If only the last bass Gerald Swindle caught had just inhaled, say, a big crawfish, he might have won the Bassmaster Elite Series title on Toledo Bend Reservoir in 2011. But Swindle lost by 1 ounce to Dean Rojas. That heartbreaker for Swindle and joyous victory for Rojas marked only the second time in Elite Series history that a single ounce determined the winner. (John Crews over Skeet Reese in 2010 on the California Delta was the other 1-ounce nail-biter.) And then in the 2012 Elite event on Toledo Bend, Brent Chapman shut out Marty Robinson, who trailed him by 1 pound, 6 ounces going...
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