Tommy Biffle fishes a river bank on Day One of the Dixie Duel.
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Day One leader Ott DeFoe runs into a creek.
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Kenyon Hill cast at the mouth of a creek.
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Jeff Connella sets the hook on a Wheeler Lake largemouth.
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And swings it into the boat.
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Kenyon Hill runs on further upriver.
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Jared Lintner throws a Carolina rig.
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Aaron Martens reels in a fish and prepares to flip it into his boat.
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Chris Lane leans back into a hookset.
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Greg Hackney catches one back in the shade along the river.
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Hackney is quickly back at pitching his bait under the trees.
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Dave Wolak tries this tree lying in the Decatur Flat.
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Rick Clunn flips a fish into the boat.
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Pete Ponds throws a crankbait on the flat.
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Alton Jones reels one toward the boat.
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There was plenty of action on the Decatur Flat.
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Takahiro Omori gives a thumbs-up.
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KVD hooks into one.
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KVD makes a cast on the main lake channel.
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Boyd Duckett was among the crowd fishing on Decatur Flat.
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Kota Kiriyama throws a jerk bait.
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Casey Ashley runs by on the main lake.
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Keith Combs fishes a ledge on the main lake.
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Paul Elias' fish makes one final attempt to get off.
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Elias had issues boating this fish, which he did 20 seconds later.
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Ledgemaster Peter Thliveros caught 14-9 to stand in 14th after Day One.
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John Crews wields a crankbait out in the main lake.
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Ike was among the flotilla fishing the flats on Day One.
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