![<p>As an angler tears across the lake, the ESPN helicopter is there to capture every bump and bounce in the ride.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6675.jpg)
![<p>Hank Cherry casts strictly with his right arm.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6798.jpg)
![<p>Once Cherry rocketed up to the top on the strength of two big fish, he was immediately phoned for an interview for the War Room.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6817.jpg)
![<p>Cherry knelt to fight each fish, lessening the chance they might jump and throw the hooks. This fish pulled hard ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6829.jpg)
![<p>... but unfortunately it was a drum, making Cherry react.<br />
</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6830.jpg)
![<p>He unhooks the rough fish and tosses it back.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6843.jpg)
![<p>Cherry slung this bass into the boat immediately knowing it wouldnât help him.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6865.jpg)
![<p>These might have been Cherryâs most adamant fans.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6879.jpg)
![<p>Cherry carefully fights another big fish ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6892.jpg)
![<p>... but it was also a drum! Fish of all sorts were on his spots, and they were eating.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6893.jpg)
![<p>He unhooks it then releases it.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6896.jpg)
![<p>Cherry fights yet another fish! His spots were red hot.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6915.jpg)
![<p>With nearly 20 pounds in his livewell, this one wouldnât help, either.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6919.jpg)
![<p>This is the beginning of the fight that might have lost the Classic for Cherry. He hooked it and immediately knelt, knowing it was a good fish.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6933.jpg)
![<p>The bass led him up to the front of the boat ...</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6936.jpg)
![<p>... then to the middle, where he lunged for it, but he missed.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6942.jpg)
![<p>It led him up to the front deck again where it came unhooked. Cherry lay devastated on the deck of his Skeeter, knowing that he mightâve just lost the Classic.<br />
</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6950.jpg)
![<p>He had fifteen minutes of fishing left, but he was frazzled and didnât get another bite before he had to get in.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/dhj_6958.jpg)
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Go on the water with third place finisher Hank Cherry on the final day of the Bassmaster Classic.