SC Upstate CLASSIC Series had 50 boats that competed on lake RUSSELL, 4/23/2022.
Tx SPONSOR- Highway 72 Marine
We had a Great meeting on Friday night with a NEW Host: NORTHSIDE BAPTIST church. A special thanks to Walter Buff for helping to organize the Food and connecting SC Upstate with Northside. It was so nice to meet Pastor Brian and all the true servants that were there on Friday night.
One of our own anglers, Cory McGaha shared his heart with us. To paraphrase, he encouraged the Christians (Believers) at the meeting to be strong in their walk. Its all about taking that NEXT step. For some it may be to begin reading the word more, for others it may be to answer God's holy nudge to serve Him in a different way, and for others it could be to be intentional about Fishing fo MEN in different areas of your life. Cory stated that ALL Christians are called to share our FAITH with those that God has placed in our lives. Have you told YOUR story to someone lately? Would you consider doing it? I pray that God will use you to be a vessel that he can use to Share his Love and Mercy with others.
Saturday's weather was beautiful on Lake Russell. Our 50 boats were off at safe light in search of those elusive bass. Russell typically produces sacks in the 14-18 lb range, but our winners at this event found some Russell G-G-G-GIANTS!!!
Congrats to the WINNERS:
FIRST: COOPER WILSON & RODNEY ELLIOT with an impressive 22.93 lb sack, and a 7.16 lb BRUTE to seal the deal
- First Place- $2,500
- Big Fish- $500
- 1st BB- $463
- TOTAL WINNINGS: $ 3,463
SECOND: JASON SNYDER & JASON SKINNER with 18.84 lbs
- Second Place- $1,500
- 2nd Place BB- $ 278
- TOTAL WINNINGS: $1,778
THIRD: CODY BROCK & BRIAN FLEMING with 15.62 lbs
- Third Place- $750
- 3rd Pl BB- $ 185
- TOTAL WINNINGS: $935
GUARANTEED PAYOUTS (thanks to Hwy 72 Marine)
1st- $2,500
2nd- $1,500
3rd- $750
Big Fish- $500
Next and LAST event will be on HARTWELL, May 14th.
Visit Details page for info: LINK
Contact: Rodney Floyd- 864-417-5804
Russell - 04/23/22
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 28976 |
Cooper Wilson Rodney Elliott | 5 | 7.16 | 22.93 | 0 | 22.93 | 200 | |
| 2 | 23985 |
Jason Snyder Jason Skinner | 5 | 4.63 | 18.84 | 0 | 18.84 | 199 | |
| 3 | 28736 |
Cody Brock Brian Fleming | 5 | 5.92 | 15.62 | 0 | 15.62 | 198 | |
| 4 | 18417 |
Jonathan Botts Wayne Botts | 5 | 5.44 | 15.06 | 0 | 15.06 | 197 | |
| 5 | 23693 |
Gregg Williams Mark Williams | 5 | 4.63 | 14.95 | 0 | 14.95 | 196 | |
| 6 | 19348 |
Jason Burroughs Darren Ashley | 5 | 3.62 | 14.86 | 0 | 14.86 | 195 | |
| 7 | 26651 |
Sammy Moody George O’Shields | 5 | 3.85 | 13.16 | 0 | 13.16 | 194 | |
| 8 | 18397 |
Michael Anders Jonathan Anders | 5 | 2.99 | 12.89 | 0 | 12.89 | 193 | |
| 9 | 26649 |
Reggie Luper Aiden Luper | 5 | 3.31 | 12.75 | 0 | 12.75 | 192 | |
| 10 | 29019 |
Brad Burdette Brandon Burdette | 5 | 3.24 | 12.45 | 0 | 12.45 | 191 | |
| 11 | 28735 |
Joey Miller Cole Cochran | 5 | 0 | 11.91 | 0 | 11.91 | 190 | |
| 12 | 26642 |
GL Compton Matthew Sprouse | 5 | 3.37 | 11.47 | 0 | 11.47 | 189 | |
| 13 | 26656 |
Todd Pearson David Strickland | 5 | 2.98 | 11.43 | 0 | 11.43 | 188 | |
