On the water: High School Invitational

The B.A.S.S. Nation high school anglers work hard to bring in the big ones on Wheeler Lake during the inaugural B.A.S.S. High School Invitational.

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Several anglers started offshore for the B.A.S.S. High School Invitational on Lake Wheeler. 
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Other team started closer to shore. 
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Several teams found Wheeler to be stingy early. 
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Wheeler offers a variety of shoreline cover. 
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Cranking looked to be a favorite of several anglers. 
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Luke Punkett carries on the cranking theme. 
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Gardendale decided to go with the soft plastics. 
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Muscle Shoals High is ready to make a move. 
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We found a few teams buried in the vegetation. 
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Cody Shultz makes a pitch into the pads. 
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The Mill Creek Hawks work deep in the pads to get a limit. 
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Ryan Shields of Hazel Green High School makes a cast. 
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The early morning sunlight lights up the water from Ryan’s reel.  
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Bradley Britten also of Hazel Green High makes another cast. 
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Rachel of White Plains High is also doing some offshore cranking. 
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A marker buoy has White Plains sitting where they want to be. Now for the big bites. 
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Mitchell Gowen fires his bait out.
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Tucker and Gowen work a deep point upriver. 
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Coach Brown offers a few pointers for Brianna Tucker. 
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On the move. 
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Cullman High works a bridge over in Decatur with a jig. 
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Mason of Cullman fires his jig out. 
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Muscle Shoals anglers work the rocks near launch.