It rained so hard on Day 3 you could hardly see a boat from a short distance.
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That’s B.A.S.S. emcee Dave Mercer in the Carhartt rain suit. He appears to be asking if it could possibly rain any harder. And it did.
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Several camera crews spent a wet morning in an area where several of the leaders were fishing close to one another.
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Directly across from Jordan Lee, Shaw Grigsby was boating his first fish of the day.
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In this part of the world, as tough as the fishing has been, this is a good one to have in the livewell so early.
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From the left, Shaye Baker moves in to record some GoPro footage from above.
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Then he drops the GoPro down low to record Grigsby weighing his fish.
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Grigsby gets back to work while cameraman Rick Mason tries to keep his lens and camera dry.
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Defending Sabine River champion Todd Faircloth was fishing just ahead of Shaw Grigsby. The two had shared the area the first two days.
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Frazier is reaching for another fish at the bow of his boat. Looking on is Aaron Martens.
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This one is a keeper, too. No wonder this was such a popular place to fish.
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After a trip to the livewell, Faircloth moves back to the bow of the boat to get back to work.
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Shaye Baker and Dave Mercer troll close to Aaron Martens to do a live update.
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That’s Wes Miller and Carey Barrett under the umbrella. Quite possibly the two smarter fellas in the group.
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They were documenting Shaw Grigsby day on the water for Bassmaster television.
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There’s wasn’t much need for electronics in this very shallow area, but everybody’s bilge pumps seemingly ran non-stop.
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Shaw Grigsby is obviously throwing a crankbait from the boat with his hand.
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That’s because he had just removed the hooks from another keeper bass.
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