| 14 | 20976 |
Gerald Reid MARK ANDERS | 5 | 2.99 | 11.22 | 0 | 11.22 | 137 | |
| 15 | 28302 |
Joey Mitchell Chuck Nubern | 5 | 0 | 11.65 | 0.5 | 11.15 | 186 | |
| 16 | 28742 |
Carl Whitfield Robby Hunnicutt | 5 | 2.82 | 11.02 | 0 | 11.02 | 185 | |
| 17 | 20996 |
Tommy Newton Ken Campbell | 5 | 3.31 | 10.74 | 0 | 10.74 | 184 | |
| 18 | 25516 |
Darry Waits Brady Waits | 5 | 2.65 | 10.62 | 0 | 10.62 | 183 | |
| 19 | 23678 |
Brett Douglas Patrick Hobson | 5 | 3.14 | 10.61 | 0 | 10.61 | 182 | |
| 20 | 15738 |
Jimmy Turner Mark Weaver | 5 | 2.6 | 10.48 | 0 | 10.48 | 181 | |
| 21 | 23979 |
BJ Ballard Chastan Hanna | 5 | 3.08 | 10.43 | 0 | 10.43 | 180 | |
| 22 | 26352 |
Chris Rhodes Aiden Somerville | 5 | 2.7 | 10.32 | 0 | 10.32 | 179 | |
| 23 | 26316 |
Todd Hershberger Kaden Hershberger | 5 | 2.57 | 10.43 | 0.25 | 10.18 | 178 | |
| 24 | 28580 |
Brady Kimbrell Adam Smith | 5 | 0 | 10.05 | 0 | 10.05 | 177 | |
| 25 | 27664 |
Darryl Huntsinger Cory McGaha | 5 | 0 | 9.75 | 0 | 9.75 | 176 | |
| 26 | 13235 |
Randy Cody David Kuykendall | 5 | 3.52 | 9.66 | 0 | 9.66 | 175 | |
| 27 | 28519 |
Timothy Jones Michael Sellers | 5 | 2.69 | 9.66 | 0 | 9.66 | 174 | |
| 28 | 19884 |
Randy Dickson Kevin Dickson | 5 | 0 | 9.39 | 0 | 9.39 | 173 | |
| 29 | 28978 |
Robert Bratcher Camden Bratcher | 5 | 0 | 9.12 | 0 | 9.12 | 172 | |
| 30 | 26905 |
Danny Ashley Blake Riddle | 5 | 0 | 9.02 | 0 | 9.02 | 171 | |
| 31 | 18660 |
Tony Hudson Zachary Hudson | 5 | 0 | 8.94 | 0 | 8.94 | 170 | |
| 32 | 18428 |
Chris Coleman Truett Hill | 5 | 0 | 8.92 | 0 | 8.92 | 169 | |
| 33 | 17195 |
Michael Smith Micky Lusk | 5 | 2.58 | 8.77 | 0 | 8.77 | 168 | |
| 34 | 18377 |
Keith Mock Ben Franklin | 5 | 0 | 8.42 | 0 | 8.42 | 167 | |
| 35 | 28743 |
Mark Richardson Phillip Richardson | 5 | 2.4 | 8.13 | 0.25 | 7.88 | 166 | |
| 36 | 28518 |
scott reeves Chris Reeves | 5 | 0 | 7.63 | 0 | 7.63 | 165 | |
| 37 | 23697 |
Wesley Underwood Justin Underwood | 5 | 2.58 | 7.26 | 0 | 7.26 | 164 | |
| 38 | 17037 |
Kevin Allman David Hicks | 5 | 0 | 7.01 | 0 | 7.01 | 113 | |
| 39 | 28146 |
Greg Pelfrey Thomas Morris | 5 | 2.12 | 7.19 | 0.25 | 6.94 | 162 | |
| 40 | 28250 |
Carl Melton Phil O'Dell | 5 | 0 | 6.81 | 0 | 6.81 | 161 | |
| 41 | 15751 |
Brock Taylor Erik Martin | 5 | 0 | 6.65 | 0 | 6.65 | 160 | |
| 42 | 28516 |
Doyle Rogers Harold Chappell | 3 | 4.16 | 6.48 | 0 | 6.48 | 159 | |
| 43 | 28249 |
Dennis Horton Scott Smith | 5 | 0 | 6.34 | 0.25 | 6.09 | 158 | |
| 44 | 25067 |
James McDade Jacob New jr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 45 | 26831 |
Michael Hatfield Graham Hatfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 46 | 14349 |
Brian Tidwell Michael Tidwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 47 | 26634 |
Bryan Cothran Thomas Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 48 | 27057 |
Eddie Landreth Tony Holliday | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 49 | 28579 |
Eddie Roach Griffith Roach | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | |
| 50 | 14640 |
Mark Hicks Zachary Hicks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 107 | |