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The curtains have been pulled on the final act of the FOM Nation’s 2017 Season and the finale was amazingly calm until the last few minutes.

 

Last but not least, the Diamond’s shined well enough on day two to secure District 2’s Adult/Junior slot for the National Championship.  They ended up in 29th place overall with 18.75 for the weekend.

 

Just above them, the day 1 male/female team leader, Ben and Lacy Kabel, nearly doubled their first day weight and sound-fully netted the other District 2 special teams slot for the Guntersville tournament next spring.  The other good news was that since they qualified as a special team, they did not use the 10th place slot. Gotta love a good double qualifying finish on the last day of the season.  After getting some special worms delivered overnight, they finished with 22.95 pounds!!

 

The severe front that had threatened for days brought in a very cloudy day with a lite wind starting mid-morning and slowly building throughout the day.  The clouds and wind changed the sizes a lot of the teams were catching, but it seemed like for every team that dropped two pounds, the next team picked them up. There were a few large fish caught, but for the most part it was just one bag after another with five fish limits.  Interestingly, there were only three teams that made it into the top ten, that didn’t finish there on day 1.

 

And more amazingly, the top three teams after day 1, finished in the top three after day two.  Sadly, for the day 1 leaders, Steve Sanders and Tim Gables, a ten-pound limit was not nearly enough to hold the lead and they went from having a two-pound lead to falling almost 5 pounds out of first.  It was still a great weekend as they secured a slot in the National Championship.  They just couldn’t get the big bites they needed to stay on top.

 

Day one’s second place holders, Mike Crump and Jeff Cooper, had another very solid day, and finished just three pounds back, holding strong to their 2nd place position. Their two-day total was just over 30 pounds, and most importantly, also secured them a slot to move on to the finals.  Maybe their most difficult moment of the day was weighing in just after the day’s biggest bag, a beautiful 18 pounds.

 

And that 18 pounds, 18.53 to be exact, was not just the heaviest catch of the day, it was also the biggest bag for both days, nudging out another 18-pounder from day one by just under2/10ths of a pound.  It also had the largest bass of the weekend in it, a beautiful bigmouth bass weighing 5.88 all by herself.  She would also nudge out day one’s big fish by a little over half a pound.  But most importantly, it bumped Sanders and Gables out of the lead for good, a spot they did not easily let go of.  With such an amazing day, it was no big surprise to see George Crain and Allan Glasgow fight their way into 1st place, and after a brief few moments of waiting to see what Crump and Cooper had, never look back.  A short interview of their weekend should be available in a few days.

 

George and Allan are the Points Champions for the AL Northeast Division this year, so they also double qualified for the trip to Guntersville, allowing their slot to be filled by another team further down the line.

 

Coosa Landing will likely smell fishy for weeks to come.  An estimated 650 fish were caught and released to fight another day, after taking a few days off to let their lips heal, of course.

 

Wishing all the #FOMNation Peeps a wonderfully thankful Thanksgiving, and a magically Merry Christmas.  The 2018 season is less than two months away. 

 

A great big thanks to the Greater Gadsden Area Tourism (Hugh Stumps III, Gadsden Parks and Recreation (Jennifer Gipson) and Coosa Landing (Julie Tucker) for rolling out the red carpets for the #FOMNation this weekend.

 

For more pictures, click here

 

And thanks to the wonderful sponsors for making 2017 one of the best seasons yet for the Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail:
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.

Stren District 2 Championship on Neely Henry - 11/18/17

| View Multiday Day Results | Day 1 | Day 2 |

 


Place Team Members # Fish Big Fish Gross Penalty Net Wt Points
1 19037 George Crain
Allan Glasgow
5 5.88 18.53 0 18.53 200

