![<p>Skip Walden has served as a Bassmaster Marshal several times. What follows are photos from his trips out with the best bass pros in the business. Read Waldenâs story <a href=](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/1_154.jpg)
![Walden has watched fish catches up close and in person by multiple pros, including Elite Series veteran Stephen Browning.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/2_138.jpg)
![Former Bassmaster Classic champion Boyd Duckett caught this chunk right in front of Walden.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Ducket2.jpg)
![Walden had a front-row seat with Charlie Hartley.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Hartley2.jpg)
![Even though Walden said he would not get starstruck, he said he did get a bit giddy when he found out he would be out with Kevin VanDam in 2013 at the Alabama River.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/KVD1_0.jpg)
![VanDam had a rough day on the river, breaking a rod and bruising a rib. And yet he caught so many fish that Walden could barely keep up with entering the BASSTrakk info.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/KVD4.jpg)
![Walden caught it on camera when Chad Morgenthaler ripped this bass out of the water, a view you canât get anywhere except the back of the boat â¦](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Morganthaler1.jpg)
![⦠and the same goes for this photo.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Morganthaler7.jpg)
![Brandon Palaniuk taught Walden a whole new approach to fishing. âHe doesnât pull into a place to fish,â said Walden. âHe pulls in to catch a fish that he knows is there.â](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Palaniuk1.jpg)
![If Palaniuk pulls into an area where heâs got his eye on a 6-pounder and only catches a couple of 2-pounders, heâs off to another spot.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Palaniuk4.jpg)
![Walden wouldnât use the word âpatientâ to describe Palaniuk, but he does say the Palaniuk is willing to wait for the good ones rather than take a few average ones.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Palaniuk6.jpg)
![Bassmaster photographer Seigo Saito watched nearby to take photos of Palaniuk whenever he got onto something good.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Palaniuk3.jpg)
![Walden learned a trick from Russ Lane that he used in his next local tournament, and he earned $300 with it.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Russ20Lane2.jpg)
![Walden had reservations about going out on the boat with Morizo Shimizu because of the language barrier, but he ended up having a lot of fun with him.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Shimizu1.jpg)
![Shimizu taught him about Japanese baits that are not available to stateside anglers like Walden.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Shimizu2.jpg)
![<p>Randall Tharp hit such a frenzy of fish at BASSfest on Chickamauga that Walden had plenty of BASSTrakk and blog work to do.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/img_1493.jpg)
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Skip Walden has served as a Bassmaster Marshal several times. What follows are photos from his trips out with the best bass pros in the business.