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North Carolina’s Souther Targets Herring Spawn with Topwater to Win Phoenix Bass Fishing League Event at Lake Hartwell
ANDERSON, S.C. (April 29, 2024) – Boater T.J. Souther of Brevard, North Carolina, caught a five-bass limit weighing 16 pounds, 13 ounces, Saturday to win the MLF Phoenix Bass Fishing League (BFL) Presented by T-H Marine on Lake Hartwell . Hosted by Visit Anderson, the tournament was the third event of the season for the BFL South Carolina Division. Souther earned $10,247, including the lucrative $7,000 Phoenix MLF Contingency Bonus, for his victory.
Kalmia latifolia, also known as mountain laurel, is now in bloom.
Hello, I’m Amanda McNulty with Clemson Extension and Making It Grow. Although the common name of Kalmia latifolia is mountain laurel, you can find this handsome evergreen native plant growing, often in thickets, from the mountains to the sea. Dr. John Nelson tells me that there’s a group of them at Fort Jackson on the sandiest soil imaginable. They have glossy, thick leaves that persist for two years and a contorted trunk with reddish, somewhat exfoliating, bark. But the joy is the flowers – at the ends of branches from April through June are clusters of flowers, from white to light, or darker pink with fused petals. The flowers have indented structures, stamen pockets. Male flower parts, which are tucked in those petals, awaiting the visit of insects, primarily bumble bees, whose landing triggers a release, flinging pollen over the insect that will cross-pollinate subsequent blooms it visits.
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