Shaw Grigsby started the day within sight of the launch ramp and caught an early keeper.
Shaw Grigsby started the day within sight of the launch ramp and caught an early keeper.
Grigsby shows off his bass before it goes in the livewell.
Kevin VanDam started fishing within sight of a gas station and eventually had a crowd watching him from the bank.
VanDam started fast and was leading on BASSTrakk for most of the morning.
VanDam finished third in the '07 Classic on Lay Lake.
Kevin Wirth pulls a bass up on top of the water.
Wirth works it around the side of the boat.
There are no bad keepers on Lay Lake this weekend.
Jeff Kriet had an early limit. The next three photos chronicle one of his catches.
Kriet immediately gets back to the deck of his boat and starts over.
Kelly Jordon works his bait while the cameras shoot in the background.
Jordon makes another cast.
There are more than 200 media representatives at the Classic this year.
Jami Fralick fishes toward the bank.
Byron Velvick was throwing toward the middle of the cove.
Todd Faircloth moves to a new spot early on Day One.
Gary Klein is looking to break a long Classic winless streak.
According to BASSTrakk, Klein's day started slow.
Local favorite Russ Lane hooks up.
Lane works to gain control of the fish.
Lane boats another keeper fish.
Todd Faircloth was on a roll on Day One of the 2010 Bassmaster Classic.
Faircloth boats another solid keeper.
Mike Iaconelli had several spectator boats following him on Day One.
Scott Ashmore makes a cast in his first Bassmaster Classic.
Iaconelli was running and gunning on Day One.
Jeff Kriet and Mike Iaconelli fish close to each other in Beeswax Creek.
Beeswax creek was a busy place on Day One of the Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake.
Jeff Kriet puts another keeper fish in the boat.
Jeff Kriet was culling early on Day One.