Evan Williams Bourbon Carolina Clash - Day One On the Water II

Scott Ashmore makes a move early on Day One of the Evan Williams Bourbon Carolina Clash.

Steve Kennedy works on a fish from the back deck that he would go on to catch a few minutes later.

Matt Reed works down a rocky bank as two geese look on.

Keith Combs crouches down to keep a low profile, but has had a tough morning so far.

Aaron Martens makes a few casts at a brushpile in the water on Lake Murray.

Martens trolls by as Keith Poche is working on a fish.

Poche makes a pitch repeatedly to the same area.

After losing what he estimated to be a 6-pound fish, Keith Poche stops to collect his emotions.

Poche spent a few minutes checking to see if the fish returned.

Certain areas of Lake Murray were popular spots on Day One of the Evan Williams Bourbon Carolina Clash.

Mike Iaconelli makes a long cast on an undeveloped bank early on Thursday.

Marty Robinson fights a good-sized largemouth to the boat.

Robinson swings the 3-pound largemouth into the boat as his Marshal takes a picture.

Rookie Nate Wellman flies by a bank that Scott Ashmore is fishing.

Three boats work a small area on Lake Murray on Day One of the Evan Williams Bourbon Carolina Clash.

The buoy indicates a shallow hump, a popular attraction for anglers like Mark Menendez on Thursday.

Jami Fralick looks in his box and pulls out another rod to use.

Fralick fishes a point with some flooded trees.

James Niggemeyer runs by someone’s backyard on his way to another spot.

Bradley Roy makes a cast with a spinning rod, something a surprising number of anglers were using on Thursday.

Edwin Evers fishes near a buoy early on Day One of the Evan Williams Bourbon Carolina Clash.

Local favorite Casey Ashley is watched by his own backup boat on Thursday.

David Walker fishes back in some flooded bushes but found the fishing slow.

Aaron Martens always keeps a jug of water nearby to stay hydrated.

Pete Ponds reaches down into the water to grab a 2-pound largemouth on Thursday.

Day One saw many anglers running and gunning, even back in pockets, as Scott Rook does here.

Palatial mansions with waterfront property only are interesting to anglers if they form a point, like the one Kenyon Hill is fishing.

Hill makes a move to another similar area on Day One of the Evan Williams Bourbon Carolina Clash.

Local favorite Davy Hite puts his boat on pad as he hits another area on his home lake.

Davy Hite fishes right in front of a monster house, having already put together a big limit on Day One.