2011 Bassmaster Classic – Day One – OTW

This album features images out on the water with the B.A.S.S. pros during the 2011 Bassmaster Classic.

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Randall Tharp was the only angler that made the long run to Bayou Black Friday for Day One of the Classic.
Randall Tharp was the only angler that made the long run to Bayou Black Friday for Day One of the Classic.
Tharp idles back into a canal that he spent his whole day fishing.
Tharp idles back into a canal that he spent his whole day fishing.
Randall Tharp hooks up with a small fish on Day One in Bayou Black.
Randall Tharp hooks up with a small fish on Day One in Bayou Black.
The canal Tharp was fishing was covered in spectator boats and recreational anglers.
The canal Tharp was fishing was covered in spectator boats and recreational anglers.
A gator suns itself on the banks of a canal in Bayou Black.
A gator suns itself on the banks of a canal in Bayou Black.
Tharp fishes out in the middle of the canal Friday trying to relocate the fish he found in practice.
Tharp fishes out in the middle of the canal Friday trying to relocate the fish he found in practice.
The warm weather had birds and other wildlife out in swarms on the Delta canals.
The warm weather had birds and other wildlife out in swarms on the Delta canals.
Tharp chats with a spectator boat as he idles back up the canal before resuming his fishing.
Tharp chats with a spectator boat as he idles back up the canal before resuming his fishing.
Tharp covers water down the middle of the canal as he looks for his limit fish Friday.
Tharp covers water down the middle of the canal as he looks for his limit fish Friday.
A small fish gets swung into the boat as Randall Tharp looks to fill out his five-fish limit.
A small fish gets swung into the boat as Randall Tharp looks to fill out his five-fish limit.
A better bass makes a surge close to the boat in Bayou Black on Friday.
A better bass makes a surge close to the boat in Bayou Black on Friday.
A variety of shoreline cover dots the canal Randall Tharp fishes in Bayou Black.
A variety of shoreline cover dots the canal Randall Tharp fishes in Bayou Black.
Tharp puts a cull-tab on his biggest keeper on Day One of the Bassmaster Classic.
Tharp puts a cull-tab on his biggest keeper on Day One of the Bassmaster Classic.
This smaller bass would go in the well until Tharp could cull him from his bag.
This smaller bass would go in the well until Tharp could cull him from his bag.
Randall Tharp pulls a few bass out of the livewell as he prepares to cull up to his heaviest limit.
Randall Tharp pulls a few bass out of the livewell as he prepares to cull up to his heaviest limit.
Carefully playing a bass to the boat, Tharp leans over to make sure the fish stays hooked up.
Carefully playing a bass to the boat, Tharp leans over to make sure the fish stays hooked up.
The fish makes a leap next to the boat to try to throw the hook.
The fish makes a leap next to the boat to try to throw the hook.
Randall Tharp was the only angler to make the 90-minute run to Bayou Black Friday.
Randall Tharp was the only angler to make the 90-minute run to Bayou Black Friday.
Tharp swings a small fish into the boat Friday.
Tharp swings a small fish into the boat Friday.
With the warming weather, Randall Tharp had a hard time adjusting to the fish movement.
With the warming weather, Randall Tharp had a hard time adjusting to the fish movement.
Tharp battles another bass toward the boat.
Tharp battles another bass toward the boat.
Tharp flings another keeper-sized Delta largemouth into his boat on Day One.
Tharp flings another keeper-sized Delta largemouth into his boat on Day One.
This canal is one of the few that had wood cover lining the shoreline.
This canal is one of the few that had wood cover lining the shoreline.