The sign-up table.  Like I said last week.  It's not just a pot tournament, it's a family picnic.

The baddest buzzbaits you'll ever see.  Courtesy of Bill Dare, the director.  He's showing off his proud creations.  He might sell you one if he's in a good mood.  He'll be in an ugly mood when he loses the $5 side-bet.  So approach him at your own risk.

It's a picnic.  It's an open garage.  It's the dead sea bass fishing!  Tommy (Pow Pow) Sanders is doing his magic.

It's a sight to see when the tournament starts.

It's also a sight to see when grown men line up in the rain (often with thunder and lightening) to weigh in fish and then let them go.

It's a rare and pitiful scene when a director and the lake legend (Danny Thurman, who's holding the umbrella) are trying to do their best to cope with mother nature during the weigh-in point recording under the nasty rain and lightening.

The die-hard ones stay to hear the winners announcement.