Congratulations to Bryan Humphreys and Maurice Oakes with a 2 day total of 33.39 and the title of Distrist 5 Champions!
Day 2 of the District 5 National Qualifier on Smith Mountain was going to be a shootout. A tie for first place and less than a pound difference in third made for an exciting weigh-in. It has been unseasonable hot for this time of year and made the fishing a little more challeging for many of the anglers. This didn't bother the 48 teams set out to earn one of the 9 payout places and a chance to head to the National Championship on Lake Guntersville in 2018.
The two day total to make the money cut was 17.21lbs and to make the National Championship event was 17.19. The team of Oakes and Humphreys with 33.39 took 1st Place. They mainly focused on deep bites fishing with a jig and a large plastic worm. The key was to find rocky bottoms. The second place team of Jeff and Clay Ross had 29.41lbs fishing a similar pattern. Other anglers were able to catch their fish on top water or strategic junk fishing.
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District 5 Championship on Smith Mountain Lake - 09/23/17| View Multiday Day Results | Day 1 | Day 2 |
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 21392 |
| 5 | 4.87 | 17.76 | 0 | 17.76 | 200 | |
2 | 16170 |
Jeffrey Ross Clay Ross | 5 | 0 | 13.78 | 0 | 13.78 | 199 | |
3 | 21698 |
| 5 | 3.51 | 13.05 | 0 | 13.05 | 197 | |
4 | 21748 |
Harold Black Steve Crist | 5 | 0 | 12.6 | 0 | 12.6 | 198 | |
5 | 22243 |
Vince Humenay | 5 | 0 | 9.9 | 0 | 9.9 | 188 | |
6 | 13342 |
Steven Singleton A.L. Needham | 5 | 0 | 10.11 | 0.25 | 9.86 | 190 | |
7 | 16549 |
Jeff Raner Julie Raner | 5 | 4.59 | 9.81 | 0 | 9.81 | 196 | |
8 | 21514 |
Shawn Skobel Gary Crayton | 5 | 3.77 | 9.66 | 0 | 9.66 | 194 | |
9 | 13430 |
Paul Wiley Jon Crans | 5 | 0 | 9.51 | 0 | 9.51 | 186 | |
10 | 21319 |
Travis Lively Kaitlyn Lively | 5 | 0 | 9.37 | 0 | 9.37 | 181 | |
11 | 18705 |
Maurice Parent Michael Harrah | 5 | 0 | 9.32 | 0 | 9.32 | 184 | |
12 | 13578 |
Michael Williams David Williams | 5 | 2.75 | 9.46 | 0.25 | 9.21 | 182 | |
13 | 16004 |
David Martin Kevin Simmons | 3 | 0 | 8.83 | 0 | 8.83 | 185 | |
14 | 22230 |
Carl Sadler | 4 | 0 | 8.18 | 0 | 8.18 | 189 | |
15 | 17576 |
Miles Shorey III Janice Shorey | 4 | 0 | 8.33 | 0.25 | 8.08 | 176 | |
16 | 21264 |
Christopher Atkins, III Christopher Atkins | 3 | 0 | 8.31 | 0.25 | 8.06 | 174 | |
17 | 17076 |
James Carnley | 5 | 0 | 7.97 | 0 | 7.97 | 195 | |
18 | 21454 |
Gil Burk Matt Burk | 4 | 0 | 7.91 | 0 | 7.91 | 177 | |
19 | 14739 |
Brian Lindamood | 3 | 4.14 | 7.5 | 0 | 7.5 | 183 | |
20 | 16044 |
Nathan Alt Jeff Camp | 3 | 0 | 7.61 | 0.25 | 7.36 | 179 | |
21 | 10008 |
Wayne Myers Brian Myers | 3 | 0 | 7.19 | 0 | 7.19 | 193 | |
22 | 21562 |
Joe Snares Sean Snares | 5 | 0 | 7.09 | 0 | 7.09 | 170 | |
23 | 17322 |
William Craft Ethan Craft | 5 | 0 | 7.08 | 0 | 7.08 | 172 | |
24 | 17743 |
Jeff Mills | 5 | 0 | 7.01 | 0 | 7.01 | 165 | |
25 | 14774 |
James Ruggerio Edward Kibler | 5 | 0 | 7.16 | 0.25 | 6.91 | 163 | |
26 | 16604 |
Mike Vance | 4 | 0 | 6.9 | 0 | 6.9 | 168 | |
27 | 18974 |
| 4 | 0 | 6.83 | 0 | 6.83 | 187 | |
28 | 8549 |
Anthony McCraw Penny McCraw | 4 | 0 | 7.02 | 0.25 | 6.77 | 169 | |
29 | 14689 |
Jacob Bumgarner Alan Bumgarner | 4 | 0 | 6.65 | 0 | 6.65 | 191 | |
30 | 16072 |
Mike Smith Erin Smith | 5 | 0 | 6.57 | 0 | 6.57 | 179 | |
31 | 21443 |
Don Porter Todd Winslow | 4 | 0 | 6.53 | 0 | 6.53 | 192 | |
32 | 21561 |
Randy Keen Randy Gabel | 3 | 3.53 | 6.65 | 0.25 | 6.4 | 164 | |
33 | 17294 |
Bill Bailey | 4 | 0 | 6.31 | 0 | 6.31 | 180 | |
34 | 22064 |
Thomas Harden | 4 | 0 | 5.79 | 0 | 5.79 | 160 | |
35 | 16064 |
Bradley Whitfield David McMichael | 4 | 0 | 5.78 | 0 | 5.78 | 175 | |
36 | 18979 |
Marty Nester Doug Carter | 3 | 0 | 5.74 | 0 | 5.74 | 171 | |
37 | 18523 |
Kenneth Shumate John Shumate | 3 | 0 | 4.83 | 0 | 4.83 | 173 | |
38 | 13454 |
| 3 | 0 | 3.74 | 0 | 3.74 | 167 | |
39 | 19376 |
Elvin Martes | 3 | 0 | 3.75 | 0.25 | 3.5 | 157 | |
40 | 19385 |
Pete Griffin Brandon Cord | 2 | 0 | 3.45 | 0 | 3.45 | 161 | |
41 | 14801 |
Bobby Carter Nathan Talley | 2 | 0 | 3.29 | 0 | 3.29 | 166 | |
42 | 21718 |
Dave Crawford | 2 | 0 | 2.31 | 0 | 2.31 | 159 | |
43 | 14694 |
Steven Bishop Richard Alley | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 158 | |
44 | 18832 |
Max Hartung | 2 | 0 | 1.38 | 0 | 1.38 | 162 | |
45 | 1196 |
Jay Knott Dale Baggett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 156 | |
46 | 19377 |
Sean Peddicord Greg Burdick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Humphreys & Oakes District 5 Champs. Ross & Ross 2 Day total 29.41 for 2nd Place Top Finishing Male/Female team Travis & Kaitlyn Lively |