~~Story by Steve Jennings
Photos by Micah Jennings
Fishers of Men fifth tournament meeting was held at Kingston Pike Baptist Church which is always a treat for the teams because this church provided some great home cooking and even better fellowship.
First place went to the team of Tim Smiley and Bobby Chambers. This seasoned  team came to the scales with a five fish limit that hit the scales at 17.06 pounds.  Tim reported catching over 100 bass during the day and half of them being keepers.  Tim also reported using a variety of different lures to catch all the those bass in 16-25 feet of water.  Tim is sponsored by Watson’s Marine, Ranger and Evinrude.
Second place went to JC Loveday and Ken Sexton the owner of White Pine Marine.  These two happy fishermen came to the scales with 12.16 pounds of bass and this bag also included the lunker of the tournament a beautiful 5.36 pound largemouth!  JC and Ken reported running the Mercury powered Nitro Boat all over the lower end of Fort Loudoun to catch their fish from rocks in 8-15 feet of water.  .
3rd place went to Brian Jordan and Michael Smith who brought 5 bass to the scales weighing in at 11.98 pounds.  Brian reported running his Mercury powered Nitro boat all over the lake to bring back their bag of fish.  This team caught fish early on top water and then went to fish deep using their Dixie Custom Rods to pull in fish from waters as deep as 18 feet using crankbaits and worms.  This team is sponsored by Mercury, Nitro Boats, Dixie Custom Rods and White Pine Marine.
The Points Championship race came down to the last tournament.  The Boggs took control after the second event and had a three point lead coming into the last tournament.  But the new team of Nathan Crisp and Jason Holder weighed in 9.75 pounds which was enough for a fifth place finish and enough points to win the race.
Fishers of Men of East Tennessee would like to thank their local sponsors Bill Freeman and Randy White with Ameriprise Financial. Next we need to thank White Pine Marine your local Mercury Dealership. Thanks also go out to Chester Wooten of C&S Lures, and last but not least Jim Walker with Tennessee Overhead Door.
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 Costa, Kistler Rods, HydroWave, Enigma, KidCasters, Fishouflage, Solarbat, Jacobs Glass and Rayjus Sportswear
 

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	22194		5	4.74	17.06	0	17.06	150
2	10287	Ken Sexton J C Loveday	5	5.36	12.16	0	12.16	199
3	1121	Michael Smith Brian Jordan	5	0	11.98	0	11.98	148
4	18770		5	4.19	11.55	0	11.55	197
5	21525	Nathan Crisp Jason Holder	5	4.47	9.75	0	9.75	196
6	21533	Adam Jones	5	0	9.51	0	9.51	195
7	21523	George Headdon Rick Ellis	5	0	8.83	0	8.83	194
8	18712	Chris Sexton Mason Sexton	5	0	8.76	0	8.76	193
9	1117	Paul Rogers Rod Garrett	5	0	8.51	0	8.51	192
10	15003	Tim Leonard Tom Leonard	5	0	8.43	0	8.43	191
11	22192		4	0	8.36	0	8.36	140
12	21529	Tony Chambers Cade Chambers	5	0	8.18	0	8.18	139
13	15983	Dewayne Rankin Cole Rankin	5	0	8.12	0.25	7.87	188
14	21531		5	0	7.97	0.25	7.72	187
15	3869	Greg Cope Donnie Wormsley	5	0	7.79	0.75	7.04	186
16	3678	Randy Fain Ronny Jones	4	0	5.99	0	5.99	185
17	21526	Benjamin Boggs	3	0	4.97	0	4.97	184
18	21530	Eugene Randolph	3	0	4.9	0	4.9	183
19	22093		3	0	4.26	0	4.26	182
20	8490	Randall White Randall White II	2	0	3.37	0	3.37	181
21	18710	Brian Leach Brian Leach	2	0	2.81	0	2.81	180
22	21527	Dustin Bailey	0	0	0	0	0	179
23	21534	William Freeman George Galyon Jr.	0	0	0	0	0	179
24	21524	Jeff Rogers	0	0	0	0	0	179
25	21829	Calvin Murphy Steve Terry	0	0	0	0	0	179
26	12123	John Long Karen Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	179
1st place Smiley and Chambers 2nd and Lunker Loveday and Sexton Point Champions Holder and Crisp Mason Sexton with some nice fish