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Over an hour before launch boats are already covering the banks on both sides of the launch pad for the second day of the Central Open #1 on Toledo Bend Lake.
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As time for the official launch grows near, boats in the first flight begin to gather around the pier where the inspections will be held.
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Boats launch four at a time and quickly fill the cove at Cypress Bend Park.
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The traditional playing of the National Anthem brings each to his feet to honor the flag.
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The official launch time starts the first flights of boats as BASS officials do saftey checks and live well inspections.
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As the first flight of boats leaves the harbor there are still boats being launched. 201 boats will be launched on Day Two of the first Central Open.
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Boats in the third flight make their way through the inspection line.
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David Hamner and Gerald DeVincinti were happy to see the anglers launch on Day Two after high winds prevented Day One of competition.
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Pro Lucy Mize and co-angler Justin Stokes work a shallow bank back in a creek protected from the wind.
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Melinda Mize and her co-angler Kenneth Harris work a long shallow point just off the main lake.
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Pro Frank Scalish and Leroy Conway make a run back into a creek on his second stop of the day.
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Scalish immediately starts working a shallow point in a bend in the creek before his co-angler Leroy Conway can get set up to fish.
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In the immediate area there are several competitors, including Danny Smith and his Day Two co-angler Anthony Plescia.
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Yukinari Uchiyama hooks into a fish after making only a few casts at this location near the main lake.
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He is able to cull a smaller fish with his catch, gaining momentum at mid-day.
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Jamie Narramore holds up one of two fish caught from a cove he had all to himself.
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Narramore hooks into another fish within just a few casts, while his co-angler Leigh Fuselier looks on.
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Narramore's catch doesn't measure up to the 14 inch length limit on Toledo Bend Lake.
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Co-angler Leigh Fuselier holds up a fish to show Narramore, yet another fish that doesn't quite measure up.
Photo: Larry Towell
