Great start to the weekend for the District 5 Championship, presened bt Realtree Fishing! Thank you to The hospitality of Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Richmond Region Tourisim, and Henico County! The message at the banquet from Journey Christian Fellowships associate pastor Jared Harker was spot on, and reminded us of the urgency to put Jesus as the Lord of out lives and secure our eternity!
47 teams set out with some clouds and spotty rain on Friday morning to start our championship. The majority of the day remained cloudy, with the winds building slightly. The fishing turned out to be fairly steady for most of the teams, all but 8 teams were able to bring a limit of bass to the scales.
Sitting on top at the end of day one with 16.88lbs was Michael Heatwole who was fishing solo for his team. Close behind in second place with 16lbs even was Tim and Nick Covington. Third place on the day was Kevin King and Bryce Henley with 14.84 lbs. The current 9th place (not counting any double qualifiers) cut spot is 12.88lbs, so its still a very tight race on a tidal fishery that can change moods on a dime!! Big fish on day one was a 7.05lb beauty caught by the team of Jason Brooks and Neal Lloyd.
We look forward to tomorrow and seeing who comes out as qualifiers to the National Championship on Lake Eufala in Alabama this coming March!
Fishers of Men would like to thank all our National Sponsors;
BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire, Shakespeare, Realtree Fishing, Power-Pole, T&H Marine, Amphibia Eyewear, Gator Guards, Frogg Toggs, and Jacobs Glass
District 5 Championship on the James River-Day 1 - 09/17/21
| View Multiday Day Results | Day 1 | Day 2 |
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 23959 |
Michael Heatwole Mark Heatwole | 5 | 0 | 16.88 | 0 | 16.88 | 0 | |
| 2 | 4100 |
Nick Covington Timothy Covington | 5 | 4.84 | 16.25 | 0.25 | 16 | 0 | |
| 3 | 27119 |
Kevin King Bryce Henley | 5 | 0 | 14.84 | 0 | 14.84 | 0 | |
| 4 | 27111 |
Melvin Fulk Bryan Conley | 5 | 6.22 | 14.53 | 0 | 14.53 | 0 | |
| 5 | 23366 |
Greg Soukup Darrell Hobson | 5 | 0 | 13.94 | 0 | 13.94 | 0 | |
| 6 | 26096 |
Edward Gantt Joey Branch | 5 | 3.95 | 13.8 | 0 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| 7 | 16134 |
Brad Webb Jay Ferk | 5 | 3.9 | 13.69 | 0 | 13.69 | 0 | |
| 8 | 27118 |
Jason Brooks Neal Lloyd | 5 | 7.05 | 12.88 | 0 | 12.88 | 0 | |
| 9 | 24511 |
Robert Sutton Mark Adams Jr | 5 | 0 | 12.88 | 0 | 12.88 | 0 | |
| 10 | 28011 |
Nathan Alt Dwain Bever | 5 | 5.36 | 12.81 | 0 | 12.81 | 0 | |
| 11 | 27201 |
Michael Williams Allison Williams | 5 | 0 | 12.67 | 0 | 12.67 | 0 | |
| 12 | 27202 |
John Koren Gavin Stone | 5 | 0 | 12.53 | 0 | 12.53 | 0 | |
| 13 | 25358 |
James Griffin III Doug Wharton | 5 | 0 | 12.44 | 0 | 12.44 | 0 | |
| 14 | 4115 |
Warren Poirier Frank Poirier | 5 | 0 | 12.31 | 0 | 12.31 | 0 | |
| 15 | 25951 |
