Morizo Shimizu hooks one on Day One of the Alabama River Charge.
Shimizu favored fishing around trees.
Shimizu makes a move.
Rick Clunn also fishes around trees.
Clunn makes a pitch.
Soon he too makes a move.
Fred Roumbanis targets the back of a cove.
It’s easy to see from this photo of Roumbanis that the water level is up here.
Roumbanis makes a pitch.
Terry Scroggins hooks one.
This one doesn’t want to give up.
Scroggins slowly works on a bank.
Jeremy Starks works along a point.
Starks makes a cast.
Mike McClelland joins the fray.
McClelland works on the main river.
McClelland decided to move along.
Brandon Palaniuk works on the main river as well.
Palaniuk soon hooks one.
Zell Roland caught a non-keeper.
Roland soon hooks another one.
Kotaro Kiriyama works on a bank.
Kiriyama makes a short move.
Kiriyama kept hard at it.
Yusuke Miyazaki fishes the main river.
He is re-rigging before he makes a move.
Bernie Schultz makes a cast.
Schultz stays on the same spot for a long time.
Casey Ashley catches a keeper.
Ashley gets back to fishing.
Timmy Horton fishes around man-made structure.
Grant Goldbeck fishes on the main river.
He reports he is having a tough time.
Paul Elias weighs his catch.
Elias culls, releasing a solid 2-pounder.
Keith Combs makes a short pitch to vegetation.
Combs slowly works on a bank.