![When we caught up with pre-tournament favorite, Jacob Powroznik, early on Day 1, he was sharing water with several competitors.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5217.jpg)
![He fished side by side with Bernie Schultz in the back of a creek for more than an hour.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5218.jpg)
![There were a few spectators nearbyâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5229.jpg)
![â¦but they didnât stay around long.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5236.jpg)
![We werenât there long before Todd Faircloth was hooked up.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5242.jpg)
![This was a good keeper fish and Faircloth took his timeâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5245.jpg)
![â¦before pulling the fish into his boatâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5251.jpg)
![â¦then quickly placing it in the livewell.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5263.jpg)
![It wasnât long before David Walker joined the group.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5267.jpg)
![Farther in the back of the creek was Boyd Duckett.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5275.jpg)
![Powroznik had already caught two fish before our photographer arrivedâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5278.jpg)
![â¦but he estimated they weighed 7 pounds.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5291.jpg)
![Bernie Schultz was the next to hook upâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5294.jpg)
![â¦and it was a solid keeper.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5299.jpg)
![Powroznik decides to work his way from the back of the creekâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5334.jpg)
![â¦stopping to flip some isolated cover.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5340.jpg)
![He stops to fish near one of the beautiful homes on Chesapeake Bay.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5348.jpg)
![He stops to put a fresh skirt on his baitâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5353.jpg)
![â¦then gets back to work.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5365.jpg)
![He visited with Randall Tharp along the way.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5367.jpg)
![He hooks upâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5379.jpg)
![â¦with another keeperâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5380.jpg)
![â¦and quickly puts it in the boat.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5388.jpg)
![Powroznik was working on an early limitâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5394.jpg)
![â¦and that put a smile on his face.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5395.jpg)
![Another keeper in the box.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5398.jpg)
![He fished past Derek Remitzâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5405.jpg)
![â¦who was kind enough to help him out with another bait.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5406.jpg)
![Powroznik grabs a drink before making a moveâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5416.jpg)
![â¦then began hitting boat dockâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5418.jpg)
![â¦after boat dock.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5420.jpg)
![He sat on this spot for several minutesâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5423.jpg)
![â¦before his patience paid offâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5427.jpg)
![â¦and he dropped another keeper into the bottom of the boat.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5428.jpg)
![He removed the hookâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5436.jpg)
![â¦gave his Marshal time to take a quick photoâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5440.jpg)
![â¦then place fish number five in the live well.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5441.jpg)
![It wasnât long before he was battling another fishâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5451.jpg)
![â¦and flipping itâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5454.jpg)
![â¦into the boat..](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5460.jpg)
![Jacob Powroznik](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5464.jpg)
![Take a picture of this one Mr. Marshal.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5473.jpg)
![Time to make another moveâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5476.jpg)
![â¦and do some cranking.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5477.jpg)
![That didnât work out, so it was back to the drop shot.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5480.jpg)
![The bait change pays offâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5487.jpg)
![â¦and Powroznik was pulling another keeperâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5494.jpg)
![â¦around the bow of his boat.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5498.jpg)
![He begins to move to the back of the boatâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5501.jpg)
![â¦to finish the fight.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5505.jpg)
![He reaches to lip the tiring fishâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5507.jpg)
![â¦and gets a good gripâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5509.jpg)
![â¦on the kind you need on Chesapeake Bay.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5512.jpg)
![That one put another smile on his faceâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5513.jpg)
![â¦and prompted another photo op for his Day One Marshal.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5519.jpg)
![Time to do some culling.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5527.jpg)
![Powroznik pulls his smallest fish from the live wellâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5536.jpg)
![â¦and makes a good cull.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5540.jpg)
![It was a nice day to be out on the water and watch the Elite Series pros do fish.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5546.jpg)
![Powroznik moved back to where he started from early in the day.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5549.jpg)
![The move paid off with another keeper fishâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5550.jpg)
![â¦that would go into the livewell.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5560.jpg)
![He eyeballed his two smallest fish in the livewellâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5571.jpg)
![â¦decided which one needed to go back into the waterâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5576.jpg)
![â¦and finished culling.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5581.jpg)
![As his check-in time neared at the end of the day, he fished an area around a small islandâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5593.jpg)
![â¦stopped to fish one last dockâ¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5602.jpg)
![â¦and called it a day.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_5608.jpg)
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We caught up with pre-tournament favorite Jacob Powroznik on the first day of the Huk Performance Fishing Bassmaster Elite at Chesapeake Bay.