Day One on the Sabine

One of the many fish camps along the Sabine River.  The 2013 Elite Series Sabine River Challenge Presented by STARK Cultural Venues will definitely be a challenge.

Jamie Horton’s Day One Marshal shields his eyes from the sunrise as Day One on the Sabine River gets underway. 

Horton was fishing a variety of baits, but was having a hard time getting bit early in the day. 

Horton uses the butt of his rod to push his boat away from cypress knees. 

Shaw Grigsby had a small area to himself early on Day One. 

Grigsby was catching fish, but they were small. 

Jared Miller said he had three keepers in the boat early in the day. 

Kota Kiriyama flips an isolated group of cypress trees.

Fletcher Shryock flips a bait into a huge stump laying in the edge of the water. 

Shryock hooks up in the stump, but the fish wrapped around several roots before he could it free. 

Shryock re-tied and was quickly back to fishing. 

Scott Ashmore was fishing any cover he could find along the shoreline. 

The masked man pictured is Takahiro Omori. 

Omori said this was his first fish catch of the day, but the fish was short of the 14-inch minimum length requirement and had to be released. 

Omori pulls another fish into the boat on the next cast. 

This fish was short and also had to be released. 

Omori had found a few fish and boats fish number three. 

Though the fish was short, Omori said he was happy to finally get a few bites. 

Bradley Roy speeds to his next fishing spot. 

Charlie Hartley fights a fish to the boat. 

The fish surges to the back of the boat. 

Hartley flips the fish safely into the back of the boat. 

Kenyon Hill said he had caught several fish earlier in the day, but had no keepers in the live well. 

Chris Zaldain was picking apart shallow cover with a drop bait. 

He was also making frequent moves. 

Zaldain hooks up with yet another short fish. 

Zaldain reaches to get a grip on the squirming bass.