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Mike Iaconelli sets the hook on a bass on Day One of the Pride of Georgia.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW1.jpg)
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Ike swings the small bass into the boat on West Point Lake.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW2.jpg)
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A chilly morning saw Ike and his Marshal both covered up with warm clothing.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW3.jpg)
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Brandon Palaniuk idles under a bridge to the north end of West Point Lake Thursday.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW4.jpg)
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Pete Ponds makes a run out from a pocket near the take-off during the Pride of Georgia.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW5.jpg)
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Chris Lane works back in a pocket on Day One of the Pride of Georgia.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW6.jpg)
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Lane sets the hooks and slowly works a fish to his boat.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW7.jpg)
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This size fish isnât a keeper on West Point Lake.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW8.jpg)
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Lane stands on the edge of his boat as he looks at a good fish on a bed.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW9.jpg)
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An osprey sits in a nest in a cypress tree on the shores of West Point Lake.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW10.jpg)
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Kevin Short sets the hook hard on a fish on Day One of the Pride of Georgia.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW11.jpg)
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A solid keeper makes a jump near the boat as Short plays it carefully in.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW12.jpg)
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Short swings the 2-pound largemouth into the boat on Day One of the Pride of Georgia.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/POGD1OTW13.jpg)
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2011 Elite Series Pride of Georgia Day One on the water photo gallery.