John Crews fished around a power line footing along the Alabama River. The wood above him shows how high the water can get.
Photo: James Overstreet
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Crews pitches to some shallow cover, waiting for the current to make fish active.
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Kevin VanDam works the river's edge.
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Derek Remitz casts to shallow cover.
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Skeet Reese boats one of the many small bass he caught Friday.
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Reese kept on the move, trying to find productive areas.
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Reese looks back as he idles out of a backwater area.
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Reese flips another small fish into the boat.
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Reese catches yet another small fish, but this one he kept.
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Reese culls after catching a slightly larger fish that bumped him up by ounces.
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Reese sets the hook on a keeper from the Alabama River Friday.
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Aaron Martens cranks the river channel on Day One.
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Seigo Siato shoots the action from under an umbrella on Day One.
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Spectators file in behind Skeet Reese as he fishes a point near Cooter's Pond.
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A spectator is beached on the bank after the water level dropped during Day One.
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Cliff Pace throws a Carolina rig, trying to make up ground he lost last week.
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John Crews cast in the middle of a spectator boats trying to catch a limit on Day One.
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KVD fished timber piles downriver Friday.
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Derek Remitz fishes a slough 20 miles downriver.
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Remitz fishes the rocks by a newly constructed home on the Alabama River.
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Aaron Martens measured this fish twice before placing it in his livewell. The length minimum is 12 inches.
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Martens fishes near a cut where he finds a stronger current.
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John Crews retrieves a crankbait.
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Crews throws a large crankbait back upcurrent.
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Gary Klein reports he has boated one small fish.
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