FLORENCE, Ala. — Will Davis, Jr. said earlier this week that despite difficult fishing on
Pickwick Lake, the TNT Fireworks B.A.S.S. Nation Championship was setting up well for him.
Boy, was he right.
Davis, a 30-year-old from Sylacauga, Ala., caught a tournament-best limit of 16-12 during Friday’s final round, including the Big Bass of the tournament – a 5-4 whopper of a smallmouth that anchored his haul — to finish with a three-day total of 43 pounds, 8 ounces and seize a come-from-behind victory at McFarland Park.
“I’m very tired,” Davis said, minutes after hoisting the Bryan J. Kerchal Memorial Trophy and being joined on the Bassmaster stage by family and friends for a joyful, and tearful, celebration.
