Gulf County, Florida - 12 Mar 05 - The WBFA Spring Fling was not without excitement, a dramatic come from behind win topped an exciting weigh in on the final day of the WBFA Spring Fling Pro/Am Invitational bass fishing tournament at the Apalachicola River in Florida. Sheri Glasgow of Muskogee, OK weighed in a limit of 5 bass, weighing 17.63 lbs, with a Big Bass of 6.85 lbs and a two day total of 19.22 lbs to win the WBFA Spring Fling Invitational. The first day Sheri only had one fish for 1.59 lbs, but put it all together for Saturday to take the win from Pam Martin Wells of Bainbridge, GA. Pam brought in a 5 fish limit to finish in 2nd place with a total weight of 16.53 lbs. Finishing third was Judy Wong of Sugarland, TX with a weight of 11.57lbs. Rounding out the top five on the pro side were, Joan Craig, forth place, of London, AR. with a two day total of 11.11 lbs and last years winner, Betty Stahl of Guntersville, AL finished in 5th place with at total of 10.50.
Sheri Glasgow said that she caught her fish using a lizard in a purple color, but would not tell any more. Pam Martin Wells said that she was using a TEKHI bait but would not say what color at the time but after talking to her she also said it had purple in it.
On the amateur side Robin Babb of Livingston, TX held on to her first day lead adding another 2 fish to bring her total to 20.56 lbs and also winning Big Bass honors both days with another one that weighed in at 5.71 lbs. Robin won Big Bass money both days on the amateur side. Second place went to Lisa Craig of Chandler, TX with a total weight of 8.31 lbs and third was Liz Sanders of Brandon, MO with a total of 7.67 lbs. Rounding out the top five were Mary Lipka of Wentzville, MO with 6.63 lbs and Kathryn Gibson of Spring Hill, TN with 6.13 lbs.
The next stop will be at Lake Dardanelle in Russellville, AR. in April. This event could prove to be the turning point for several of the ladies in the hunt for Angler, Rookie, and Amateur of the Year.
This event is being filmed for broadcast on the Bob Redfern Outdoor Magazine and will be aired in over 30 million homes on Fox Sport Net, Comcast Cable and Dish Network/Direct TV.