Randall Tharp started the final day of fishing in 3rd place with 26 pounds, 15 ounces.
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Tharp was sharing an area with 2nd place angler Chad Morgenthaler.
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Tournament leader Mike Pedroza speeds to his first fishing location.
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Pedroza begins to flip isolated cover early on the final day of fishing on the Red River.
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Mike Iaconelli speeds south on the Red River.
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Pedroza started the morning with 29 pounds, 2 ounces.
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Pedroza changed baits often, but the morning bite was very slow for him.
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He gets his first bite but was unable to get the fish in the boat.
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Pedroza boats his first bass, but the size was not what he caught in the same area on Day Two.
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Pedroza decides to abandon his primary area and makes a move.
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Chad Morgenthaler started the day in 2nd place with 27 pounds, 1 ounce.
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Randall Tharp was fishing stumps, hyacinths and lily pads.
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Tharp’s co-angler, Emile Gennaro, hooks up with a keeper fish.
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Tharp handles the duties with the dip net.
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The two celebrate Gennaro’s catch with a high five.
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Gennaro was culling early.
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Randall Tharp hooks up in the floating hyacinths.
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Tharp swings the fish into the boat.
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Fishing areas in Louisiana are often shared with alligators.
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Tharp makes another trip to the back of the boat to net a fish for Gennaro.
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Tharp secures the bass in the net.
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The two anglers change duties as Tharp fights his best fish of the morning to the boat.
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The pair get their first look at the fish.
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The fish clears the water as Gennaro waits with the net.
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Tharp celebrates as Gennaro swings the fish aboard.
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Another keeper, another high five.
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Tharp makes a nice cull and adds substantially to his final day weight.
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A Canada goose guards the nest it has built on a duck blind.
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The goose sits calmly while Chad Morgenthaler swings a fish into the boat.
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Morgenthaler’s final day co-angler was 82-year-old Bill Bonner.
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Ken Iyobe started the final day on the Red River in 11th place with 24 pounds, 2 ounces.
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Iyobe was fishing with 2nd place co-angler Kimberly Giddens.
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