Michael Iaconelli pushes his way across a grassbed in Lake George.
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Jason Quinn runs by the outside edge of the grassbed where several of the anglers are fishing.
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Elite anglers are lined up across a big grassbed.
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Alton Jones hooks up with a 3-pound fish early Friday.
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Dean Rojas looks in the holes of grass searching for spawning beds.
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The grassbed is large but anglers are constantly jockeying around.
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Dean Rojas hooks up with a keeper...
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Rojas skips the fish across the water...
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And fights it closer to the boat...
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Before it comes unhooked.
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Davy Hite searches for beds Friday.
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At times, the boats looked clustered in certain key areas.
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Three coots have a front row seat to the action.
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J. Todd Tucker moves around with a push pole while looking for bedding fish.
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Dean Rojas makes up for his lost fish by hooking up with another.
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This time he gets it in the boat.
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Scott Rook poles around the grassbed.
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After finding a bed, Matt Herren sets up and waits for a bite.
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An osprey carries a stick overhead to build its nest.
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Todd Faircloth hooks up with a keeper...
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And brings it into the boat.
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Takahiro Omori's Yamaha outboard was dragging along a pile of grass as he made his way across the spawning flats.
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Omori jerks a small keeper into the boat.
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Alton Jones strains to push his boat, while constantly looking for bedding fish.
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J. Todd Tucker shades his eyes from the sun while looking for fish.
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Matt Herren swings a small fish into the boat.
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Scott Rook takes a perch on his trolling motor bracket.
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J. Todd Tucker raises his trolling motor to free it from the thick grass.
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Matt Herren hooks up with his best fish of the morning.
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Herren swings the hefty bass into the boat.
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