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MORGAN CITY, La. — Louisiana's Mark Smith worried about putting together a limit after learning he would be fishing an extra day against Bassmaster Elite Series pro Edwin Evers after the two anglers weighed in identical weights of 35 pounds, 9 ounces Saturday. Those worries became reality when Smith was only compile 10 ½ pounds, while Evers showed up at the scales with 14-7.
"I only caught six fish today," Smith lamented, noting overcast conditions that moved in ahead of a front, spreading out the few fish left in his area. "I caught my fifth (weigh) fish with five minutes left to fish.
Evers, on the other hand, boated the heaviest sack of the tournament by making a more than 2-hour run east and working his lures in and around vegetation.
"In the mornings, the fish were roaming on the outsides of that grass, and I'd catch them on a spinnerbait," he said. "But my better fish came from undercut banks with vegetation."
Once the bite on the Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye spinnerbait turned off, usually less than an hour after he started fishing, Evers began punching water hyacinths on the undercut banks with a combination of a Yum Money Craw under a 1-ounce weight and a Yum Craw Papi topped with a 3/16-ounce weight.
The key to the entire tournament for Evers, however, came less than an hour into the first day of competition. Read More
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| BASS Communications / Seigo Saito |
MORGAN CITY, La. — Fish-offs are a rare thing in Bassmaster events. However, for the second time in a single season, two Bassmaster Central Open anglers will face off against each other after tying for the final-day lead.
"Can you believe this?" Louisiana's Mark Smith asked, after learning he would be fishing an extra day against Bassmater Elite Series pro Edwin Evers in the circuit's final stop in the Atchafalaya Basin.
Smith held the first two days' lead, but Evers jumped from third to the first-place tie when the scales settled on identical weights of 35 pounds, 9 ounces.
The anglers will fish a full day tomorrow because each is making a run of more than an hour. They will meet back at the dock at 3:20 p.m. ET, at which time the winner will be decided.
At stake in the competition is a top prize of $45,000 (based on a full field).
The two anglers' confidence going into the extended tournament was polar opposites.
"My bite is severely used up," Smith said. "This is the first time (in the tournament) I don't have any confidence." Read More
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8th: Evers Haunted By Lost Fish |
"I feel real fortunate to have what I have," Evers said. "But I should have had a better day than what I had. There's on that's really haunting me. It had my bait, I didn't set the hook. And she politely spit it out. I think it was a great big one. And I dumped two more – both 3 1/2-pounders.
"It is what it is," he added. "I'm definitely a little disappointed, but I'm still in the hunt."
Notable too is he didn't get bit this morning, but things picked up a little later and he caught fish throughout that day. He's got boats around him too, but he said he'll be able to get back on his stuff tomorrow." Read More
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Evers improved over yesterday by about 2 pounds. He didn't do anything different than yesterday, but got a little better quality.
Notable about his spot is he said it's protected from a north or south wind. Winds are expected to be light tomorrow, but were blowing hard late this afternoon, which could hurt other areas that are more exposed.
But the wind today did give Evers some problems. "It made it a lot harder to catch them," he said. "I was trying to fish real slow, and the wind was pretty brutal. It made the bait move a lot faster, and the water was definitely murkier. But it can't get more muddy – it's protected."
About whether he thinks he can win, he said: "I definitely could be the guy. No doubt about it. But there's still another whole day left. There's a long ways between here and that trophy. There's lots of fish to catch, and lots of competitors."
About what could hurt him tomorrow, he said: "Not landing my bites, or breaking down. I lost one fish all day long today – I don't know that it would have mattered. But I brought a bunch of fish over stuff where I should have lost a bunch of them. Today it went my way, yesterday it didn't." Read More
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