Day Two on the water III

See more shots from Day Two of the Bassmaster Classic.

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Mark Davis, the 1995 Classic champion who entered Day Two in 15th place, works a bait around a boat dock near the mouth of Horse Creek.
<p>Jason Christie is the home state pick on Grand Lake.</p>
Jason Christie is the home state pick on Grand Lake.
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Shaw Grigsby started Saturday in the same spot where he fished Friday, but there was much less wind blowing on his favorite main lake point.
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Shaw Grigsby, who willingly explained his pattern to nearby spectators Saturday,fires a cast down a line of docks.
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It wasn’t like catching fish in a barrel for Kevin VanDam on Saturday.
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Kevin VanDam’s milk run included several areas with boat docks.
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KVD had to weave through dozens of spectators to move to a new spot.
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And they’re off — hot on VanDam’s heels.
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At midday, VanDam was still looking for a limit.
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Brandon Palaniuk found success in an area with a gently sloping bank, a much different type of bank compared to most of the field.
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Brandon Palaniuk was on the move, looking to trade up later in the day.
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Brandon Palaniuk spent a long time working over a gravel bank of a peninsula jutting into Horse Creek.
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Palaniuk was telling the spectators that this one was a good fish long before he saw it.
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Palaniuk gets low to reach for the fish.
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Palaniuk was right; it was a good one.
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When you’re culling fish like this, it’s probably a good day.
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Palaniuk strikes again.
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it looks like Palaniuk has hooked into another good fish.
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Palaniuk soon realized that this big one wasn’t the right species.
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Unfortunately for Palaniuk, drum don’t count in the Bassmaster Classic.
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Brandon Palaniuk shares a laugh with a pair of landlocked spectators.
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Mike Iaconelli (far left) had quite an armada of spectators. At one point Saurday, there were more than 70 followers.
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Kevin VanDam had his own sizable flotilla.
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When its as cold as it has been on Grand Lake, ice forms on your line guides. Shaw Grigsby fixed the problem by giving the rod a quick dip.
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Shaw Grigsby apparently doesn’t believe that bananas on a boat are bad luck.
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For the second consecutive day, Shaw Grigsby’s entourage included “Camp Chair Man.”
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If you want to be like Ike, you can’t be bothered by the crowds.