Carolina Clash - Day three on the water III

Takahiro Omori starts fishing early Saturday morning.

Takahiro Omori casts to a riprap bank on Day Three of the Carolina Clash.

Omori takes off for another area.

Davy Hite runs to one of his first fishing spots Saturday morning.

An osprey was fishing Saturday morning, too.

Hite makes a long cast toward an underwater point next to an old river channel swing.

Davy Hite drags in his second fish of the day. The fish is surfacing in the lower right corner.

Davy Hite drags in his second fish of the day. The fish is surfacing in the lower right corner.

Davy Hite prepares to drop this bass in the livewell.

Hite reaches over the gunwale to grab his third fish.

The morning started well for Davy Hite, who went into Day Three in third place.

Terry Scroggins stayed put Saturday morning while many other anglers ran all over the lake to hit various points.

Davy Hite got a workout lifting his trolling motor dozens of times on Saturday.

The following sequence of photos shows Davy Hite landing his fourth fish of the day.

Hite almost has this fish in the boat.

The bass isn’t ready yet, making another run.

Hite makes another stab at hauling in the fish.

And into the boat it goes.

Hite spent most of the day fishing a topwater bait and a Fluke.

A spectator gets a closer look at the action.

Many of the points Hite fished Saturday featured inundated trees and brush.

Rick Clunn gets ready to make a move after a flotilla of Hite’s spectator boats rushed past the point where Clunn was fishing.

Clunn heads for a new spot.

An osprey was fishing Saturday morning, too.

Hite makes a long cast toward an underwater point next to an old river channel swing.

Hite moved around frequently Saturday, rarely staying in one place more than 10 to 15 minutes.

A flooded bush near the weigh-in site offers another target.

Matt Reed races down the lake.

Hite bows up on his fifth fish.

Hite and his marshal watch for the bass in the water.

Hite swings his limit fish into the boat.

Hite’s fifth fish was also his biggest of the day to that point.

Hite breathes a sigh of relief upon putting a limit in the boat.

The celebration ensues.

Hite explains to the spectators and media that a second bass was hooked on his topwater bait but shook loose.

Hite points out the spot where he saw the second fish, which he said was bigger than the one he boated.