2 19022 Craig Bellew
Jason Morgan
5 5.08 15.35 0 15.35 197

3 21290 Ben Kabel
Lacy Kabel
5 4.5 14.55 0 14.55 191

4 19076 Mike Crump
Jeff Cooper
5 0 14.47 0 14.47 199

5 18312 Alan Smith
Ralph Pierce
5 4.73 14.46 0 14.46 193

6 19032 James Swindle
Austin Swindle
5 0 14.29 0 14.29 194

7 3980 Ronald Lambert
Andrew Lambert
5 0 13.88 0 13.88 184

8 21603 Steve Wilson
Hank Hayes
5 0 13.41 0 13.41 196

9 22261 David Saltsgaver
Bill Caldwell
5 0 12.58 0 12.58 186

10 14592 Christopher Newell
Roger Motes
5 0 12.32 0 12.32 180

11 13206 Bobby Sanders
Troy Shirley
5 0 12.24 0 12.24 188

12 17176 Curtis White
Zachery White
5 0 12.17 0 12.17 192

13 18937 Darrin Gibson
Charles Agerton
5 2.83 12.16 0 12.16 170

14 3808 Mike Hazel
Chad Hazel
5 0 12.05 0 12.05 189

15 22259 Tom Goins
Vernon Silver
5 0 11.88 0 11.88 190

16 22260 Jon Richardson
5 3.8 11.87 0 11.87 182

17 19013 Kelly Huffstutler
Tim Harbison
5 0 11.14 0 11.14 195

18 17734 Sean Terrell
Chris Blackwood
5 4.55 10.95 0 10.95 161

19 740 Kenneth Bean
Alvin Parrish
5 0 10.87 0 10.87 183

20 21020 Shane Bryson
Brandon Johnson
5 0 10.85 0 10.85 179

21 11485 Charles Estes
Austin Archer
5 0 10.83 0 10.83 176

22 3392 Randy Culver
Steve Miles
5 0 10.7 0 10.7 149

23 18493 Wallace Osborn
John Hayes
5 0 10.38 0 10.38 185

24 14608 Errol Duckett
Jimmy Leshock
5 0 10.3 0 10.3 164

25 21617 Steve Sanders
5 0 10.24 0 10.24 198

26 609 Hubble Sowards
Mark Watson
5 0 9.92 0 9.92 178

27 22252 Gary Horne
Zac Lambert
5 0 9.82 0 9.82 156

28 11889 Ron Holler
Elaine Holler
5 0 9.81 0 9.81 167

29 19827 Steve Callins
Ty Story
5 0 9.75 0 9.75 163

30 15933 Justin Wimberley
Eric Weeks
5 0 9.59 0 9.59 173

31 19021 Tim Van Polen
Brandon Smith
5 0 9.57 0 9.57 162

32 19083 Dwayne Lewis
Malissa Lewis
5 0 9.48 0 9.48 148

33 19031 Joe Roberson
Glenn Whisenhunt
5 0 9.31 0 9.31 160

34 13359 Kem Skelton
Keith Buterbaugh
5 0 9.3 0 9.3 157

35 19074 Chris Cooper
Bob Maggerise
5 0 9.19 0 9.19 187

36 21765 Billy Brooks
Chad Fenton
5 0 8.83 0 8.83 175

37 21477 Timmy Gaddie
Clint Childress
5 0 8.82 0 8.82 141

38 11885 Garry Burns
Kevin Stephens
5 0 8.72 0 8.72 181

39 19931 Harvey Starling
Bill Hopson
5 0 8.71 0 8.71 177

40 7563 William Russell
Norman Buce
5 0 8.7 0 8.7 171

41 21221 Chris Baldus
Josh Faile
5 0 8.57 0 8.57 151

42 18730 Kevin Diamond
Josh Diamond
5 0 8.48 0 8.48 172

43 13606 Steve Neal
Fred Lynn
5 0 8.41 0 8.41 168

44 13312 Randy Gravett
Chad Weaver
5 0 8.4 0 8.4 153

45 21547 Michael Mitchell
Trey Mitchell
5 0 8.3 0 8.3 159

46 21216 Albert Lovvorn
5 0 8.14 0 8.14 165

47 21115 Roger Caldwell
Matt Caldwell
5 0 8.06 0 8.06 169

48 19971 Morris Ellis Jr.
Randy Smith
5 0 8.03 0 8.03 174

49 18635 Jerry Sandretto
Grant Olsen
5 0 7.8 0 7.8 145

50 18913 Brad Carroll
Edward Looper Jr
5 0 7.74 0 7.74 158

51 19030
Waylon Hill
5 0 7.68 0 7.68 150

52 21095 E L Cobb
Jim Bell
5 0 7.47 0 7.47 147

53 577 Matthew Higgins
Ed Reeves
5 0 7.46 0 7.46 146

54 14609 Michael Stewart
Thomas Pugh
5 0 7.14 0 7.14 154

55 21781 Mark Scott
Ross Williams
5 0 7.05 0 7.05 137

56 19075 Marlin Saint
Ronald Coats
5 0 6.94 0 6.94 143

57 17468
5 0 6.64 0 6.64 166

58 16275 Robert McEarchern
Richard McEarchern
5 0 6.59 0 6.59 144

59 21021 Harris Housley
5 0 6.47 0 6.47 152

60 19095 Terry Burleson
Chris Mayfield
5 0 5.82 0 5.82 155

61 21551
5 0 5.71 0 5.71 139

62 14599 Jimmy Garrie
Joe Garrie
5 0 5.71 0 5.71 142

63 15930 Jack Langston
Sherri Langston
5 0 5.7 0 5.7 138

64 21578
4 0 4.84 0 4.84 140

65 18906
0 0 0 0 0 135

66 14565 Ricky Smith
0 0 0 0 0 136

67 14590 Gary Livingston
David Whitten
0 0 0 0 0 133

68 21487 Bob Floro
Mike Floro
0 0 0 0 0 132

69 19016
0 0 0 0 0 134

70 22251 Richard Hollis
0 0 0 0 0 132

71 16199 Chris Todd
Bennie McCoy
0 0 0 0 0 132