Several anglers started offshore for the B.A.S.S. High School Invitational on Lake Wheeler. Photo: Shaye Baker 1 / 24 Other team started closer to shore. Photo: Shaye Baker 2 / 24 Several teams found Wheeler to be stingy early. Photo: Shaye Baker 3 / 24 Wheeler offers a variety of shoreline cover. Photo: Shaye Baker 4 / 24 Cranking looked to be a favorite of several anglers. Photo: Shaye Baker 5 / 24 Luke Punkett carries on the cranking theme. Photo: Shaye Baker 6 / 24 Gardendale decided to go with the soft plastics. Photo: Shaye Baker 7 / 24 Muscle Shoals High is ready to make a move. Photo: Shaye Baker 8 / 24 We found a few teams buried in the vegetation. Photo: Shaye Baker 9 / 24 Cody Shultz makes a pitch into the pads. Photo: Shaye Baker 10 / 24 The Mill Creek Hawks work deep in the pads to get a limit. Photo: Shaye Baker 11 / 24 Ryan Shields of Hazel Green High School makes a cast. Photo: Shaye Baker 12 / 24 The early morning sunlight lights up the water from Ryan’s reel. Photo: Shaye Baker 13 / 24 Photo: Shaye Baker 14 / 24 Bradley Britten also of Hazel Green High makes another cast. Photo: Shaye Baker 15 / 24 Rachel of White Plains High is also doing some offshore cranking. Photo: Shaye Baker 16 / 24 A marker buoy has White Plains sitting where they want to be. Now for the big bites. Photo: Shaye Baker 17 / 24 Mitchell Gowen fires his bait out. Photo: Shaye Baker 18 / 24 Tucker and Gowen work a deep point upriver. Photo: Shaye Baker 19 / 24 Coach Brown offers a few pointers for Brianna Tucker. Photo: Shaye Baker 20 / 24 On the move. Photo: Shaye Baker 21 / 24 Cullman High works a bridge over in Decatur with a jig. Photo: Shaye Baker 22 / 24 Mason of Cullman fires his jig out. Photo: Shaye Baker 23 / 24 Muscle Shoals anglers work the rocks near launch. Photo: Shaye Baker 24 / 24 Page views2