We kicked off the 2017 Alabama Northeast Berkley Team Series Friday Night March 3rd at Henryville United Methodist Church in Guntersville, Alabama.. One of our teams, Ron and Elaine Holler , and their daughter Anita and son Dean served up a fantastic meal of Baked Ham, Mac and Cheese, and Green Beans. As we were registering the teams, members of the church kept coming into the fellowship hall with homemade desserts to put the finishing touches on the meal. Henryville has such a heart for people and watching everybody work together was truly an example of what the church should be like. We gave away a few prizes and we over the details for the tournament day. After that, Division Director Tim Tidwell share a message from the book of James. Our division will "Journey through the book of James" this year as speakers will preach messages from each of the 5 chapters of James at each of our 5 events meetings. Our focal verse for this year is James Ch. 1 v2 Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, 3 For you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness. 4 And let steadfastness have it's full effect, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking in nothing. We will use the word COMPLETE as our focal word. With 2 main goals as the year moves along... 1. Each one of us being COMPLETE (Mature, Grown Up) in our walk with God and 2. Each one of us seeking God about how we are to COMPLETE the rest of our lives on this earth (How will we FINISH). Three individuals rededicated their lives to the Lord at the end of the message. We are excited about this Journey through the book of James this season.

Saturday morning greeted us with temps hovering around freezing as the 45 boats headed out onto Lake Guntersville, but as the day moved along toward the weigh-in at Bucky Howe Park the temps settled in the 60's with sun and a light wind. The team Mike and Chad Hazel came to the scales with 21.43 lbs to take the win and had a 6.56 lb Big Bass of the day. They took home $3162.50 for their efforts. Jake McKinney and Luke Lacey brought in 20.64 lbs to take 2nd and the team of Kent Bouldin and Steve Hallman had 18.36 lbs for 3rd place. We paid 11 places in this tournament. See the standings below.

Thanks to our local sponsors... Bucks Island Marine, Lucky's Sporting Goods - Pell City, Family Matter Class - Crosspoint Church in Argo, Henryville UMC, Cropwell Baptist Church, Center of Hope, Cedar Bluff FBC.

Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Strike King Lure Company, Kings Home, Power-Pole, Raymarine, Duckett Fishing, ORCA Coolers, Buckeye Lures, T&H Maine, Gator Guards, Solar Bat, Kistler Rods, HydroWave, Enigma, KidCasters, Fishouflage, Costa, Jacobs Glass, Rayjus Sportswear

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	3808	Mike Hazel Chad Hazel	5	6.56	21.43	0	21.43	200
2	21261		5	6.33	20.64	0	20.64	199
3	17468		5	4.44	18.36	0	18.36	198
4	21216	Albert Lovvorn	5	4.45	18.31	0	18.31	197
5	11889	Ron Holler Elaine Holler	5	6.14	17.65	0	17.65	196
6	21255	Tim Van Polen	5	4.75	16.6	0	16.6	195
7	18906		5	0	15.61	0	15.61	194
8	19037	George Crain Allan Glasgow	5	0	14.89	0	14.89	193
9	19016		5	0	14.4	0	14.4	192
10	6287	Greg Norris Jay Bucki	5	0	13.5	0	13.5	191
11	19032	James Swindle Austin Swindle	5	0	12.67	0	12.67	190
12	21256	Steve Wilson	5	0	11.85	0	11.85	189
13	21215		5	0	10.99	0	10.99	188
14	11885	Garry Burns Kevin Stephens	4	3.93	10.93	0	10.93	187
15	13312	Randy Gravett Chad Weaver	4	0	10.21	0	10.21	186
16	21253	Stewart Duckworth	3	0	8.24	0	8.24	185
17	17734	Sean Terrell Chris Blackwood	2	4.45	8.15	0	8.15	184
18	19013	Kelly Huffstutler Tim Harbison	3	3.62	8.05	0	8.05	183
19	21254		3	0	7.76	0	7.76	132
20	21260	Andy Laurance Robert Slaton	3	0	7.38	0	7.38	181
21	21020	Shane Bryson Brandon Johnson	3	0	7.37	0	7.37	180
22	21217	David Morrison Braxton Morrison	4	0	5.91	0	5.91	179
23	21021	Harris Housley	1	5.54	5.54	0	5.54	178
24	21222	Donnie Gamble	2	0	5.04	0	5.04	127
25	13359	Kem Skelton Keith Buterbaugh	2	0	4.87	0	4.87	176
26	21221	Chris Baldus Josh Faile	2	0	4.77	0	4.77	175
27	21224	Karl Stephens	2	0	4.77	0	4.77	175
28	19031	Joe Roberson Glenn Whisenhunt	2	0	4.24	0	4.24	173
29	19022	Craig Bellew Jason Morgan	2	0	4.16	0	4.16	172
30	11485	Charles Estes Austin Archer	1	2.35	2.35	0	2.35	171
31	21212		1	2.13	2.13	0	2.13	170
32	740	Kenneth Bean Alvin Parrish	0	0	0	0	0	169
33	10604	Barry Johnson Dale Greer	0	0	0	0	0	169
34	11890	Mark Junior Gary Horne	0	0	0	0	0	169
35	14533		0	0	0	0	0	169
36	14540	Billy Lawson Barbara Lawson	0	0	0	0	0	169
37	16275	Robert McEarchern Richard McEarchern	0	0	0	0	0	169
38	18907	Tim Miller Johnny Jones	0	0	0	0	0	169
39	19030	Waylon Hill	0	0	0	0	0	169
40	21218		0	0	0	0	0	169
41	21219		0	0	0	0	0	169
42	21223		0	0	0	0	0	169
43	21259		0	0	0	0	0	169
44	21262		0	0	0	0	0	169
45	21263		0	0	0	0	0	169
Mike and Chad Hazel 1st Place 21.43 & Big Bass 6.56