Day One on Green Bay II

The Metro Boat Launch, official launch site of the Green Bay Challenge, is adjacent to the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Station in Green Bay, Wis.

Gerald Swindle has a special friend onboard his boat at the Day One launch.

Tommy Biffle started near the DePere Dam on the Fox River on Day One of the Green Bay Challenge.

Biffle's first catch of Day One.

It's a little hard to handle.

Biffle has another.

Tommy continues to work the spillway and swings another smallmouth aboard.

Rick Clunn, fishing just downstream from Biffle, gets hooked up.

Biffle swings another, but unfortunately it's a sheepshead.

Toyota Tundra Bassmaster Angler of the Year leader Brent Chapman hooks up near the dam on Day One.

Chapman's bass comes loose and lands near his foot.

Chapman heads upriver as the majority of the field head north.

Signs mark the no wake zones around bridge pilings.

Tommy Biffle pulls into his spot at the dam.

Biffle and Chapman navigate the no wake zone.

Another sign marks a construction zone.

Clunn changes locations.

Biffle continues to target the wall.

Clunn gets low to land his catch.

Biffle lands another sheepshead.

Chapman’s crankbait gets hung up.

Chapman works to retrieve his lure.

Once he gets his lure to the boat, you can see that his crankbait was not alone.

Biffle lands a smallie as his Marshal observes.

Local anglers snap photos of the Elites in action.

Brent hooks up.

He swings a keeper over the rail of his Triton.

It’s another Green Bay smallie.

And it definitely put up a fight!

Elite Series anglers weren’t the only ones fishing.

Biffle gets another one on…

… but not for long.

Biffle has a big fish on the end of his line.

But it won’t be going in the livewell; it’s a big Green Bay catfish.

More action in Chapman’s direction.

He pulls in another.

And he’s already working on another.

Biffle has one at the boat.

Clunn marks his spot.

Pete Ponds ventures into the shade.