![<p>Timmy Horton started Day One of the West Point Lake Battle close to the launch site, but quickly moved along to another fishing location. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5592.jpg)
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<p>Scott Rook started the morning fishing a long point decorated with tall Georgia pines. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5597.jpg)
Scott Rook started the morning fishing a long point decorated with tall Georgia pines.
![<p>Pete Ponds fishes a rock wall under a railroad bridge crossing West Point Lake. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5626.jpg)
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<p>Pondsâ finesse tactics pays off and he hooks up with a fish. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5632.jpg)
Pondsâ finesse tactics pays off and he hooks up with a fish.
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<p>Ponds swings the fish aboard. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5635.jpg)
Ponds swings the fish aboard.
![<p>The fish met the minimum length requirement and goes in the live well. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5640.jpg)
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<p>Jason Williamson idles through a no wake zone under one of the many bridges on West Point Lake. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5647.jpg)
Jason Williamson idles through a no wake zone under one of the many bridges on West Point Lake.
![<p>A mallard hen coasts to a landing near where Bernie Schultz was fishing. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5657.jpg)
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<p>Schultz was fishing the back of a shallow pocket off the main lake. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5669.jpg)
Schultz was fishing the back of a shallow pocket off the main lake.
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<p>He was changing baits often to figure out the key to the morning bite. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5673.jpg)
He was changing baits often to figure out the key to the morning bite.
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<p>Josh Bertrand speeds to his next fishing location. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5676.jpg)
Josh Bertrand speeds to his next fishing location.
![<p>Gerald Swindle sets his boat down near a no wake buoy. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5698.jpg)
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<p>Swindle takes a look at his electronics as if pondering the next waypoint to hit. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5711.jpg)
Swindle takes a look at his electronics as if pondering the next waypoint to hit.
![<p>Dave Smith left his trolling motor down to make a quick move to another bridge piling. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5719.jpg)
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<p>Matt Greenblatt fished a riprap wall near a highway crossing on West Point Lake. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5721.jpg)
Matt Greenblatt fished a riprap wall near a highway crossing on West Point Lake.
![<p>Bradley Roy pitches a drop bait along the clay banks of West Point Lake. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5729.jpg)
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<p>Roy picked up a spinnerbait as he approached a boat dock. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5735.jpg)
Roy picked up a spinnerbait as he approached a boat dock.
![<p>During practice Roy said he a found a large school of spotted bass, but had yet to relocate them on Day One. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5743.jpg)
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<p>Bridge pilings were a popular place to fish on Day One with many of the anglers in the field, including Todd Faircloth. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5761.jpg)
Bridge pilings were a popular place to fish on Day One with many of the anglers in the field, including Todd Faircloth.
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<p>Matt Herren said he didnât expect to have a spinning rod in his hand, but wanted to catch a small limit before change tactics. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5781.jpg)
Matt Herren said he didnât expect to have a spinning rod in his hand, but wanted to catch a small limit before change tactics.
![<p>Herren had missed fish on back-to-back casts before hooking up. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5787.jpg)
![<p>The fish jumps near the boat. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5789.jpg)
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<p>The fish stayed hooked and Herren swings it aboard. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5797.jpg)
The fish stayed hooked and Herren swings it aboard.
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<p>Herren sizes the fish upâ¦</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5811.jpg)
Herren sizes the fish upâ¦
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<p>â¦and decides he needed to put this one on the measuring board. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5819.jpg)
â¦and decides he needed to put this one on the measuring board.
![<p>The fish was a keeper and goes in Herrenâs live well. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5825.jpg)
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<p>A spectator kept a respectable distance and watched Herren fish with binoculars. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5834.jpg)
A spectator kept a respectable distance and watched Herren fish with binoculars.
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<p>Mike McClelland was fishing a windy bank with a couple different baits. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5856.jpg)
Mike McClelland was fishing a windy bank with a couple different baits.
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<p>Kelly Jaye makes a late morning move. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5864.jpg)
Kelly Jaye makes a late morning move.
![<p>Dave Smith had stuck with fishing bridge pilings and hooks up with a fish. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5876.jpg)
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<p>Smith laughed at the size of the fish, but said he would catch a couple short fish, and then usually get a keeper bite. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5884.jpg)
Smith laughed at the size of the fish, but said he would catch a couple short fish, and then usually get a keeper bite.
![<p>A couple casts later Smith was hooked up again. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5902.jpg)
![<p>Smith fights the fish to the boat. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5908.jpg)
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<p>Smith swings a keeper spotted bass into the boat. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5912.jpg)
Smith swings a keeper spotted bass into the boat.
![<p>Smith said this was his fourth keeper so far on Day One. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5923.jpg)
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<p>Smith deposits the fish into his live well and was working on an early limit. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/4m2z5926.jpg)
Smith deposits the fish into his live well and was working on an early limit.
![Steve Kennedy starts Day One of the West Point Lake Battle in a frenzy.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw1.jpg)
![<p>Kennedy doesn't stay put for long.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw2.jpg)
![On the move again.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw3.jpg)
![<p>Brandon Card works a topwater nearby.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw4.jpg)
![<p>It's not long before Card yanks up the trolling motor and moves on.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw5.jpg)
![<p>Running and gunning was the theme of the morning. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw6.jpg)
![<p>Kennedy doesn't even bother picking up his trolling motor as he moves again.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw7_0.jpg)
![<p>A little competition fishing this tree.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw8.jpg)
![<p>Kennedy is fishing cypress trees along the main river, picking up right where he left off in 2011.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw9.jpg)
![<p>Kennedy loads up. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw10.jpg)
![<p>But itâs not the size heâs looking for. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw11.jpg)
![<p>These little spots are closer to the size of the swimbait Kennedy throws than the size heâs after. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw12.jpg)
![<p>Kennedy sets the hook on another. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw13.jpg)
![<p>Another small one.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw14.jpg)
![J Todd Tucker scoots by.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw15.jpg)
![Dennis Tietje is on the move.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw16.jpg)
![<p>Tietje tries to make good on a lost 4-pounder from earlier in the morning, a costly loss on a tough day. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw17.jpg)
![Three small ones so far.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw18.jpg)
![<p>Fred Roumbanis backs off a bit. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw19.jpg)
![<p>All smiles from Boom Boom, despite a slow morning.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw20.jpg)
![<p>Cliff Prince comes screaming by.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw21.jpg)
![Casey Ashley on the run.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw22.jpg)
![<p>Tucker fishes main lake cypress trees and humps, a popular pattern on Day One.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw23.jpg)
![<p>Terry âBig Showâ Scroggins blows by. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw24.jpg)
![<p>Kelly Jordon on the move. Day One saw more anglers on the big motor than the trolling motor.</p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw25.jpg)
![Keith Combs is on his way to his next stop.](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw26.jpg)
![<p>Cliff Prince fires a shot. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw27.jpg)
![<p>Jason Christie works a shallow point as the rain starts to fall on West Point Lake. </p>](http://www.bassmaster.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/westpointotw28.jpg)