Tournament leader Ish Monroe starts his day fishing around some grass on Oneida Lake.
Tournament leader Ish Monroe starts his day fishing around some grass on Oneida Lake.
Monroe quickly hooks up and skips the bass across the surface.
With a solid keeper in the boat, Ish Monroe is starting the final day off right.
Richard Falcon sets the hook on a fish off the back deck.
Falcon swings in his first keeper on Day Three of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Northern Open.
A solid keeper puts non-boater Richard Falcon in position to make a run at the title Saturday.
The bass were biting for Monroe early; this grass-covered bass was his sixth keeper in the first hour.
After going back to the livewell, Ish Monroe tosses back his smallest fish.
Monroe has a solid limit already in his quest to lock up the tournament title.
With bass swirling around the boat, Richard Falcon quickly caught his second keeper of the day.
Ish Monroe makes a long cast to a busting bass and sets the hook.
An explosion of water means this might be a better keeper.
Although Monroe was culling early, most of the fish were in the 2-pound range.
Matt Martin started the day in fifth place and was fishing a windy cove on Oneida Lake early.
Kevin Haley leads the non-boaters after two days of competition and is hooked up with a fish on Saturday.
This hefty bass will go a long way to claiming the non-boater title.
Martin’s turn came shortly after and he fights the bass to the boat as Haley gets the net.
Matt Martin gets his hand on a good-sized Oneida Lake keeper largemouth.
A spinnerbait snagged this big largemouth for the local pro.
Martin walks back to the livewell with his best keeper of the morning.
Randy Howell makes a long cast near the launch on Saturday morning.
Howell goes on point as a nice bass swirls and misses his topwater.
Howell hooks up with his fourth keeper of the morning.
After a last-minute surge at the boat, Randy Howell plays the fish toward the waiting net.
This smallmouth was not big, but it started a flurry that helped Howell catch three keepers in 20 minutes.