Day Three on Cayuga

See the action on the water during Day Three of the Northern Open #3

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<p> Tournament leader Pete Gluszek spent a considerable portion of his morning, netting fish for co-angler Paul Groney on Day Three at the Northern Open on Cayuga Lake. </p>
Tournament leader Pete Gluszek spent a considerable portion of his morning, netting fish for co-angler Paul Groney on Day Three at the Northern Open on Cayuga Lake. 
<p> Groney boats another fish as Gluszek performs the net duty. </p>
Groney boats another fish as Gluszek performs the net duty. 
<p>  </p> <p> Gluszek was pitching plastics to isolated patches of weeds. </p>
 

Gluszek was pitching plastics to isolated patches of weeds. 

<p> Co-angler Paul Groney boats another fish, giving him the co-angler limit of three fish. </p>
Co-angler Paul Groney boats another fish, giving him the co-angler limit of three fish. 
<p> Gluszek sets the hook and gets in on the fish catching action. </p>
Gluszek sets the hook and gets in on the fish catching action. 
<p> Gluszek swings a healthy keeper aboard. </p>
Gluszek swings a healthy keeper aboard. 
<p> Gluszek started the morning with a 4 pound, 6 ounce lead on the field. </p>
Gluszek started the morning with a 4 pound, 6 ounce lead on the field. 
<p>  </p> <p> Gluszek places the keeper in the live well. </p>
 

Gluszek places the keeper in the live well. 

<p> Gluszek fights another keeper around the trolling motor. </p>
Gluszek fights another keeper around the trolling motor. 
<p>  </p> <p> Gluszek swings the keeper in the boat. </p>
 

Gluszek swings the keeper in the boat. 

<p> Gluszek began the day as the leader, after catching a total weight after the first two days of 40 pounds, 1 ounce. </p>
Gluszek began the day as the leader, after catching a total weight after the first two days of 40 pounds, 1 ounce. 
<p>  </p> <p> Another keeper in the live well for Gluszek. </p>
 

Another keeper in the live well for Gluszek. 

<p> Gluszek was putting a quick limit together on the final day on Cayuga Lake. </p>
Gluszek was putting a quick limit together on the final day on Cayuga Lake. 
<p> Gluszek decides to swing the fish rather than risk the potential perils of the dip net. </p>
Gluszek decides to swing the fish rather than risk the potential perils of the dip net. 
<p> Gluszek now has a five-fish limit. </p>
Gluszek now has a five-fish limit. 
<p> Stephen Browning started the morning in 3<sup>rd</sup> place with 35 pounds, 7 ounces. </p>
Stephen Browning started the morning in 3rd place with 35 pounds, 7 ounces. 
<p> Browning has to make up a 4 pound, 10 ounce deficit to tournament leader Pete Gluszek. </p>
Browning has to make up a 4 pound, 10 ounce deficit to tournament leader Pete Gluszek. 
<p>  </p> <p> Browning had a very slow start on the final day, and decides he needs to find a windy bank to fish. </p>
 

Browning had a very slow start on the final day, and decides he needs to find a windy bank to fish. 

<p> Browning takes a look at his electronics, and decides to run to the south end of the lake. </p>
Browning takes a look at his electronics, and decides to run to the south end of the lake. 
<p> Browning makes the move several miles south, before stopping on a windblown point. </p>
Browning makes the move several miles south, before stopping on a windblown point. 
<p> The move pays quick dividends and Browning is hooked up with his first fish of the day. </p>
The move pays quick dividends and Browning is hooked up with his first fish of the day. 
<p> Browning pulls the fish to the surface, while his co-angler Tom Presnell reaches with the net. </p>
Browning pulls the fish to the surface, while his co-angler Tom Presnell reaches with the net. 
<p> The first fish of the day was worth a high-five and a fist-bump. </p>
The first fish of the day was worth a high-five and a fist-bump. 
<p> Browning pulls the hook free from his first fish of the day. </p>
Browning pulls the hook free from his first fish of the day. 
<p> Browning quickly gets back to work. </p>
Browning quickly gets back to work. 
<p> Browning fishes thoroughly around a main lake point. </p>
Browning fishes thoroughly around a main lake point. 
<p> Browning sets the hook on another fish. </p>
Browning sets the hook on another fish. 
<p> Presnell mans the net while he and Browning try to get a look at the fish.</p>
Presnell mans the net while he and Browning try to get a look at the fish.
<p> The fish jumps and was unfortunately a pike. </p>
The fish jumps and was unfortunately a pike. 
<p> Co-angler Tom Presnell fights his first fish of the day to the boat. </p>
Co-angler Tom Presnell fights his first fish of the day to the boat. 
<p>  </p> <p> Browning nets the bass at the back of the boat. </p>
 

Browning nets the bass at the back of the boat. 

<p>  Presnell was proud to finally put his first fish of the morning in the live well. </p>
 Presnell was proud to finally put his first fish of the morning in the live well.