The Fishers of Men Maryland Division held tournament number 3 out of Elk Neck State Park, in Northeast MD, on the Upper Chesapeake Bay. First place was taken by Evan Roache and Shawn Ramey with 19.79 lbs. Long time FOM team Bob Wolf and John Dell had 16.85 lbs for 2nd place. Tom and Jimmy had 14.64 for 3rd place. One short of a limit, Rob Hagar and son Mason had a solid 4 for 14.32. 5th place was Paul and Jon with 4 for 11.68 lbs. Jacob and Dylan had 52 for 7.46 lbs. for 6th place and had Big Fish with a 5.04 largemouth. Jeff Pelkey and Ian Godwin had 7th with 7.33 lbs. Sean Peddicord and son Rory weighed 2 for 5.27 lbs. Jim Everhart and son Corey had 1 fish for 2.53 lbs. We missed Jeff and Alicia due to trailer issues. We had two teams with boat issues during the day including Mike and Ray Saganich with electrical problems and Joey Johnson and Brady Hobbs with fuel line issues. It has been a year of struggles with many teams having health or mechanical issues.
Evan and Shawn who placed 8th in our first tournament and Sean and Rorey who placed 8th in this tournament are both in line to win a beautiful $300.00 Lews rod and reel combo if they fish the remaining 2 tournaments this year provided by our long time partner Fishermens-Heaven.store.
The First Baptist Church of Havre de Grace was a wonderful host for BigTime Baits night providing us with a chili dinner and a perfect meeting location. There were 30 in attendance at the meeting. Paul Wiley our division chaplain provided the message speaking from the “Mind of Christ” passage Philippians 2:5-9. His message was on 3 examples of humility and related several experiences from past National Championships that he and Jon had attended. I would like to thank each one who helped with the tournament operation. From tournament weigh in set up (Ted Quatman), to publicity (Jon Crans), to our Chaplain (Paul Wiley), to family and fellow anglers who pitched in to help, we thank you for your service.
The Maryland Division would like to thank Fishermens-Heaven.store, Stanford Baits and Bigtime baits for their support for our division. Nathan Hess has designed and built our plaques for the winning teams and a big fish plaque for each tournament this year. Fish 4:19 eyewear has an interesting promotion for Fishers of Men this year. Missile baits has also provided a 30% off code for FOM-MD members.
Fishers of Men would like to thank all our National Sponsors Berkley , BassCat Boats, Abu Garcia, Mercury, Fenwick, Realtree Fishing, FireFly Outdoor & Marine, Power-Pole, T&H Marine, Frogg Toggs, X2 Power and Jacobs Glass.
Upper Bay - 05/11/24
DIVISION YEAR TO DATE STANDINGS: | 2024 | 2023 |
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 32128 |
Shawn Ramey James Roache | 5 | 4.4 | 19.79 | 0 | 19.79 | 200 | |
| 2 | 30390 |
Robert Wolf John Dell | 5 | 4.09 | 16.85 | 0 | 16.85 | 199 | |
| 3 | 30388 |
Tom Rufenacht James Rufenacht | 5 | 3.65 | 14.64 | 0 | 14.64 | 198 | |
| 4 | 32280 |
Rob Hager Mason Hager | 4 | 4.24 | 14.32 | 0 | 14.32 | 197 | |
| 5 | 30396 |
Paul Wiley Jon Crans | 4 | 0 | 11.68 | 0 | 11.68 | 196 | |
| 6 | 30392 |
Jacob VanDeVander Dylan Otte | 2 | 5.04 | 7.46 | 0 | 7.46 | 145 | |
| 7 | 32091 |
Jeffrey Pelkey Ian Godwin | 3 | 0 | 7.33 | 0 | 7.33 | 194 | |
| 8 | 32066 |
Sean Peddicord Rory Peddicord | 2 | 0 | 5.27 | 0 | 5.27 | 193 | |
| 9 | 32068 |
Jim Everhart Sr. Corey Everhart | 1 | 2.53 | 2.53 | 0 | 2.53 | 192 | |
| 10 | 30405 |
Jonathan Werner Jody Werner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141 | |
| 11 | 31006 |
Michael Saganich Raymond Saganich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | |
| 12 | 32065 |
Mickey McCleary Roland Bosley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | |
| 13 | 32093 |
William Johnson III Brady Hobbs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 191 | |
 Evan and Shawn steal the show with 19.79 lbs.  Bob Wolf and John Dell's 2nd Place bag 16.85 lbs!  Tom and Jimmy 3rd Place with 14.64 lbs.  Rob and Mason with 4 nice ones for 14.32 lbs. and 4th place.  Jon Crans holding up 4 for 11.68 lbs. and 5th place.  Jacob and Dylan with 2 for 6th place including the 5.04 lb lunker.  Jeff and Ian with 3 for 7.33 lbs. and 7th  Rory Peddicord with their 2 for 8th place with 5.27 lbs.  Corey Everhart was 9th with one for 2.53 lbs.  Winners Evan and Shawn with their first place plaques.  Jacob and Dylan with their plaque for Big Fish of 5.04 lbs. .jpg) The 8th place finishers for 4/27 and 5/11 are in line to each win a Lew's combo provided they fish the next 2 events. This is provided by Fishermens-Heaven.store!  Ian Godwin of Fishermens-Heaven.store with a nice green one and a nice brown one! |
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