A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO BE OUTDOORS IN GODS GREAT CREATION

     Fishers of Men, Alabama South held their 2^nd team event on March 18, 2017 with the Friday night meeting being held the night before March 17, 2017.  Not having a place to host us on this night we rented the pavilion at Claiborne Lake.  We brought 3 different kinds of lunch meat, lettuce, tomato and onions to put on the buns for sub sandwiches.  We also had chips and Georgia cornbread and brownies.  Tea was the drink for the night.  All 14 teams were represented at the meeting on Friday night.

     While reading my bible earlier in the week I had a verse to speak to me, so I spoke at the meeting on Friday night.  The verse comes from Matthew 13, verse 47-50.  These verses actually apply to our normal life as well as fishing.  When we have a tournament or get to fish in a tournament our goal is to catch a limit of fish and hopefully cull some of the fish during the day so that our limit is better than it started out.  In the end times, God will be sorting through the people much like fish in a net.  The good will be saved and taken to heaven to be with him.  The rest will be culled and cast into the furnace of fire and there will be wailing and gnashing of teeth. The question at the end of the day is what will we be:  A KEEPER OR A CULL?

At the end of the day there were 50 fish brought to the scales and 50 fish released that weighed in at a total of 84.79 lbs.  Congratulations to the team of Clay Morris and Brock Fendley.  They brought in 5 fish that weighed 12.77 lbs. to take first place.  They also had a toad of a spotted bass that weighed in at 4.50 lbs. to take big fish as well.  They had been on these fish before the water rose and now it had gone back down and the numbers were good, but the size was not as good as it had been.  They caught their fish on White spinnerbaits and plastics.  The fish were shallow on a current break.  Congratulations to the team of Mike Barnett and Jimmy Simmons.  They brought in 5 fish that weighed in at 10.64 lbs. to take 2^nd place.  They too caught their fish on White spinnerbaits and plastics.  Their fish were fairly deep.

     Our next team tournament will be in Camden on April 22, 2017 at Ellis Landing.  The Friday night meeting will be held at Camden Baptist Church.

     If you are looking for a different kind of Bass tournament trail come and check us out.  You will be glad you did.

     If you are not on our mailing list contact me so we can add you and you will get updated information as we release it.

If you would like to know more about Fishers of Men, Alabama South you can contact me, Allen Couch at acouch14@bellsouth.net. Or you can call me at work, at 251-867-7706, Home, 251-867-9852 or Cell, 251-363-0547.

Fishers of Men would like to thank all of the fine Sponsors:  BassCat Boats, Mercury Outboards, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Strike King Lure Company, Kings Homes, Power-Pole, Raymarine, Duckett Fishing, ORCA Coolers, Buckeye Lures, T & H Marine, Gator Guards, Solar Bat, Kistler Rods, Hydro Wave, Enigma, KidCasters, Fishouflage, Costa, Jacobs Glass, Rayjus Sportswear, Rod ArmorZ, and Rejuvenade.

Alabama South would like to thank their sponsors:  First Progressive Bank, First Baptist Church of East Brewton, AL, The Escambia Baptist Association, Naltys Seasonings, and JJ’s Magic made by Fish Chemicals Inc, Premier League Lures, Agressor Cusstom baits and Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union.  When you do business with any of these sponsors tell them Thank You for being a sponsor of Fishers of Men, Alabama South.  Without all of these fine sponsors Alabama South could not do all that we do.  Alabama South would also like to thank all of the churches that host us each year.  We are so blessed by the churches that host us each year.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	21460		5	4.5	12.77	0	12.77	200
2	21094		5	3.24	10.64	0	10.64	199
3	21103	John Odom Joe Turner	5	0	9.57	0	9.57	198
4	10395	Brian Moye Kimberly Moye	5	0	9.26	0	9.26	197
5	17176	Curtis White Zachery White	5	2.11	9.18	0	9.18	196
6	21118	Danny Hardy	5	2.03	7.82	0	7.82	195
7	10501	Steve Walters Mitchell Snipes	5	0	6.47	0	6.47	194
8	18730	Kevin Diamond Josh Diamond	4	2.14	5.98	0	5.98	193
9	14609	Michael Stewart Thomas Pugh	5	0	5.64	0	5.64	192
10	21115	Roger Caldwell Matt Caldwell	3	0	4.6	0	4.6	191
11	21095	E L Cobb Jim Bell	2	0	2.05	0	2.05	190
12	21444	Eric Snodgrass James McCoy	1	0.81	0.81	0	0.81	189
13	3339		0	0	0	0	0	188
14	21117		0	0	0	0	0	188