Evers on Verge of Greatness

CELEBRATION, Fla. – Edwin Evers is on the verge of greatness, as fishing fans watch and wonder when the 32-year-old Oklahoma pro will break through. Evers already has won three tournaments, posted 28 top-10 finishes and qualified for seven Bassmaster Classic appearances.

And he is poised to join the BASS Millionaire’s Club, with earnings so far of $866,225 in his short career. All of those accomplishments have come in seven seasons.

His track record would indicate that Evers likely will join the sport’s stars eventually with a Classic title, Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year award or a handful of more tournament wins in the coming years.

“It’s been a good career so far, but I’m not satisfied by any means,” said the man know as “E-Squared”. “I’m still waiting for that big win, that big title.”

Evers is less than impressed with his showing so far this season on the Elite Series circuit.

It began with an eighth-place finish at Lake Amistad in the season opener, but quickly soured on the western swing (102nd and 61st). He bounced back with a 19th at Clarks Hill, but fell to 67th at Guntersville. After a seventh at the Bassmaster Major (which doesn’t count in the Classic standings), Evers placed 22nd at this past weekend’s Elite Series Blue Ridge Brawl presented by Advance Auto Parts on Smith Mountain Lake in Virginia.

“There hasn’t been a lot to my season so far,” he said. “I had a good tournament at Amistad and then went to California and stubbed my toe at those two tournaments. I had a decent tournament at Clarks Hill, but other than that there’s not been much to talk about.

“I had the best practice of my life at Guntersville and I’ve always done real well there. But I don’t know what happened out there. I was catching spawning fish on main-lake ridges and I could catch them on every cast. But when the tournament started the big ones just eluded me.”

Nonetheless, Evers is 39th in the standings and in good shape to qualify for his eighth Classic with five events remaining.

The likeable pro is proud of his proximity to the $1 million mark.

“It could happen this year,” he said. “That’s pretty unreal. That’s a neat goal. It’s a real great thing to see that the sport has come along that far.”
 

From BASS