Day 1 with Wheeler, Wiggins, Faircloth and others

Everything is very green at Ross Barnett as spring in the deep south has fully set in. Beautiful!

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Ross Barnett is home to thousands of gators, which were stocked here some years ago. They are thriving in this Mississippi Reservoir.

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Jacob Wheeler found some solitude to work some mats.

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He worked some fishy looking areas with no results.

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Time for a quick adjustment.

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And location change, but he isn't going far with his trolling motor down.

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As he was checking on his fish, he held up one of his keepers for us.

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Back to work.

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Moving on, we found legendary angler David Fritts working a point.

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Dean Rojas zooms behind Fritts looking for the next big bite.

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Fritts sets the hook ...

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... But, the hooks didn't find their target.

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He continues to work his spot as more boats fly by. In the background, Drew Benton runs past.

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Greg Vinson is also on the hunt.

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So was Dustin Connell, who had a great first day at Ross Barnett.

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With Jesse Wiggins looking on, Chad Morgenthaler fights a bass back to the boat.

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The fish resists with Wiggins in sight.

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Morgenthaler swings the fish inside his rig.

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And it's a keeper.

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He quickly puts it into the livewell, and goes back to work.

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Wiggins is still working on upgrading, and he takes a moment to stretch as he moves on.

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Meanwhile, Morgenthaler catches another fish ...

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... but it wasn't a keeper ...

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... and he immediately releases it.

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Back in this bay, you can see lots of bait breaking on the surface.

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Wiggins continues to work the vegetation.

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Meanwhile, another gator ...

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Todd Faircloth is in his element working the shallow grass.

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He sets the hook but misses. You can see his reaction clearly written on his face.

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David Mullins is nearby working on his limit.

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He briefly gets hung up, but pulls the Minn Kota and gets moving.

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Day 1 with Wheeler, Wiggins, Faircloth and others

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