Davy Hite arrives at the Wilson Dam on Day Three.
Davy Hite arrives at the Wilson Dam on Day Three.
Keith Poche, who started the day in second place, has been catching his fish right at the face of the dam.
Paul Elias arrives at the Wilson Dam.
Several of the top anglers have been fishing at the Wilson Dam including Davy Hite and Paul Elias.
Davy Hite catches a striper, one of several that bit earlier on Day Three.
Davy Hite battles a big fish to the side of the boat.
Then jerks a big striped bass into the boat.
Keith Poche re-ties after breaking his line, then casts out
And catches a big drum.
Davy Hite sets the hook hard on a big fish
And it materializes as a big drum..
That is unhooked and released as Mark Zona captures the action.
Timmy Horton caught one of the heaviest sacks of Day Two near the dam.
Matt Reed arrives to join the group of anglers below the dam.
Horton immediately begins to catch fish but they are small.
Keith Poche catches another drum.
While Horton brings a striper to the boat.
And on his next cast gets hung up on the rocks.
Paul Elias, Matt Reed, Timmy Horton and Davy Hite line up waiting for the action to start.
Aaron Martens is near the dam but not as close as the others and the striped bass are biting for him as well.
Keith Poche fishes an eddy near the dam...
And catches another drum.
Poche is right against the face of the dam, where the water is slack.
The area produces his first smallmouth of the day.
Water spills out of the dam as Poche fishes his eddy.