With the final WonBass Nevada tournament of the 2007/2008 season scheduled for Saturday May 31st, the BAF team of Evans/Landerman stood only 4 points ahead of the always dominant team of Danny Branscum and Troy Duncan.  The two BAF anglers knew it was up to them to finish strong at the time of the year when a single lb could seperate half the field and that the 4 point lead meant nothing.

Chris said "We were able to catch about 30 fish throughout the day on a drop-shot, but like everyone else, they were predominantly small and would not assist us in the overall win.  Deejay turned to me and stated that if we were to get big fish on a day like today, we were going to need to throw something different, and proceded to pick up a topwater.  Within casts, he was slammed and we had our biggest fish of the day in the boat"

 This seemed to be the story of our year, we made game time decisions all year at the right time.  This includes the last minute decisions to go back south on Mohave with minutes left in the day and 3 fish in the sack to catch two fish within 10 minutes of each other and only 5 minutes before we would have to leave in order to make it back in time for weigh-in, to heading up to echo on the first tournament of the season at Mead because we were catching fish in the very small range and proceded to bag 2 fish in the 3 lb range and win the tournament.

I would personally like to thank my partner (Deejay) who made the season  a whole lot of fun.  If you followed us around during the tournaments, you would see that the real reason that we did so well, was that we spent the days having a good time and not sweating the little things that end up costing you in the end.  The guy is a stick, and on this past Saturday, when the whole season was on the line, he showed it by stepping up and bagginf 4 of our biggest five fish and carrying us to the Angler of the Year Title.

I would also like to note that BAF took 3 of the top 4 spots at the final Wonbass tournament.  The team of Evans and Landerman took 2nd overall, the team of Jesse Milicevic and Tim Myers took 3rd overall, and the team of David Naugle and William Naugle took 4th overall.  Great job guys!!!!

Evans and Laderman with their Angler of the Year Trophies

Milicevic and Myers with 3rd place

Naulge and Naugle with 4th place

For the tournament Director's write up on the angler of the year win, please click here