Day Two on Shelbyville III

Skeet Reese shoots a spray of water into the air with his prop, after passing the camera boat. No cameramen or equipment were drenched in the making of this picture.

Terry Scroggins sets the hook on a fish in the early minutes of Day Two.

The fish rolled and boiled for a second or two.

But, this turned out to be more boil and splash than meat.

Scroggins quickly boated the fish.

And he resumed fishing; small fish were a constant fixture for many of these anglers.

Spectators gather around Skeet Reese as he fishes his way into the back of a pocket.

Reese spent his first hour hitting small pockets, hoping to catch a keeper.

Most of the pockets were extremely shallow.

In the first hour, Reese had to don his rain jacket because of a steady drizzle.

Without many bites, he quickly left the main lake and headed up the river.

Michael Iaconelli sets the hook on a bite Friday morning. But he missed.

Iaconelli stayed on the move, hitting high points, like the rocky point, then moving on.

Aaron Martens concentrated on the main lake, hitting points and pockets, and wishing the water was 5-feet higher.

Martens looks at his electronics while fishing the bank, hoping to run across a deeper fish or brush pile.

Brent Chapman spent his day near the dam on the lower end of the lake, alternating between a  deep water and shallow

Chapman reacts to losing a fish in shallow water. 

Chapman said the fish was the in the 4-pound range.

In a rare show of emotion, Chapman slaps the water with the crankbait he lost the fish on.

Chapman turns his back to the camera.

Chapman slaps the water and pulls his bait across the surface.

Then, he switches sides. 

After a quick scratch of his head...

... he switches to a swimbait ...

... and continues fishing. 

He stuck close to his area, never pulling his trolling motor when he moved.

Occasionally, he set out a marker buoy on key areas.