2009 Southern Opens: Santee Cooper Day Three On The Water

Bassmaster Elite Series pro Terry Scroggins started Day Three in a familiar place on Santee Cooper Reservoir.

Elite pro Terry Scroggins and his co-angler Ben Todd were targeting shallow bass in and around vegetation early on Day Three.

Elite pro Terry Scroggins only needed a few pounds to put himself out of reach of anyone else for the first qualifying spot for the Bassmaster Classic.

With this fish in the net, Bassmaster Elite Series pro Terry Scroggins' trip to the Bassmaster Classic looked to be sealed up.

Once this bass, at least a five pounder, was secured in the hands of Elite pro Terry Scroggins, his trip to the 2010 Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake in Alabama was a done deal.

Elite pro Terry Scroggins was able to capitalize this week using several different baits in an area of the lake he knew well, even though he had never fished the lake at this time of year.

Elite pro Terry Scroggins adds to his take early on Day Three. The conditions on the final day were changing from overcast to sunny and back, with the wind being constant. Scroggins used this to his advantage.

With a large kicker in the live well, along with an average keeper bass, Scroggins dug into the rod box and said he was going to go finish his limit.

Co-angler Marcus Parker catches a small keeper from under a dock.

Patrick Pierce, Parker's pro for the day, started Day Three in third place in the standings. He was concentrating on docks to fill his limit.

Many pros like Pierce were using a run and gun approach, hitting areas they knew held fish, places they had located earlier in the week.

It was late morning before pro Cecil Wolfe put his first keeper in the box. He fished the final day with co-angler Stanley Chandler.

Pro Jimmy Mason puts in his life jacket and takes off on another leg of a "milk run" mid-day on Day Three of the final Southern Open. He fished with co-angler Mike Lumpkins.