Day Three on Fort Gibson

Tournament leader Scott Dean and his co-angler, Rick Parker, prepare for their final day of fishing on Fort Gibson Lake.

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Dean pulls his sunglasses tight as the sun begins to rise on Day Three at Fort Gibson Lake.

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Dean is fishing large chunk rock and stopping often to re-tie.

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Rick Parker fights a small fish to the boat.

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Dean hooks up and pulls a fish to the boat.

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Unfortunately for Dean, the fish is the wrong species – a white bass.

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Parker hooks up again with a keeper.

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Dean assists Parker and nets his fish.

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Parker wrestles the hooks from the mouth of the bass.

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Parker gives the camera a better look at his first keeper fish of the day.

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Dean’s final morning is off to a slow start; and the fish he is managing to catch are small.

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Jason Christie starts Day Three in 5th place with 25 pounds.

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Kevin Short is fishing the same creek he fished to earn the Day One lead.

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Late in the morning, Short had failed to boat a keeper bass.

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Short’s co-angler, Keith Glasby, swings a short fish into the boat.

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The team of Short and Glasby are getting bites but, once again, this fish does not reach the minimum 14-inch length requirement on Fort Gibson.

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Short snatches yet another bass from the edge of the creek channel.

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Short pulls his first keeper of the day into the boat.

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Short moves to the back of the boat to give Glasby a good look at what a keeper fish actually looks like.

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Short and Glasby have a good laugh together at their own early plight.

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After fishing the deeper edge of the creek channel, Short moves to a nearby flat to fish stumps with a crankbait.

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Short’s cranking rod loads as he makes cast after cast at the stumps.

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The crankbait pattern in the stumps begins to pay off, as Glasby moves to net a fish for Short.

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Glasby does his job with the net and brings the keeper aboard.

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Short reaches to take the net and bass from Glasby.

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Short prepares to put his second keeper in the livewell.

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Glasby scampers for the net as Short hooks another bass.

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The fish jumps in an effort to throw the hooks.

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As Short lifts the bass to the surface, Glasby places the net under the fish.

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With the fish safely in the bottom of the net, Glasby pulls the fish aboard.

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Short now has three keepers in the livewell.

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Spectators look on from a distance as Short fishes the back of a creek.

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Day Three on Fort Gibson

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