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No Blood on Decatur Flats

By Steve Wright and Lynn Burkhead
ESPNOutdoors.com

Thursday, June 5, 2008

DECATUR, Ala. — The pre-tournament forecast for the highly-pressured Wheeler Lake area of Decatur Flats was ugly: "There will be blood." With as many as half the 107-angler field of the Southern Challenge presented by Advance Auto Parts attempting to win $100,000 in one area of the 68,000-acre lake, some ugly scenes seemed likely. Just the opposite occurred, according to one of the participants — Matt Reed. "We all worked together," said Reed, who is in 11th place with 16 pounds, 1 ...

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