDT. The full television schedule can be found at MajorLeagueFishing.com/tv-schedule.
Monster Fish Outdoors Level OGX Rod Giveaway
Anthony Gagliardi started Level Rods a few years ago and it was a labor of love. Being an angler first, he found that his time was limited on the rod building portion of his portfolio but didn’t want to see it go away or minimized so he worked with Matthew Lewis at Monster Fish Outdoors to purchase it. They revitalized the brand and today Level is part of the Monster Fish Outdoors arsenal.
To showcase these rods further we worked with Matthew and Monster Fish Outdoors to give you a chance to win a Level OGX 7′ Casting rod in this giveaway.
The Level 7′ OGX medium casting rod offers a range of flexibility and handles lighter baits with precision, yet is powerful enough for great hooksets. These rods are very lightweight and perform well with spinnerbaits, lipless crankbaits, and smaller squarebills or diving crankbaits, They also fish soft plastics well when paired with lighter weights and lines. They are handcrafted in the USA and anyone would be proud to own one.
Features include:
Power – Medium
Action – Fast
Lure Rating – 3/16 – 1/2 oz.
Line Rating – 8 – 14 lb.
Custom-shaped high-density EVA grips
You had better sign up for this one.
This giveaway ends January 16, 2024. Seven winners. Good luck.
If you are having trouble entering through the form below, click here to enter: Monster Fish Outdoors Level OGX Rod Giveaway