Fishing guide captures Oconee tourney

“I’ll buy dinner for anyone who wants it.”  That’s a comment attributed to the winner Friday of the Phoenix Bass Fishing League All-American Championship on Lake Hartwell.  Twenty-five-year-old Emil Wagner, bass fishing guide from Marietta, Georgia, sealed the deal with a 3-day total of 55 pounds, 11 ounces.  His margin of victory:  1 pound, 5 ounces.  Wagner earned $122,300,along with a qualification into Major League Fishing’s most prestigious event, REDCREST 2024.