Keith Combs brought in another 20-plus pounds today. And he maintained his lead for the 3^rd straight day on Falcon Lake. But Rick Clunn showed the young guys how it’s done as he sacked the heaviest limit of the tournament so far and cut over 6 pounds off Combs’s lead.

Clunn’s 36 pounds, 14 ounces put him exactly a pound behind Combs with one day left to fish in the Bassmaster Elite Series Falcon Slam.

Combs has 83-3. Clunn has 82-3. Each of them could pass the century mark tomorrow. Then again, all of the top 7 guys are on pace to join the Century Club.

Falcon is spitting out some giant bass this week. Billy McCaghren caught the biggest one today at 9 pounds, 9 ounces. Yesterday two over 10 hit the scale.

Edwin Evers is in 3^rd with 78-15. Gary Klein is 2 ounces behind.

Jason Williamson is 5^th with 76-12 but he is trailed closely by Cliff Prince who has spent the week near the top and is currently 6^th with 76-11.

Combs has guided on Falcon for several years. He will be tough to beat. But his weight has fallen off every day from a tourney-opening 34-13, to 20-5 today.

Clunn has had an amazing climb. He started with 12-12 on day 1 and was near the back of the 100-man field. Yesterday he made some noise with 32-9. That was great, but several pros had 30 pounds on day 2. Today Clunn made a statement when he followed-up with the tournament’s biggest bag.

Combs told AnglersChannel.com on Thursday that he only had confidence in a couple of deep spots and that his shallow stuff was only good for 9 or 10 pounds. He said he would likely live or die with his deep water pattern.  As noted above, his weights have dwindled. Sounds odd to say that about a guy who weighed 20 pounds today, but this is Falcon Lake.

Will Combs get his first Elite Series win? Will Clunn win his 18^th career tournament? Will Evers and company pass them both? Anything could happen on this big bass factory tomorrow.