![Charlie Hartley drags a Carolina rig early on Day 1.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7560_0.jpg)
![Some of the more popular ledges on Chickamauga Lake become crowded with anglers.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7562.jpg)
![Brian Clark fires a cast.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7563.jpg)
![Kevin Hawk hooks up with a keeper.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7578_0.jpg)
![Hawk moves to the back of the boat to land the fish.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7588.jpg)
![Kevin Hawk](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7591.jpg)
![Kevin Hawk](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7597.jpg)
![Hawk marks the spot he caught the fish on his GPS.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7604.jpg)
![Nearby, a small crowd of anglersâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7612.jpg)
![â¦watch Hawk put the keeper in the livewell.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7614.jpg)
![Matt Lee rigs a drop shot.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7619_0.jpg)
![Even though he was fishing in a crowd, Grant Goldbeck was having a good time visiting with his fellow competitors.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7626.jpg)
![Boyd Duckett makes a move south on Chickamauga.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7632.jpg)
![Up the lake, even more anglers crowded onto this ledge.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7638.jpg)
![Brandon Card, J.T. Kenney and Jacob Powroznik fish next to one another.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7649.jpg)
![J.T. Kenney hooks up with a keeper fish.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7654.jpg)
![He reaches to gain control of the fishâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7660.jpg)
![â¦and pulls it safely into the boat.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7664.jpg)
![Byron Velvick was one of a few anglers that decided to fish the shoreline of Chickamauga.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7671.jpg)
![Velvick catches a short fish.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7683.jpg)
![Then he catches an even shorter fish.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7701.jpg)
![Small fish need their picture taken, too.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7711.jpg)
![Luke Clausen fishes a bridge that crosses Chickamauga Lake.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7723.jpg)
![Hank Cherry makes a move south.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7725.jpg)
![Team Yamaha shows its support for their anglers with a banner hanging from a bridge.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7731.jpg)
![Kevin Short marks fish on his electronics.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7745.jpg)
![Dave Smith hooks up with a solid keeper.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7749.jpg)
![Big Dave said he thought he already had 20 pounds in the livewell early on Day 1.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7752.jpg)
![He smiles after boating another good bass.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7760_0.jpg)
![He prepares to put this fish in the livewellâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7763.jpg)
![â¦but first takes a moment to celebrate his good fortune.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7772.jpg)
![Kevin Short makes a long cast into a crosswind.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7795_0.jpg)
![Randy Howell works through some heavy shoreline cover.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7808.jpg)
![The following sequence of photos shows Kevin VanDam catching two of his best fish of the dayâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7832.jpg)
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![Time to do some culling.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7920.jpg)
![VanDam gets back to work.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/4M2Z7924.jpg)
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Check out the action on the water during Day 1 of BASSfest on Tennessee's Chickamauga Lake.