Chris Lane during the 2012 Southern Open #1

Tournament leader Chris Lane starts off Day Three of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open idling down the Dora Canal on the Harris Chain of Lakes.

Lane idles under a bridge on the way to his first fishing location.

Chris Lane hits the gas, looking to finish out the tournament in his home state.

The trip to the area that has produces all week for Lane is a long journey with periods of idling and running.

Lane waits to lock through into Griffin with a few other boats.

Chris Lane and his non-boater, Bill Capps, relax in the lock early on Day Three of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open on the Harris Chain.

With the sun rising in the background, Lane makes it out onto Griffin and moves away from the lock.

Lane fires his first cast of the day along an edge in the lily pads.

Chris Lane sets the hook on a Harris Chain largemouth.

Lane readies the net to scoop up his first keeper of the morning.

This bass was hooked perfectly in the roof of the mouth.

Lane shows off his first keeper of the morning, a solid Harris Chain bass.

Lane rears back on another fish not long after the first.

“Oh, it’s a big one,” Lane says as he continues reeling.

A splash near the boat isn’t enough to keep this nice bass from going into the net.

His second keeper is even bigger than the first.

Lane pulls out a beautiful largemouth that he caught on Day Three.

The final day was starting off right for Lane, the tournament leader.

This big largemouth would be taking a ride in Lane’s livewell.

Chris Lane rigs another worm on Saturday morning.

Lane makes another long cast along his key stretch of water.

Chris Lane does a little net work of his own for his non-boater Bill Capps.

Capps, who started the day in 10th place, was very excited to see this big largemouth.

Bill Capps hooks up with another big fish and Chris Lane walks to the edge of the boat with the net.

The bass throws water everywhere but Lane is sure-handed enough to scoop it up.

With two huge bass in the boat early, Bill Capps started his run at the non-boater title.

Chris Lane hooks up again early and Bill Capps readies the net.

Lane moves to the back of the boat with net in hand.

A huge fish emerges from the water safely in the bottom of Lane’s net.

With the big largemouth safely in the boat, Lane lets out a shout as his non-boater celebrates with him.

This is exactly the quality fish Chris Lane needs if he wants to secure the tournament victory and a berth in the 2013 Bassmaster Classic.

Another bass goes airborne as Chris Lane fights it to the boat.

With another quality fish in the net, Chris Lane is on his way to another great day on the Harris Chain.

Lane stops to re-rig his bait on Day Three of the Bass Pro Shops Bassmaster Southern Open on the Harris Chain.