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Chevy pro Anthony Gagliardi of Prosperity, S.C., moved into the third place position today with five bass weighing 14 pounds, 6 ounces.

Gagliardi is using some of his Clarks Hill and Lake Hartwell knowledge from back home to pinpoint suspended fish on a jerkbait.

“This is something I’ve just figured out over the last couple of days,” Gagliardi said. “The places where I’d been catching them shallow on a crankbait the first two days, well now it’s like they have pulled out off the bank and suspended over 50 or 60 feet of water. I’m learning how they’re positioned off the bank a little more each day. Yesterday I caught some that way and today I caught seven keepers.”

“I’m pretty excited about what I have going,” he added. “I wish I had spent more time in practice finding more of these kinds of areas, but I’m putting it together and it’s fun.” Read More