![Day 1 launch gets underway for the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite at Cayuga Lake.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0110_1-scaled.jpg)
![Not a hint of wind here on Day 1, for now.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0120_0-scaled.jpg)
![The boats pile up as they prepare for takeoff.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0121_0-scaled.jpg)
![The Crews clan watches as the morning festivities get under way.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0125_0-scaled.jpg)
![Edwin Evers loads the deck.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0128_0-scaled.jpg)
![Someone's got the poles down.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0130_0-scaled.jpg)
![Classic champ Randy Howell gets a tech check on his Lowrance before he heads out onto Cayuga.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0135_0-scaled.jpg)
![Time to get this party started.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0139_0-scaled.jpg)
![B.A.S.S. Tournament Manager Chuck Harbin lines them up.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0157_0-scaled.jpg)
![Steve Kennedy heads out.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0159_2-scaled.jpg)
![Kevin Short falls in line.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0160_1-scaled.jpg)
![Kevin VanDam has his work cut out for him this week with Classic qualification a little precarious at this point.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0161_0-scaled.jpg)
![AOY frontrunner Greg Hackney heads out onto Cayuga hoping to retain or widen his one-point lead on Aaron Martens.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0162_3-scaled.jpg)
![Brandon Lester makes his way through takeoff.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0163_0-scaled.jpg)
![Pete Ponds idles out.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/GOPR0164_0-scaled.jpg)
![Casey Scanlon makes his way through.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0010181-scaled.jpg)
![Brandon Palaniuk is ready to get after it on Day 1.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0010202-scaled.jpg)
![Yusuke Miyazaki heads out.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0010225-scaled.jpg)
![Michael Simonton idles out.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0010245-scaled.jpg)
![Tracy Adams makes his way through.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0010270-scaled.jpg)
![Nothing like the smell of outboard exhaust in the morning.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0010280-scaled.jpg)
![Jason Christie heads out.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0010286-scaled.jpg)
![The wives club hangs around to see its anglers off.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0020334-scaled.jpg)
![B.A.S.S. emcee Dave Mercer in the zone.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0030354-scaled.jpg)
![Time for your closeup.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0030357-scaled.jpg)
![Always up for a good time.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0030363-scaled.jpg)
![Away they go.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0040379-scaled.jpg)
![Takeoff proceeds.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0050429-scaled.jpg)
![Is that a bird in the sky?](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0050521-scaled.jpg)
![Nope, just a birds-eye view of takeoff.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/G0050548-scaled.jpg)
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Day 1 takeoff gets underway for the A.R.E. Truck Caps Bassmaster Elite at Cayuga Lake.