The contest judges raised questions about the 8.7-pounder and a number of other fish that had been caught in the tournament. Winning two major bass fishing tournaments in less than a year? He was lucky. It wasn’t big enough to stuff and mount on the wall, but it was big enough to qualify for the $105,000 first prize. In the spring of 1984, Davis caught an 8.7-pound bass in the KYKX Big Bass Classic. Fishing was one of the few things that brought him some much-needed joy, not to mention some much-needed money. He said he learned to fish to regain the use of his hands after the accident. The injuries caused extensive nerve damage and scarring. His body was badly burned in an explosion while he was on the job as an electrician with Dallas Power & Light. By 1984, he was 33 years old and had been divorced four times. Davis was known as someone with a lot of luck out on the water and not much luck in the rest of his life. They say he always wore the prize “$50,000 Winner” silk jacket he got for taking down the 1983 Texarkana Labor Day bass tournament. You’d know that had you ever seen him around Grand Prairie, Texas. Danny Ray Davis wasn’t just a fisherman, he was a champion.
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