The newly formed EverStart Series Southeast Division heads to the Santee Cooper lakes (Marion and Moultrie) on March 2-5 and two-time Santee champion Ricky Shumpert of Lexington, S.C., is predicting an all-out slugfest.
“We almost missed the spawn last year in the Eastern Division, but this one is going to fall right on top of it,” Shumpert said. “There are going to be some big bags caught on both lakes.”
Shumpert thinks the tournament will be won by flipping jigs (black/blue) or casting spinnerbaits (chartreuse/white) around cypress trees and blow downs in 1 to 4 feet of water.