SIXTEEN YEARS AGO, an 8-year-old girl joined her father to watch a bass fishing weigh-in. That particular event, the Elite Series Santee Cooper Showdown, shattered all sorts of records, with six anglers cracking the 100-pound mark and Preston Clark landing almost 116 pounds for the win. However, the effect it had on that little girl was likely the most profound result.
“I don’t know why, but the excitement around that event,
