Don’t Let the Fish Fool You

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Published: 04 April 2016

By Louie Stout

Don’t Let the Fish Fool YouSpring fishing is about as unpredictable as the Michiana weather.

Take Last week, for example. Sturgis, Mich. angler Mark Zona, host of Zona’s Awesome Fishing Show, invited me to partake in the early spring action he’s been enjoying since the ice left our lakes.

We launched around 8:30 on a Michigan lake that crisp morning and immediately went to the deep areas where he had great success.

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Evers Comes From Behind To Win GEICO Bassmaster Classic On Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees

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Published: 07 March 2016

Evers Comes From Behind To Win GEICO Bassmaster Classic On Grand Lake O’ The Cherokees

Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., wins the 2016 GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro held out of Tulsa, Okla., Sunday, with a three-day total weight of 60 pounds, 7 ounces. - Photo by Laurie Tisdale/Bassmaster

TULSA, Okla. — For the first two days of the GEICO Bassmaster Classic presented by GoPro, the buzz centered around local sensation Jason Christie of nearby Park Hill, Okla.

But on the final day, another of Oklahoma’s favorite sons stole the show.

Edwin Evers of Talala, Okla., caught an incredible 29 pounds, 3 ounces of bass from Grand Lake O’ the Cherokees Sunday to push his three-day total weight to 60-7. The epic finish was enough to help him storm past Christie and the rest of the Classic field to earn a $300,000 payday and a spot in professional bass fishing history.

The win was Evers’ 11th with B.A.S.S., but his first time to raise the Classic trophy.

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