2010 Southern Open #2 – Day Three – OTW

Catch a ride on the water with your favorite B.A.S.S. angler during the 2010 Southern Open #2. The Open was held on Smith Lake, in Alabama.

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Paul Pagnato and his co-angler Tommy Swindle
Paul Pagnato and his co-angler Tommy Swindle “flip” slowly down a stretch of bank where the water had more color and the depth fell off slower.
Bassmaster.com cameras caught up with David Walker in Ryan Creek where he hooked up with a bass before we could even get the trolling motor down.
Bassmaster.com cameras caught up with David Walker in Ryan Creek where he hooked up with a bass before we could even get the trolling motor down.
He leads it to the boat carefully as many fish were lost this week. Almost every angler complained of the spotted bass shaking off.
He leads it to the boat carefully as many fish were lost this week. Almost every angler complained of the spotted bass shaking off.
Feeling much larger than it was, this bass was
Feeling much larger than it was, this bass was “foul hooked” and was released. It did not make the length limit, so it wasn’t a loss for Walker.
Ott Defoe hooked up on a small bass, just a few miles away from Walker up Ryan Creek.
Ott Defoe hooked up on a small bass, just a few miles away from Walker up Ryan Creek.
In a hurry to get the hook back in the water, Ott shows the bass to the Bassmaster.com camera while he is still bent over from measuring the fish, it was too short to make it to the livewell.
In a hurry to get the hook back in the water, Ott shows the bass to the Bassmaster.com camera while he is still bent over from measuring the fish, it was too short to make it to the livewell.
Pro Pam Martin-Wells was fishing way back in the back of a creek. She is known for avoiding crowds and fishing hard.
Pro Pam Martin-Wells was fishing way back in the back of a creek. She is known for avoiding crowds and fishing hard.
Pam Martin-Wells stops for a short moment to swap lures and slow her presentation on a piece of structure in the back of the creek.
Pam Martin-Wells stops for a short moment to swap lures and slow her presentation on a piece of structure in the back of the creek.
J Todd Tucker is glued to his electronics as he ventured away from his marker. He was on one of the few flats in the area, concentrating on the long point where the lake falls into deeper water.
J Todd Tucker is glued to his electronics as he ventured away from his marker. He was on one of the few flats in the area, concentrating on the long point where the lake falls into deeper water.
Todd Auten skips a white swimming jig under a row of docks on Smith Lake.
Todd Auten skips a white swimming jig under a row of docks on Smith Lake.
It isn't long before Auten is hooked up.
It isn’t long before Auten is hooked up.
Pro Todd Auten snatches another bass out from under a dock, his third in a 15 minute time span. They were all short of the length limit.
Pro Todd Auten snatches another bass out from under a dock, his third in a 15 minute time span. They were all short of the length limit.
Auten realizes the third bass is short as well and just swings it up and into the boat.
Auten realizes the third bass is short as well and just swings it up and into the boat.
Pro Heath Smith and his co-angler fish tangled brush near the bank approximately 25 miles up in Ryan Creek.
Pro Heath Smith and his co-angler fish tangled brush near the bank approximately 25 miles up in Ryan Creek.