We now know three of the anglers who will be fishing in Friday’s six-hour finals. The match of the morning was Gerald Swindle’s three-ounce win over Mike McClelland, where Swindle’s 12-ounce bass at 10:25 was just enough to give him the lead again, and McClelland couldn’t answer in the final 35 minutes. Final weights: Swindle 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and McClelland 8-1.
In the other, matches Chris Lane (10-12) defeated Chad Pipkens (7-11) and Adrian Avena (6-0) beat Ray Hanselman (3-2).
This afternoon top-seeded Fred Roumbanis starts with a 6-13 lead over 12th-seeded Scott Rook. Second-seeded Greg Vinson (4-7) has almost a three-pound lead over 11th-seeded Dustin Connell (1-9) and 10th-seeded Shin Fukae (3-7) leads third-seeded Keith Combs (0-15).
Although Lane caught the biggest bass of the tournament so far with a 4-10 this morning, fishing hasn’t gotten any easier on Carters Lake. There were only 12 keepers caught in the morning session. Yesterday’s morning session yielded 15 keepers, and 14 were caught in the afternoon.