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Bradley Roy waits at the docks to launch on Day Three of the Bass Pro Shops Southern Open 2.
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Tournament manager Chris Bowes checks Tracy Adams' boat insurance.
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Leader Fletcher Shryock arrives the dock at Blythe Landing.
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Shryock hopes his co-angler has to use the net a bunch today.
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Shryock takes position at the dock as he awaits the 7 a.m. launch.
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Shryock checks the sky. Rain is forecast to move into the area within several hours, becoming steady by afternoon.
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Adams prepares his tackle. He trails Shryock by two pounds, two ounces.
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Adams does some last-second tweaking on a lure.
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Adams dons gloves as he waits to take off on a chilly Day Three.
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Ninth-place Andy Montgomery of nearby Blacksburg, S.C., concentrates on his tackle.
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Montgomery has a variety of lures tied on.
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Third-place Brandon Card backs out to get lined up.
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Shryock and his co-angler stand at attention for the national anthem.
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Anglers button up after the national anthem, while boats from another tournament waited their turn to launch on Lake Norman.
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Shryock said his plan is to return to the spot that has produced and bring in the winning fish he knows are there.
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Entering Day Three in the top spot, Shyrock leads the procession out onto Lake Norman.
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Second-place Tracy Adams follows suit.
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Alvin Shaw, showing his livewells are empty, stands in fourth place, three pounds behind Shryock.
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Elite pro Gerald Swindle, who suffered illness on Day Two, idles through the checkpoint.
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Bobby Lane needs to make up five-and-a-half pounds on Shyrock.
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Barry Wilson, who stands in eighth place, embarks with an optimistic thumbs-up.
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Ron Wolfarth, in 10th, has six-and-a-half pounds to make up today.
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Jason Quinn, from York, S. C., holds the 11th spot and would love to move up.
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The 12th and final angler launching was Rusty White of Rock Hill, S.C.
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