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Congratulations to CJ Johnston and Matt Stanley catching 21.34 pounds to win the NC Piedmont opener on Badin.
It’s hard to believe the 2017 season is getting started already and the February event on Badin would be in the 70’s for the weigh-in. What an exciting weekend we had to host our first event of the year with great weather and new friendships made at our host Church North Albemarle Baptist.
Curtis Cox and Shawn Williams have been fishing with us for a while and wanted us to partner together this year. These guys with the help of their wives and several other ladies from the church put together a great spread for us all. A good Southern home-style meal with chicken and dumplings, pinto beans and cornbread. Several homemade desserts as well. It wasn’t much later that we had the opportunity to hear from their pastor Brad Lynch. Brad left us with 3 important points to challenge us all. 1. Follow Jesus, look to Him for not yourself for all things, 2 get out of the way & let Him make you who He wants you to be & 3 then GO & be fishers of men. There were 7 who recommitted their lives to Christ. Thanks to everyone at NABC for a great evening.
As I mentioned we had some extremely warm weather dialed in for the weekend, but that didn’t come without a price on Saturday. We experienced some pretty high winds with gusts up to 15-20mph. It made it tough riding and traveling the lake, but the 39 teams still were able to bring in some nice limits. It took just over 15.5 pounds to earn a check on Badin.
Our First-Place Winners of CJ Johnston and Matt Stanley ended up with 21.34 and earned $1,800. Second Place was secured by Shawn Williams and Curtis Cox from NABC with 18.16 pounds earning $1,063. Rounding out the top 3 was Ryan Henry and Nathan Williams with 18.08 pounds and a check for $568. The big fish of 7.63 pounds was caught by John Russell and David Eichorn. From what I could squeeze out of these guys many of the fish were caught up shallow and on crankbaits and plastics.
See you in March on High Rock!
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, Rod ArmorZ, and Rejuvenade.
Local Sponsors: North Albemarle Baptist Church, JB Custom Rods, Bass Pro Shops
Badin - 02/25/17
| Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
| 1 | 6486 |
C J Johnston Matt Stanley | 5 | 5.81 | 21.34 | 0 | 21.34 | 200 | |
| 2 | 18530 |
Shawn Williams Curtis Cox | 5 | 0 | 18.16 | 0 | 18.16 | 199 | |
| 3 | 15797 |
| 5 | 5.9 | 18.08 | 0 | 18.08 | 198 | |
| 4 | 13342 |
Steven Singleton A.L. Needham | 5 | 6.41 | 17.87 | 0 | 17.87 | 197 | |
| 5 | 21055 |
Michael Kinard | 5 | 4.3 | 17.84 | 0 | 17.84 | 196 | |
| 6 | 21134 |
John Russell David Eichorn | 5 | 7.53 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 195 | |
| 7 | 16721 |
Jayson Threadgill Scott Threadgill | 5 | 4.4 | 15.67 | 0 | 15.67 | 194 | |
| 8 | 21138 |
Kevin Chandler | 5 | 0 | 14.85 | 0 | 14.85 | 193 | |
| 9 | 21140 |
| 5 | 6.25 | 13.79 | 0 | 13.79 | 192 | |
| 10 | 14721 |
Bo Russell | 5 | 4.29 | 13.75 | 0 | 13.75 | 191 | |
| 11 | 21061 |
Brett Chappell | 4 | 4.76 | 13.61 | 0 | 13.61 | 190 | |
| 12 | 21109 |
Jonathon Leonard | 5 | 0 | 13.3 | 0 | 13.3 | 189 | |
| 13 | 19401 |
| 5 | 0 | 12.57 | 0 | 12.57 | 188 | |
| 14 | 21131 |
Jeremy Bogard Brian Dancy | 5 | 0 | 12.39 | 0 | 12.39 | 187 | |
| 15 | 342 |
Dave Snyder | 5 | 0 | 12.13 | 0 | 12.13 | 186 | |
| 16 | 21060 |
Mike Riggs Jason Riggs | 5 | 0 | 11.96 | 0 | 11.96 | 185 | |
| 17 | 18563 |
| 5 | 0 | 11.87 | 0 | 11.87 | 184 | |
| 18 | 17254 |
Rodney Porter Roger Porter | 5 | 0 | 11.86 | 0 | 11.86 | 183 | |
| 19 | 17672 |
| 5 | 0 | 11.63 | 0 | 11.63 | 182 | |
| 20 | 18550 |
Casey Hissim | 4 | 0 | 10.97 | 0 | 10.97 | 181 | |
| 21 | 18353 |
Bobby Henderson Tony Bush | 5 | 0 | 10.92 | 0 | 10.92 | 180 | |
| 22 | 13454 |
| 5 | 0 | 10.76 | 0 | 10.76 | 179 | |
| 23 | 21129 |
| 5 | 0 | 9.16 | 0 | 9.16 | 178 | |
| 24 | 13408 |
Cameron Andrews | 5 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 177 | |
| 25 | 21139 |
Mark Murphy | 3 | 4.57 | 8.37 | 0 | 8.37 | 176 | |
| 26 | 17204 |
Robert Mixon | 4 | 0 | 8.21 | 0 | 8.21 | 175 | |
| 27 | 19878 |
Joshua Preslar Neil Preslar | 2 | 5.1 | 7.35 | 0 | 7.35 | 174 | |
| 28 | 461 |
Ray Furr | 3 | 0 | 6.02 | 0 | 6.02 | 173 | |
| 29 | 18487 |
Ricky Holden Bruce Holden | 3 | 0 | 5.15 | 0 | 5.15 | 172 | |
| 30 | 21102 |
| 2 | 0 | 4.88 | 0 | 4.88 | 171 | |
| 31 | 8415 |
| 2 | 0 | 3.29 | 0 | 3.29 | 170 | |
| 32 | 18545 |
Brandon Benton Brad Peyton | 1 | 2.03 | 2.03 | 0 | 2.03 | 169 | |
| 33 | 21121 |
Chad Holden | 1 | 1.81 | 1.81 | 0 | 1.81 | 168 | |
| 34 | 21137 |
Thomas Simmerson Barry Davis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | |
| 35 | 21142 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | |
| 36 | 21135 |
Eric Moser Walter Gibson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | |
| 37 | 21141 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | |
| 38 | 18552 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 167 | |
| 39 | 21112 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | |
 CJ & Matt with their Catch  CJ Johnston and Matt Stanley  Curtis & Shawn 2nd Place Finish  Ryan and Nathan 3rd Place  John Russell & David Eichorn with 7.53 Big Fish |
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