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The pros line up to register for the Southern Challenge on Wheeler Lake.
Photo: Larry Towell
Janet Bell, Director of Angler Relations at BASS, hands out vital information to the pros as they make their way through the registration line.
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Timmy Horton shares a conversation in the atrium of the Holiday Inn prior to the dinner and angler meeting.
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Kevin VanDam talks to media before heading to the ballroom, where dinner was served.
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Timmy Horton and Gerald Swindle talk after registration.
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The anglers' dinner is a time for the pros to relax and talk about practice ... and the one thing they all share a passion for — fishing.
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Bill Lowen and Mark Menendez talk after dinner on the eve of Day One of the Southern Challenge on Wheeler Lake.
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Mark Tucker shares a story with fellow pros as Peter Thliveros looks on.
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Edwin Evers shares a story about his practice this week with fellow pros.
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Don Barone tries on a pair of Costa Del Mar sunglasses, hoping they will help change his mojo.
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Dave Wolak talks with Yamaha's Tournament and Pro Staff Manager, Dave Ittner, at registration; Yamaha is one of Wolak's corporate sponsors.
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Rick Ash holds up a flier announcing a benefit tournament for Ron Phillips — a 12-year-old Pennsylvania boy with a rare form of leukemia. As all the pros passed his table, they signed shirts to help the cause.
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Kenyon Hill (left) Mark Tucker and Peter Thliveros read the announcement bulletin.
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Jeff Kriet signs up for the Southern Challenge. Wheeler Lake, an impoundment of the Tennessee River, can fish as a river or a lake, depending on how much current is generated at the dam.
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The pros advance through the registration process before heading off to the dinner and official angler meeting.
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The pros enjoy the time together eating a meal in the air-conditioned meeting room at the Holiday Inn, overlooking Wheeler Lake, in Decatur, Ala.
Photo: Larry Towell
Timmy Horton talks strategy with the media.
Photo: Larry Towell
