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Edwin Evers hauls in a spotted bass from the Alabama River. (Darren Jacobson photo)
By Deb Johnson, Bassmaster.com
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — “Man, you’ve got me,” Brent Chapman said to Edwin Evers.
Evers was already in Sunday’s final-round hot seat of the Alabama River Charge presented by Star brite. Chapman, the leader for the two previous days, was the last of the 12 finalists to weigh in. He climbed the stage steps already knowing it was over for him.
No one in the crowd under Montgomery’s historic Union Station Train Shed heard Chapman’s remark on stage. But that’s how Evers later told the story.
“I didn’t realize until he said ‘you’ve got me’ that I had a chance,” Evers said after he’d hoisted...