Co-anglers gather at the ice house at Ingall's Harbor to wait for their pros on the final day of the Bassmaster Southern Open #2 presented by Oakley.
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Threatening skies loom overhead as anglers begin to assemble at the docks.
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Mark Menendez is looking to make up the 3 pound, 3 ounce deficit between himself and leader Chris Payne.
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Leader Chris Payne waits at the front of the line for launch time. The top thirty will launch in the order of their Day Two standings.
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Leader Chris Payne idles out of the marina with Mark Menendez close behind, in more ways than one.
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The top 15 idle out through the BASS inspection line on the final morning of the Southern Open on Wheeler Lake.
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Elite Series Rookie Matt Herren idles past BASS officials and gets handed his fob with the assigned number for the day.
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Leader Chris Payne holds up one finger to signify the fish that he has in his livewell when the camera boat arrives.
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Payne's co-angler, Rob Moodie, sets the hook on a bass and fights it to the boat. It was his first of the day.
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Rob Moodie agrees this bass is a good start to the day.
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Pro Chris Payne has been fishing a hump between two islands and grass lines all week to maintain his lead on the field.
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Payne hurries to the livewell and throws up three fingers to signal the numbers of keepers he has in the boat.
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Pain makes a move to fish submerged vegetation and it pays off in spades.
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Pro Chris Payne brings another keeper to the boat and is able to cull a smaller fish.
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The onslaught continues as Payne brings another bass to the boat as the skies start to spit rain.
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Pro Chris Payne culls yet another bass from his Triton's livewells as the rain begins to pick up.
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Co-angler Rob Moodie slings a bass in the boat just before the skies open up and a deluge of rain sets in over Wheeler Lake. This will be the second day anglers have had to fish in pouring rain.
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