All-Stars: Day One IV

Aaron Martens throws back one of several non-keepers caught Thursday.

Martens spent part of his day fishing around a bridge, where the sun cast a double of him on the piling.

Martens boats a small bass early Thursday.

Michael Iaconelli idles with his trolling motor down moving around a rip-rap bank.

Iaconelli reacts to the words of one of many spectators that followed him Thursday.

Iaconelli reties his lure.

A train roars overhead as Martens fishes under it.

A spectator, Shane Stahulak, fixes sandwiches for the Bassmaster.com crew while his father, Dennis, waits for the on-the-water action to heat up.

Martens inspects his lure.

Martens had several bites throughout the day, including this gar.

A local angler wade fishes near Martens.

Michael Iaconelli makes a long cast.

And immediately hooks up ...

As the bass gets closer he lifts it out of the water.

Flying the fish across the water.

And into the boat.

After a few seconds to measure the fish, it goes back into the lake.

And Iaconelli is up again and casting.

Terry Scroggins makes a long cast.

He was running from point to point.

Kevin VanDam fishes a crankbait on the points.

He hooks up with his first keeper of the day.

Gets the fish close to the boat.

And swings it in.

The fish comes aboard; VanDam estimated it to be about 2 1/2 pounds.

And he’s quickly up and casting again.

Brian Mason, Bassmaster cameraman, holds the camera high.

VanDam covered a lot of water.

Edwin Evers hits the main-lake points with the rest of the crew.

Across the lake, Gerald Swindle casts to his point.

And then heads to the next one.

Aaron Martens looks to be biting his nails as he changes lures.

Martens caught fish all day, including this small one.

Martens caught dozens of fish in the 13-inch range. Like this one that forced him to measure.

While measuring this fish ...

His boat gets out of position and he jumps up to catch it.

And, with fish in hand, moves the boat back into place.

This fish was his first keeper of the day.

He stuck close to rocky banks.

And around bridges most of the day.