Soaked on Sabine

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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We know this is Jordan Lee from the name on the side of his boat.

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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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The rain pounding down on Jordan Lee…

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…dripping rapidly from every part of his equipment and body.

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Despite the conditions Lee was firing away.

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Directly across from Jordan Lee, Shaw Grigsby was boating his first fish of the day.

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Grigsby reaches to grip the bass.

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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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From the smile on Grigsby’s face, he liked what the scales read.

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Another look at Shaw’s nice keeper.

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Obviously, this one’s going in the livewell.

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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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It was raining so hard the fish were splashing water in mid-air.

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Micah Frazier has this fish hooked up…

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…but it was too short to keep.

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Plop, plop, plop.

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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 much better fish than the last.

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Frazier moves to the back of the boat to the livewell.

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Just across from Frazier, Todd Faircloth was battling another fish.

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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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Faircloth threads another soft plastic onto his hook.

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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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Micah Frazier appears to have given up on keeping his head dry.

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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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Shaw was having a great start on Day 3.

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Grigsby shares with the camera how he’s catching his fish…

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…then fires another cast with the crankbait.

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Shaw Grigsby is on his knees because he needs to re-tie.

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Todd Faircloth was on his knees because a huge lightning bolt just stuck close by and he wanted to assume a lower profile on his boat.

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Soaked on Sabine

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