It's Day One of the Cabela's B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship on Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Ala. Boats are lined up and ready to go.
It's Day One of the Cabela's B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship on Wheeler Lake in Decatur, Ala. Boats are lined up and ready to go.
Fed anglers line up to check in with B.A.S.S. officials.
These boats wait their turn to be launched onto Wheeler Lake.
Brent Boyette from North Carolina watches as his boat is backed onto the water.
David Mays from Oregon is ready to go.
Once on the water, boats line the long dock. Fortunately this launch has plenty of room for all 56 of them.
Dawn breaks over Wheeler Lake. It's almost time for launch.
B.A.S.S. officials inspect each boat before it leaves the dock.
Jamie Horton is the first boat away.
Idaho's Josh Polfer passes the dock to begin his day on the water.
Antonio Gomez from New Jersey is smiling this morning as he leaves.
Bruce Leeson from Canada is pumped up!
Tony Choe from Virginia is the last boat away.
Day One of the 2012 Cabela's B.A.S.S. Federation Nation Championship is underway!