Bull Shoals Day Three on the water

Skeet Reese with a keeper smallmouth. 

Reese pulls the trolling motor before making a move. 

Prince works to free the hooks free from the bass. 

A keeper smallmouth fights until the end before being pulled into Cliff Prince’s boat. 

Prince quickly hooks up with another fish. 

He gives the camera a better look at the fish. 

Prince was on a roll and catching fish on cast after cast. 

Cliff Pace had an early limit of bass and fights another fish. 

Britt Myers was making a move up the leaderboard early in the day. 

After shutting down his outboard engine, Swindle make a quick move to the bow of the boat. 

After a couple casts, Swindle coaxes to bass to bite. 

Britt Myers has a quick snack, but doesn’t quit fishing. 

Myers pulls the fish away from the trolling motor prop. 

Another keeper fish for Britt Myers. 

Myers checked all his fish to find the smallest. 

Myers pulls the fish’s head down to keep it from jumping. 

The fish flops on the deck as Myers attempts to gain control. 

Another fish to cull, and more total weight gained. 

Dennis Tietje started Day Three in 13th place with 26 pounds, 8 ounces. 

It was very late in the morning before Dennis Tietje boated his first keeper fish.

With only a couple hours left to fish, Tietje knows he has to make a move.