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.
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