Greg Vinson idles past a barge tied up on the main river channel.
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Kevin VanDam drew a crowd of spectator boats on Day One of the Dixie Duel.
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Lack of current was evident as you boated past channel buoys.
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Mike Iaconelli was fishing a channel ledge along the main river channel early in the day.
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Popular channel drops quickly became crowded places to fish.
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Dean Rojas was away from the crowds casting his signature series Spro frog.
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Chris Lane dropped to 13th place in the Toyota Tundra Angler of the Year points race after a 67th place finish last week on the Arkansas River.
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Todd Faircloth was fishing a location where he caught several of his fish during the last Elite Series event on Lake Wheeler.
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Greg Vinson fishes a ledge next to a barge.
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Todd Faircloth speeds past a barge while making a move downriver.
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James Niggemeyer fishes near several barges tied off within sight of downtown Decatur.
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Reports that the grass is no longer there, didn’t keep anglers from fishing a popular area known as the Decatur Flats.
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Dave Wolak makes a cast as his Day One Marshal takes in the day of fishing.
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Wolak takes a quick drink as he makes a move.
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Kevin VanDam was culling fish early in the day.
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VanDam fished near a discharge from a nearby plant.
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VanDam clips a culling bulb on a fish, while Wes Miller captures the action on a pole-mounted camera.
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VanDam gets back to work.
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VanDam kneels to ease a fish to the boat that is barely hooked.
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VanDam pulls the fish slowly in by hand.
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The tactic worked and VanDam boats another keeper.
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Time for KVD to make some culling decisions.
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VanDam makes his choice and releases his smallest bass.
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VanDam had culled through 14 bass in only 45 minutes on the water.
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VanDam moved to a ledge occupied by Jason Williamson and Marty Robinson.
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Dennis Tietje fires a cast with a crankbait.
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Tietje was rewarded with a small keeper that came off a main river ledge.
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Keith Combs is trying to run down Ott Defoe for Rookie of the Year honors.
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J. Todd Tucker speeds around a large recreational boat on his way to another waypoint.
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Scott Rook pulls up to a ledge just occupied by Greg Vinson.
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Mike Iaconelli eases a fish over the side of the boat.
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Iaconelli was culling early.
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Iaconelli quickly hung another short fish.
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Bobby Lane was running short of the soft plastics he was fishing, but Matt Greenblatt agreed to help with the re-supply.
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Matt Greenblatt, Bobby Lane, Mike Iaconelli and Matt Herren were fishing just yards apart.
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Iaconelli and Lane were visiting and had no issues while sharing the same water.
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Bobby Lane fires a long cast with a drop bait
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B.A.S.S. emcee Dave Mercer did a BASSCam video with Bobby Lane that can be viewed on Bassmaster.com.
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