2011 Alabama Charge - Day Two - On The Water

Timmy Horton hooks up early below the Wilson Dam.

Anglers crowd together to fish below the dam.

Andy Montgomery fights a fish that becomes tangled in Paul Elias' line.

Montgomery lands the keeper smallmouth then untangles the lines.

Timmy Horton kneels to fight a fish at the back of the boat.

Horton lands a nice keeper smallmouth.

Montgomery jerks a small bass into the boat.

Matt Reed had a small bit of real estate below the dam to himself.

Pete Ponds also started Day Two of the Alabama Charge below the Wilson Dam.

Ponds fights a fish to the boat while Matt Reed looks on.

Unfortunately for Ponds, the fish was a striped bass.

Anglers fight for a place to fish in the tail waters of Wilson Dam.

Timmy Horton hurls a long cast with a swimbait.

Grant Goldbeck was making drifts well below the crowded dam area.

The ample fish supply below the dam attracted pelicans and shorebirds.

Pelicans rested on rocks after gorging themselves on baitfish.

Aaron Martens started Day Two of the Alabama Charge in 27th place with 16 pounds, 13 ounces.

Martens Day Two Marshal gets a close look at the fish fighting action.

After hanging up in rocks, Martens uses his Mercury outboard to move upstream in the strong current.

Andy Montgomery decides to move away from the crowded fishing below the dam.

Martens works to keep a smallmouth from jumping.

Martens pulls the keeper into the boat.

Martens admires the fish before removing the hooks.

Moments later Martens is fighting another fish.

This fish is much larger than the last and Martens takes his time to allow the fish to wear down.

Martens runs to the back of the boat as the strong smallmouth makes a surge downstream.

Martens lands the fish, his best of the morning.

Martens takes a moment to admire the beautiful Pickwick Lake smallmouth.

A nice smallmouth goes in the live well.

Randy Howell battles a smallmouth in the current.

Howell manhandles the fish from the water.

Howell lowers the nice keeper into the boat.

Howell gives the camera a smile and holds up a keeper smallmouth that will help his Day Two total weight.

Howell heaves another long cast with his swimbait.

Steve Kennedy spent the morning fishing the towering bluffs along Pickwick Lake.

Skeet Reese jerks his trolling motor from the water before making a move.

Reese stopped to fish the base of a bridge.

Grant Goldbeck moves shallow to flip a flooded tree.