The North Carolina East Division of the Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail held their fourth of five scheduled tournaments on the Perquimans River this past Saturday, but before the fishing began on Saturday morning, Friday evening the teams was treated to an outstanding meal of pork tenderloin, with all the fix'ens prepared by the Hertford Baptist Church. The wonderful desserts were prepared by the ladies from the First Church of the Nazarene. The message was brought to us by Brother Glen Maynard, who spoke on what it means to be a "Fishers of Men".
Tournament morning dawned to a beautiful sunrise, great temps and more importantly, light winds which enabled a lot of teams the chance to spread out all over the Albemarle Sound in pursuit of their five fish limits. Seventeen of the thirty-three teams were able to accomplish this goal. All total there was 124 bass weighed in for a total weight of 303.90 pounds and all but one bass was returned to the waters of the Perquimans to fight again another day. Special thanks goes out to the teams for maintaining this great release percentage. When all was said and done and the dust had cleared the team of David Gardner & Chris Ricks brought a limit of five bass to the scales that topped everyone with a weight of 18.55 pounds. Their limit was anchored by the big fish of the tournament, a real nice 6.6 pound bass. Gardner & Ricks took home a nice payday of $1915.00. Coming in a close second was the brother team of John & Michael Kellett with a limit that tipped the scales at 17.63 pounds which earned the Kellett's $790.00. Third went to the team of Kirk Wall & Charlie Reed who brought a limit to the scales that weighed 16.61 pounds, and earned them $567.00 Fourth place went to team of Jerry Murray & Keith Jennings with 15.49 pounds and $286.00. $218.00 went to the team of Heath Parker & Brian Cooper for their limit that weighed 14.69 pounds. Taking the last payout position was the team of Kevin Jones & Gerald Murray. They earned $164.00 for their five fish that weighed in at 13.76 pounds.
We would like to thank the town of Hertford for use of their facilities. Hertford Baptist Church for the food and meeting place and to our local sponsors: Dick's Sporting Goods, Bass Alarm Baits, Bayside Marina, PGF Archery and Outdoors, Butt Kicker Jigs, ProBaits, Engal Coolers, Kirby Creek Customs, and The First Church of the Nazarene, Elizabeth City.
We would like to thank all of our national sponsors: Bass Cat Boats, Mercury, Stren, Flueger, Strike King, Nester Hosiery, King’s Home, Marshall’s Marine, Duckett, Power Pole, Buckeye, Enigma, Gator Guards, Kistler, Hydrowave, Jacobs Glass, Rigrap Rejuvenade, Kid Casters, Orca, Rajus.
Perquimans River - 06/10/17
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 21386 |
David Gardner | 5 | 6.6 | 18.55 | 0 | 18.55 | 200 | |
2 | 16247 |
John Kellett Michael Kellett | 5 | 5.8 | 17.63 | 0 | 17.63 | 199 | |
3 | 8708 |
Kirk Wall Charles Reed | 5 | 0 | 16.61 | 0 | 16.61 | 198 | |
4 | 17629 |
Jerry Murray Keith Jennings | 5 | 0 | 15.49 | 0 | 15.49 | 197 | |
5 | 21885 |
Heath Parker Brian Cooper | 5 | 4.63 | 14.69 | 0 | 14.69 | 196 | |
6 | 21393 |
Kevin Jones Gerald Murray | 5 | 3.6 | 13.76 | 0 | 13.76 | 195 | |
7 | 19225 |
Sean Richards | 5 | 0 | 13.29 | 0 | 13.29 | 144 | |
8 | 21405 |
Dustin Winslow Sanders Overman | 5 | 0 | 12.84 | 0 | 12.84 | 193 | |
9 | 18850 |
Tommy Banks Bubba Banks | 5 | 3.26 | 12.81 | 0 | 12.81 | 192 | |
10 | 21536 |
William Chappell Brian Meadows | 5 | 3.24 | 12.57 | 0 | 12.57 | 191 | |
11 | 17573 |
Gary DeBrito Derek Goodman | 5 | 0 | 12.28 | 0 | 12.28 | 190 | |
12 | 3427 |
David Buchanan | 5 | 0 | 12.23 | 0 | 12.23 | 189 | |
13 | 21427 |
Tommy Houlroyd Brandon Overton | 5 | 0 | 12.1 | 0 | 12.1 | 188 | |
14 | 21154 |
| 5 | 5.22 | 12.05 | 0 | 12.05 | 187 | |
15 | 11993 |
Darren Saunders James Duncan III | 5 | 0 | 10.95 | 0 | 10.95 | 186 | |
16 | 17449 |
Al Biagioni John LaRock | 5 | 0 | 9.96 | 0 | 9.96 | 185 | |
17 | 13013 |
Sam Spruill | 5 | 0 | 9.81 | 0 | 9.81 | 184 | |
18 | 21459 |
Quinton Chappell Chris Turner | 4 | 0 | 8.17 | 0 | 8.17 | 183 | |
19 | 18831 |
David Watkins William Heighter | 4 | 2.19 | 8.15 | 0 | 8.15 | 182 | |
20 | 21848 |
Kenneth Moore Michael Evans | 4 | 0 | 8.03 | 0 | 8.03 | 181 | |
21 | 18968 |
Gary Sawyer | 2 | 0 | 7.35 | 0 | 7.35 | 180 | |
22 | 18161 |
Richard Griswold Jr Richard Griswold III | 4 | 0 | 6.81 | 0 | 6.81 | 179 | |
23 | 21428 |
Thomas Jones Steve Albertson | 4 | 0 | 6.71 | 0 | 6.71 | 178 | |
24 | 21443 |
Don Porter Todd Winslow | 3 | 0 | 6.56 | 0 | 6.56 | 177 | |
25 | 21346 |
Patrick Seigh | 3 | 0 | 6.1 | 0 | 6.1 | 176 | |
26 | 21454 |
Gil Burk Matt Burk | 3 | 0 | 6.2 | 0.25 | 5.95 | 175 | |
27 | 18832 |
Max Hartung | 3 | 0 | 4.8 | 0 | 4.8 | 174 | |
28 | 21236 |
| 2 | 0 | 3.48 | 0 | 3.48 | 173 | |
29 | 21535 |
Hunter Halloman Rob Jones | 2 | 0 | 2.68 | 0 | 2.68 | 172 | |
30 | 17575 |
Gary Morin Tom Biagioni | 1 | 1.49 | 1.49 | 0 | 1.49 | 171 | |
31 | 17571 |
John Banks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | |
32 | 17576 |
Miles Shorey III Janice Shorey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | |
33 | 22036 |
Jeffery Daw Christopher Daw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 | |
First Place - Gardner & Ricks Second P)lace- Kellett's Fourth Place - Murray & jennings Fifth Place - Parker & Cooper Sixth Place - Jones & Murray |