2009 Weekend Series Championship: Day Three

An angler works along the outside of the jetty near the Lake Dardanelle State Park, where anglers launched each day of competition.

A family uses a very long fishing pole off the check-in dock as boats begin to trickle back to weigh-in.

A competitor makes a few last casts near some submerged timber on Day Three of the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series Championship.

Boats line the dock as anglers begin to bring their fish to the stage.

A nice Dardanelle bass ends up in a weigh-in bag to make the trip from boat to stage.

A "keeper" 15-inch bass was hard to come by for many anglers at the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series Championship.

Brian Brown of Kuttawa, Ky., grabs part of his first five-fish limit of the week.

Every sizeable bass counted on Day Three as only the top 25 anglers moved on to fish the final day.

Todd Pierce of Tyler, Texas, temporarily claimed big bass with this 5.47-pound Lake Dardanelle pig.

Every fish caught was placed into a live-release tank before being let go back into the waters of Lake Dardanelle.

Jerry Barnett from Haughton, La., landed the biggest bag of the day, 15.02 pounds, to move into 10th place.

This 11.85-pound stringer helped Ray Winans from Manning, S.C., move into contention in ninth place.

The second flight starts to put their boats on the trailer after weighing in at the Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Weekend Series Championship.

Hojin Chang leapt into the lead, aided by this 7.30-pound big bass of the tournament.

Brandon Gray pulls out one of his four fish on Day Three that would push him into second place.

Gray's three-day total of 32.03 pounds was just one tenth of a pound away from the lead.