Day 1 of the Bass Pro Shops Central Open #2 presented by Allstate begins on the Red River.
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Matt Lee idles across one of several large flats scattered along the Red River.
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Duck blinds are always fishing targets on the Red River.
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Carl Jocumsen started his morning fishing in an area crowded with several other competitors.
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Jocumsen made a move and fished near the launch site at Red River South Marina.
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A group of boats follows each other down the shoreline flipping and pitching shallow cover.
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Co-angler Matt Mizhel hangs a fish in the lilypads.
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Mizhel’s pro partner, Debra Hengst, can see the fish pinned on the stem of the pad.
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Hengst fires a cast on Day 1 on the Red River.
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Brian Clark makes a cast to a duck blind.
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After a few casts, Clark makes a move.
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Gary Klein positions his boat deep in an area with heavy cover and makes a cast.
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Klein hooks up with a keeper.
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Klein negotiates this fish through the cover.
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Klein flips the fish into the boat.
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He carries the fish to the livewell.
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Klein gives the camera a better look at his keeper.
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Carl Jocumsen fires a cast.
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Jocumsen pulls the trolling motor to make a move.
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Mike McClelland is one of several Elite Series anglers fishing Central Open #2 on the Red River.
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McClelland hooks up with a fish.
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As McClelland was overheard saying, this fish is the wrong species.
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McClelland swings the drum aboard.
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Time for the release back into the Red River.
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Stephen Browning is the defending Central Open champion on the Red River.
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Browning makes a cast to a tree resting on the bottom.
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Browning works to free his crankbait from the tree after hanging up.
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