Gary Clouse of Winchester, Tennessee, finished 32nd Sunday in the Academy Sports + Outdoors Bassmaster Elite tournament on Lake Guntersville.
Clouse's five-bass limit in the 35-angler semifinal round totaled 12 pounds, 5 ounces for a three-day haul of 44-12, good for $7,500.
The top 10 return to the lake out of Scottsboro, Alabama, on Monday morning for the final round, led by Matt Arey of Shelby, North Carolina, at 62-13 (18-13 Sunday) and Chris Zaldain of Fort Worth, Texas, at 60-10 (23-10).
Brandon Lester of Fayetteville, Tennessee, is fifth at 58-4 (14-13).