About noon Edwin Evers abandoned his morning pattern of fishing seawalls and docks with a swimbait and turned to sight fishing. He drove back into a residential cove and set up shop. Fishing close to the bank he has had the Power-Poles down in the exact same spot for 90 minutes. The fish he’s seeing must be a giant to spend this much time on it. He’s tried different baits and has spent some of the time fishing from his knees.
Evers is 11 pounds back from the leader, Brent Ehrler. And he has just one keeper in the livewell. Two nice bass and Evers could still move into the lead. “This is the longest Hail Mary ever,” said Steve Bowman.