Aerial images from Bull Shoals

The sun rises over the hills containing Bull Shoals Lake, as shot from the CameraCopters chopper.

The camera copter arrives above Bulls Shoals Lake Boat Dock, where the final 12 anglers in the TroKar Quest prepare to launch.

The boats are jammed up to the dock.

JC Robinson was the pilot taking Bassmaster TV cameraman Steve Cassidy and photographer Mike Suchan out to chase anglers.

The anglers wait at the dock for the final day blastoff.

Leader Brandon Palaniuk idles away from the dock as Day Four is under way.

Palaniuk has led from Day One and is attempting to go wire-to-wire.

The finaboat, Jason Quinn, passes the dock.

The anglers had a short idle to the main lake before they could get up and running.

Palaniuk is about to pass the last set of boatslips.

The Trokar Quest is the first B.A.S.S. pro event on Bull Shoals since 1991.

Anglers turn toward the main lake and idle to the no wake buoy.

Spectator and camera boat join Palaniuk as he opens up his Yamaha.

The rest of the field waits their turn to blastoff.

Palaniuk leads the way as he heads to his area that produced two bags over 20 pounds and another just shy of that mark.

Palaniuk has been cranking a cove near a large spawning area, he said.

Palaniuk is on a 30-mile run past Diamond City.

Bobby Lane, who started the day in third, makes his run.

Matt Herren, who was second after Friday and fell to fourth Saturday, heads to his spot.

Most of the anglers were heading west on Bull Shoals Lake.

The coves are deep and numerous on Bull Shoals, which has about 45,000 surface acres.

Anglers keep snaking west in the main lake channel.

A straggler pursues.

The sun peeks out from the hills.

Fog banks were scattered over particular sections of the lake.

Mark Menendez peeled off from the pack, went up a creek and began fishing in the fog along a bluff.

The wind and sun were beginning to break up the fog.

Spectators and camera boats pack the area where Palaniuk has been fishing.

Palaniuk said he fished a highway leading to large spawning area in the shallows on the right.

Fog was thick over Palaniuk's spot early.

The cloud bank pushed against the bluff side of the cove.

It thinned ever so slightly as the sun began to hit.

Camera boats and spectators surround Palaniuk, who held almost a 13-pound lead at day's beginning.

As event leader, Palaniuk was the first to idle away from the dock.

Britt Myers, Bobby Lane, Matt Herren and Scott Rook follow close behind.

Head down, Palaniuk runs hard.

Palaniuk took a hook in his finger Friday and left the water for an ER trip, but not before he caught 24-4.

Bobby Lane and Matt Herren run side by side.

Bobby Lane gives a thumbs up.

Lane enjoys having the camera copter fly by.

The boats give one another space early in their run.

Britt Myers speeds up lake.

The run on Bull Shoals, following the channel of the White River, is full of twists.

As the frontrunner, Palaniuk has clear sailing.

Mark Menendez peels off from the pack and heads up a cove.

Menendez began the day in sixth place.

Menendez stopped to fish a rocky bluff shrouded with fog.

Palaniuk was the main draw.

Palaniuk begins fishing in the middle of the cove.

The sun breaks through on Palaniuk.

Palaniuk targeted the deeper section of the cove.

Palaniuk said the hook in his finger hasn't bothered his fishing at all.

With the sun clearing the fog, Palaniuk begins to put the hammer down.

Disappointed with his 19-1-0 bag Saturday, Palaniuk said he wanted to get back to 20 today.

Palaniuk is a second-year Elite angler looking for his first major B.A.S.S. victory.

Palaniuk cranked his fish all week in his quest to win the TroKar Quest.