Melvin Bowling Ricky Fulk | 5 | 4.95 | 12.23 | 0 | 12.23 | 0 | |
| 16 | 10720 |
Walter Emerson Brody Webb | 5 | 0 | 11.96 | 0 | 11.96 | 0 | |
| 17 | 26941 |
Ray Wilson Joshua Blankenship | 5 | 0 | 11.8 | 0 | 11.8 | 0 | |
| 18 | 12122 |
Samuel Fisher Aaron Fisher | 5 | 0 | 11.75 | 0 | 11.75 | 0 | |
| 19 | 27060 |
Donald Estes Jim Sutton | 5 | 0 | 11.55 | 0 | 11.55 | 0 | |
| 20 | 25355 |
Jay Perkins Richard Perks | 5 | 0 | 11.47 | 0 | 11.47 | 0 | |
| 21 | 22992 |
Thomas Harden William Brown | 5 | 0 | 11.12 | 0 | 11.12 | 0 | |
| 22 | 23380 |
Randall Tucker Ralph Tucker, JR | 5 | 0 | 10.75 | 0 | 10.75 | 0 | |
| 23 | 23153 |
Roland Bosley Jr Mickey McCleary | 5 | 0 | 10.66 | 0 | 10.66 | 0 | |
| 24 | 6795 |
Carl Sadler Aaron Sadler | 5 | 6.21 | 10.37 | 0.25 | 10.12 | 0 | |
| 25 | 25708 |
Jimmy Pack Tristan Thomas | 4 | 0 | 9.62 | 0 | 9.62 | 0 | |
| 26 | 26330 |
Don Wheeler Ray Armes | 5 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 | 9.6 | 0 | |
| 27 | 24053 |
David Parker Darren Saunders | 5 | 0 | 9.59 | 0 | 9.59 | 0 | |
| 28 | 27977 |
Curtis Welton Rhonda Welton | 5 | 0 | 9.53 | 0 | 9.53 | 0 | |
| 29 | 25400 |
Bradley Whitfield Brian Lindamood | 5 | 0 | 9.39 | 0 | 9.39 | 0 | |
| 30 | 25709 |
Stephen Highfield Jeff Mills | 5 | 0 | 9.14 | 0 | 9.14 | 0 | |
| 31 | 27113 |
Garrett Geouge Mike Grogan | 5 | 0 | 9.04 | 0 | 9.04 | 0 | |
| 32 | 27116 |
Wilson Bradley Robert Carter | 5 | 0 | 8.97 | 0 | 8.97 | 0 | |
| 33 | 21772 |
Allen Walden James Hendrick | 5 | 4.34 | 8.93 | 0 | 8.93 | 0 | |
| 34 | 24920 |
Ray Scroggins Christopher Scroggins | 5 | 0 | 8.79 | 0 | 8.79 | 0 | |
| 35 | 27613 |
Dave Crawford Kevin Schoenadel | 4 | 0 | 8.53 | 0 | 8.53 | 0 | |
| 36 | 24165 |
Tim Fallon Richard Griswold Jr | 5 | 4.07 | 8.48 | 0 | 8.48 | 0 | |
| 37 | 23958 |
David Williams Darryl Williams | 5 | 0 | 8.44 | 0 | 8.44 | 0 | |
| 38 | 25401 |
Michael Blankenship Kayla Blankenship | 5 | 0 | 8.05 | 0 | 8.05 | 0 | |
| 39 | 13430 |
Paul Wiley Jon Crans | 4 | 0 | 7.96 | 0 | 7.96 | 0 | |
| 40 | 26878 |
Taft Durr Jon Simmons | 5 | 0 | 7.97 | 0.5 | 7.47 | 0 | |
| 41 | 19536 |
Russell Nixon Wyatt Bigham | 5 | 0 | 7.21 | 0 | 7.21 | 0 | |
| 42 | 22917 |
William Chappell Larry Weatherly | 3 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | |
| 43 | 8881 |
Edward Kibler James Ruggerio | 3 | 0 | 3.05 | 0 | 3.05 | 0 | |
| 44 | 22843 |
William Jordan, III Eugene Foushee | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |
| 45 | 23211 |
Eric Rowe Eddie Griggs | 5 | 0 | 14.65 | 12 | 2.65 | 0 | |
| 46 | 21267 |
Michael Baden Wanda Baden | 1 | 1.94 | 1.94 | 0 | 1.94 | 0 | |
| 47 | 27063 |
Christopher Sessums Aaron Brooks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
 Michael Heatwole 16.88 lbs  Covington & Covington 16.00 lbs  Brooks & Lloyd Big Fish 7.05 lbs  Fulk & Conley 14.53  Williams & Williams 12.57  King & Henley 14.84 lbs |
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