~~The Kentucky West division rolled in to Gilbertsville, Kentucky for the fourth event of the season. Anticipation was high for the anglers as they prepared to fish the legendary ledges that have helped to make Kentucky Lake famous. Anglers reported mixed results in practice. Some still caught fish shallow that were guarding fry. Others focused their energies out deep and caught fish on the ledges. But before the tournament day, it was time to go back to Kuttawa First Baptist church once again for the pre-tournament meeting.

Pastor Carl Nelson and his wonderful staff of helpers welcomed us to a fried chicken dinner with all of the trimmings. There was also a table filled with desserts for everyone to enjoy while we settled in for a time of reflection. Pastor Carl spoke to us from Mark chapter 8 and reminded us of the need to be the kind of men that stand up for Jesus. Following the message four anglers recommitted their lives to Christ!

Tournament day dawned clear and seasonably warm. 32 teams sped off in search of five largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass. By the time everyone was in for the weigh in, temperatures had peaked out at 86° and boat traffic had made the giant lake very rough. But our anglers rose to the occasion, and brought several solid bags of fish to the scales.

Besting the field with a season high weight of 22.64 pounds was the team of Ken Freeman and Steve Haysley. Freeman and Haysley fished ledges all day and caught numerous keepers, throwing back many weighing around 3 pounds. They used football jigs tipped with Strike King Rage Craws as well as Carolina rigged Strike King Rage Hawgs. Along with their first place in the bonus bucks, they earned a total of $1657, and took home two handsome plaques provided by Awards Inc. in Glasgow, Kentucky.

Finishing in second place was the team of Timmie Gaddie and Clint Childress. Gaddie and Childress brought in 19.77 pounds of largemouth bass. They reported catching their fish out on the deeper ledges with football jigs as well as a few key fish on a magnum jigging spoon. They finished second in the bonus bucks and earned a total of $751.

Coming in third place, was the team of Lee Bishop and Marty Mullins with 17.63 pounds. Bishop and Mullins also fished ledges with a D & L football jig tipped with L & M Custom Bass Snacks creature baits. Along with their third place in the bonus bucks they earned $588.

The fourth place bag was brought to the scales by Steve Denton and Lloyd Easterly. Denton and Easterly also threw  D & L football jigs tipped with L & M Custom Bass Snacks to catch 16.47 pounds of bass. Rounding out the top five was the team of Alfred Goldsberry and Steve Curtsinger with 15.54 pounds. They caught their fish on shaky head worms and jigs.

Come on out to Barren River Lake for the final event of the 2017 season! It promises to be a great time on July 1st!

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 Marine, Gator Guards, Solar Bat, Kistler Rods, HydroWave, Enigma, KidCasters, Fishouflage, Costa, Jacobs Glass, Rayjus Sportswear, Rod ArmorZ, and Rejuvenade.

We would like to thank our local sponsors Barren Outdoors, A.F. Crow Funeral Home, Mark Miller Marine, Fishidy, Grayson County Baptist Association, Pittsburg Marine, LHI Lighting Sales Incorporated, L&M Custom Bass Snacks, Piccola Mfg., Barren County Business Supply, Awards Inc., MVD Motor Vibration Dampeners, and Coon Creek Custom Baits.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	21486	Ken Freeman Steve Haysley	5	6.05	22.64	0	22.64	200
2	21477	Timmy Gaddie Clint Childress	5	0	19.77	0	19.77	199
3	21982	Lee Bishop Marty Mullins	5	3.92	17.88	0.25	17.63	198
4	21429	Steve Denton Lloyd Easterly	5	0	16.47	0	16.47	197
5	21485		5	0	15.79	0.25	15.54	196
6	21478	Richard Bowling Jarrod Simpson	5	0	14.96	0	14.96	195
7	21484	Eldon Newcomb	5	7.88	15.13	0.25	14.88	194
8	21488		5	4.52	14.44	0.25	14.19	193
9	21474	David Lowe John Rediess	5	0	14.36	0.25	14.11	192
10	21480	Kyle Lear	5	0	13.32	0	13.32	191
11	21182		5	0	13.44	0.25	13.19	190
12	21430	Edwin Jerriel Jim Hatfield	5	0	12.87	0	12.87	189
13	21491	Kenny Hardin Josh Hardin	5	0	12.87	0	12.87	189
14	21176	Jeff Boone Eddie Goode	5	0	12.72	0.25	12.47	187
15	21181	Cory Holman	5	0	12.47	0.25	12.22	186
16	21431	Chris Ring	5	0	11.61	0	11.61	185
17	21727		5	0	11.8	0.5	11.3	184
18	21434	David King Brian King	5	0	10.6	0.25	10.35	183
19	21870		3	0	7.94	0	7.94	182
20	21179	Roger Crain	3	0	7.58	0	7.58	181
21	21481	Trey Rigsby Andy Spencer	3	0	7.14	0	7.14	180
22	21489		2	0	5.62	0	5.62	179
23	21180	Jack Jones	2	0	5.05	0	5.05	178
24	21969	Michael Emberton Sonny Turner	2	0	4.09	0	4.09	177
25	21435		1	0	2.35	0	2.35	176
26	21175	Greg Gibson Ted Myers	1	0	2.02	0	2.02	175
27	21867		1	0	1.73	0	1.73	174
28	21483		0	0	0	0	0	173
29	21479		0	0	0	0	0	173
30	21433	Cory Jones	0	0	0	0	0	173
31	21490		0	0	0	0	0	173
32	21487	Bob Floro Mike Floro	0	0	0	0	0	123
Freeman & Haysley - 22.64 lbs Childress & Gaddie - 19.77 lbs. Mullins & Bishop - 17.63 Denton & Easterly - 16.47 lbs Newcomb & Newcomb - 7.88 lb. big bass