![James Niggemeyer starts the morning casting along the edges of reeds on Lake Dardanelle.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9611.jpg)
![Niggemeyer switched between casting and flipping.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9623.jpg)
![And when a small fish bites, it takes a ride through the air.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9639_0.jpg)
![He spent part of his day covered in reeds.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9656_0.jpg)
![At times, they were so thick you couldnât see his boat.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9666.jpg)
![He started the day in the top 10 of the standings.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9692_1.jpg)
![Matt Herren flips laydowns along the Arkansas River.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9699.jpg)
![But doesnât stay long.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9700.jpg)
![Nearby Tommy Biffle moves down a bank, casting his signature Biffle-O,](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9715.jpg)
![While three pelicans swim by.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9727.jpg)
![Biffle struggled early, but was able to get bit by drum.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9752.jpg)
![When he would catch a bass.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9766_0.jpg)
![The fish put up a good fight,](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9773.jpg)
![Making a big splash.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9773a.jpg)
![But not big enough to keep.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9780_0.jpg)
![He got lots of bites.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9801_0.jpg)
![Like this one that started to take him to the side of the boat,](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9806_1.jpg)
![But revealed itself as another drum.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9810.jpg)
![](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9815.jpg)
![Ronnie Moore captures GoPro footage of Biffle.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9829.jpg)
![Nearby Matt Reed follows the same process,](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9853_0.jpg)
![of catching bass that were too short.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9873_0.jpg)
![But he doesnât stay long and soon moves on.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9880_0.jpg)
![J. Todd Tucker casts at the mouth of a creek.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9894.jpg)
![And occasionally uses the back deck for a platform.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9913.jpg)
![Stephen Browning casts along the edge of a lily pad field.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9935.jpg)
![The Arkansas angler struggled, but was determined.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9974_0.jpg)
![He worked a buzzbait for much of the afternoon.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9978.jpg)
![But few bass were willing to hit the bait.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/1IMG_9983.jpg)
![Kevin Short was getting bit.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0021.jpg)
![They just werenât big.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0022.jpg)
![But this one went into the box.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0026.jpg)
![Short fires a crankbait at a sandbar.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0047.jpg)
![Hoping to find bites moving out of the shallows.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0054.jpg)
![Across the river, Randall Tharp boats a keeper.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0069.jpg)
![The fish allowed him to cull.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0076.jpg)
![Dean Rojas works a shallow bank.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0102.jpg)
![But like many of the anglers struggled.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/2IMG_0154.jpg)
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Steve Bowman catches up with the Elite Series pros as they take on Lake Dardanelle on Day 2 of competition.