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Lunker Lessons: Wheeler Lake

Chris Payne
(6 pounds, 10 ounces)

Updated: May 5, 2009, 4:52 PM ET

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Chris Payne learned a valuable lesson when he caught the biggest bass — on the pro side — of the Southern Open on Wheeler Lake.

"I fished the same creek all week. It was the only place I knew to fish, and it was producing good bass so I didn't see any reason to leave it. On the second day the water got a little muddy. As I was moving down the shoreline in a spawning bay looking for clear water, I saw a laydown stretched across a point. It looked like a perfect big fish spot.

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