KEY AREAS
OF THE TOP 10
The Upper End Was Mostly Quiet
At the 2014 Cup on Murray, pros fishing the Saluda River, Little Saluda
River and upper end of the lake in general had a bigger impact on the out-
come. Most fans recall that Anthony Gagliardi, who won that event, caught his
final-day stringer down near the dam, but he actually sampled some brush
piles and other areas on the opposite end of the reservoir throughout the
event. Also, Steve Kennedy nearly mounted a final-day comeback up the
Saluda. This time, save for Wesley Strader’s day-one catch of 14 pounds, 6
ounces, there were no big stringers to speak of from the upper section. And
even Strader could only scratch together the one limit upstream.
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