WE ARE OFFICIALLY UNDERWAY!!!
27 boats competed on Hartwell.
The Friday night meeting was hosted by Cannon Memorial Baptist in Central, and oh, what a fun time we had!! Anglers got to hang out, getting to know each other and sharing some fish stories. Then we were served some Chick-fil-A goodies. I did miss the home cooking, but our friends at Cannon do an OUTSTANDING job when they host FOM. THANK YOU ALL for your service.
Darren Rood shared a great hit-it-home message with us about "WHERE WE ARE". It is so important in fishing to be at the right location. All of us can relate, especially this time of year on Hartwell when the fish are coming up feeding. Just a few yards can make or break the deal, right? Darren challenged us to think about our SPIRITUAL location. "Where are we in our spiritual walk?" Have YOU ever taken that journey, where you surrendered your heart to Christ? Do you know Him as your PERSONAL SAVIOR? Being in the right location with Christ is the MOST important step for all of us to take.
Several eternal decisions were made, and we thank God for using Fishers of Men to draw people closer to HIM.
Saturday turned out to be a blustery day with the high wind, but it was a great day on the water, nonetheless. Twenty-seven teams took the field, and all our juniors (and a few adults) were super excited to get things underway.
The TOP 5 teams were as follows:
1st: Joel and Mitch Douglas- 9.46 lbs and Big FISH: 5.84 lbs (and 1st Bonus Bucks)---------------------- $1,038
2nd - TIED with 8.91 lbs, taking 2nd place and 2nd/3rd Place Bonus Bucks:
-- Wade and Abbi Dodgens---------------------------- $419
-- Eddies and Griffith---------------------------------- $ 419
4th- Jack and Dell Howell- 8.48 lbs---------------- $148
5th- Reggie and Aiden Luper- 8.34 lbs------------ $ 120
Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors;
BassCat Boats, Mercury, Stren, Pflueger, Strike King Lure Company, Farm to Feet, Marshall’s Marine, Kings Home, Power-Pole, Raymarine,Duckett Fishing, Buckeye Lures, T&H Maine, Gator Guards, Solar Bat, Kistler Rods, HydroWave, Enigma, Jacobs Glass, Rayjus Sportswear and Rejuvenade.
HARTWELL - 04/22/17
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 19634 |
| 3 | 5.84 | 9.46 | 0 | 9.46 | 200 | |
2 | 21795 |
Eddie Roach | 3 | 0 | 8.91 | 0 | 8.91 | 199 | |
3 | 21801 |
| 3 | 0 | 8.91 | 0 | 8.91 | 199 | |
4 | 17874 |
Jack Howell Dell Howell | 3 | 0 | 8.48 | 0 | 8.48 | 197 | |
5 | 16676 |
Reggie Luper | 3 | 0 | 8.34 | 0 | 8.34 | 196 | |
6 | 21797 |
| 3 | 3.29 | 7.62 | 0 | 7.62 | 195 | |
7 | 21800 |
Shane Whitt Kyptyn Whitt | 3 | 0 | 7.27 | 0 | 7.27 | 194 | |
8 | 19639 |
Bradford Gambrell Sawyer Redmond | 3 | 0 | 7.18 | 0 | 7.18 | 193 | |
9 | 17732 |
Greg Pace Grayson Pace | 3 | 0 | 6.64 | 0 | 6.64 | 192 | |
10 | 21792 |
Brad Burdette Logan burdette | 3 | 0 | 6.59 | 0 | 6.59 | 191 | |
11 | 21794 |
Conrad Bolt Hunter Bolt | 3 | 0 | 6.36 | 0 | 6.36 | 190 | |
12 | 14163 |
| 3 | 0 | 6.18 | 0 | 6.18 | 189 | |
13 | 21796 |
| 3 | 0 | 6.14 | 0 | 6.14 | 188 | |
14 | 16235 |
Michael Brewer Zach Brewer | 3 | 0 | 6.09 | 0 | 6.09 | 187 | |
15 | 21790 |
| 3 | 0 | 6.03 | 0 | 6.03 | 186 | |
16 | 17728 |
Brian Anthony | 3 | 0 | 5.68 | 0 | 5.68 | 185 | |
17 | 16731 |
Jason Thrasher Ethan Thrasher | 3 | 0 | 5.57 | 0 | 5.57 | 184 | |
18 | 21793 |
Chris Rhodes | 3 | 0 | 5.36 | 0 | 5.36 | 183 | |
19 | 17875 |
| 3 | 0 | 5.35 | 0 | 5.35 | 182 | |
20 | 16831 |
| 3 | 0 | 5.17 | 0 | 5.17 | 181 | |
21 | 21798 |
Noah Price | 3 | 0 | 4.81 | 0 | 4.81 | 180 | |
22 | 19510 |
| 3 | 0 | 4.44 | 0 | 4.44 | 179 | |
23 | 19635 |
| 2 | 0 | 3.77 | 0 | 3.77 | 128 | |
24 | 21799 |
Russell Dobbins Cole Dobbins | 3 | 0 | 3.61 | 0 | 3.61 | 177 | |
25 | 21791 |
Ben Franklin Hardy Franklin | 3 | 0 | 3.24 | 0 | 3.24 | 176 | |
26 | 19517 |
| 3 | 0 | 2.86 | 0 | 2.86 | 175 | |
27 | 17879 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174 | |
First Place: Joel & Mitch Douglas TIE! Second Place: Team Dodgens & Team Roach Fourth Place: Jack & Dell Howell |