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Fishing Tournaments
April 6, 2002: Walmart BFL, Oconee Sugar Creek Marina hosted the second of five Walmart BFL tournaments to be fished this season. In a competitive tournament of some of the state’s finest anglers, Jim Murray Jr., of Arabi, took first place with five fish that went 18-lbs., 2-ozs. Jim caught his first two fish on…
As far as H.D. Marine bass-fishing tournaments go, a record was broken on Sunday, April 14, 2002. The team of Claude Sims and Clinton Elkins, both from Dawsonville, weighed five Lanier bass that went 27.58 pounds. That shatters the old record by nearly 5 pounds. “They had four largemouths and one spot,” said tournament director…
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