Wow what a great start to the season, We want to thank Palestine Baptist Church and Quest Ministries for the great venue and meal they provided.

Our speaker was Robert Day the CEO fo Patrick Henry Family Services. He gave an awesome tesitimony about his life and what his passion is for familys needing help in the comon wealth. Patrick Henry Family Services is also one of our new sponsors this year and there partnership is invaluable to our division. We gladly welcome them into the Fishers of Mens family.

Our tournament consisted of 38 teams competing for 1st place, we paid out seven spots, and over $4,425.00, which included Big Bass and Bonus Bucks.

Our morning started out a warm 55 degrees and some what foggy, but by the time blast off came at 6:45am the fog was gone at our ramp and we were able to blast off safely. At the end of the day the team of Dwain Bever and Michael Brogan hauled in a catch of 17.79 pounds with a 6.77 lb kicker to take the top honors and total purse worth $2,047.50, which included 1st place over all, 1st place bonus bucks and Big Bass honors. Not bad for 1 day at the office for this new team to Fishers of Men.

Our final 6 teams in the money worked hard to bring in what they caught and were rewarded well. Below lists our final paid winners and just out of the money finishers.

2nd place - Jeffrey Ross and Clay Ross - 17.38lbs - $821.50 which included 2nd place and bonus bucks

3rd place - Chris "Matt" Atkins and Christopher Atkins - 15.60 bs - $456.00

4th place - Greg Sibold and Mike Sibold - 14.98lbs - $462.00 which included 3rd place and bonus bucks.

5th place - Jd Shockey and Lynn Washington - 13.90lbs - $258.00

6th place - Steve Crist and Larry Rakes - 13.86lbs - $218.00

7th place - David Martin and Kevin Simmons - 13.76lbs - $162.00

Just out of the money was Greg Stalling and Tony Lang who will receive the two new rods if they come to the next meeting at Boydton Town Center for the Kerr Lake Tournament on March 31st.

Tournament Stats:

Total Teams: 38

Total Fish number of fish weighed 129

Total weight of fish - 315.46lbs

Average weight of fish - 2.45lbs

100% fish release rate.

I want to give a big thank you to Seth Wright and Dennis Wright for showing up and helping with taking pictures and working the bump tank, also the new director for Virginia East and his wife came and helped check in boats and put the weights on the white board, thank you Andy Levin and Tara Levin, I pray God blesses your division this year.

Our next tournament is March 31st at Kerr Lake, I look forward to see you all there.

We would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of the Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail and this division:

Abu Garcia, Berkley Fishing, Patrick Henry Family Services,, McCraw Insurance, Patel and Dalrympal Attorneys at law, Strike King, Kistler Rods, JB Custom Rods, Andys Tackle, SVFU Group, Nixon Land Surveying, LLC, Pole Pole, Captain Garys, Keel Gaurd, Bass Cat, Mercury Marine, TH Marine.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	22561	Michael Brogan Dwain Bever	5	6.77	17.79	0	17.79	200
2	16170	Jeffrey Ross Clay Ross	5	0	17.38	0	17.38	199
3	21264	Christopher Atkins, III Christopher Atkins	5	4.05	15.6	0	15.6	198
4	6805	Michael Sibold Greg Sibold	5	3.6	14.98	0	14.98	197
5	18974		5	0	13.9	0	13.9	196
6	22668	Steve Crist	5	3.39	13.86	0	13.86	195
7	16004	David Martin Kevin Simmons	5	0	13.76	0	13.76	194
8	22667	Greg Stallings	5	3.66	13.68	0	13.68	193
9	21392		5	4	13.32	0	13.32	192
10	22612		5	0	13.26	0	13.26	191
11	10300	Lacy Burnette Harold Black	5	0	12.33	0	12.33	190
12	22562		5	0	11.89	0	11.89	189
13	22611	Gregory Meadows Zachary Meadows	4	0	10.57	0	10.57	188
14	8549	Anthony McCraw Penny McCraw	5	0	10.12	0	10.12	187
15	17743	Jeff Mills	5	4.7	9.54	0	9.54	186
16	22413		4	0	9.22	0	9.22	185
17	22595	Mark Blankenship Elizabeth Blankenship	5	0	9	0	9	184
18	22603	Kevin Allison Jonathan Bailey	5	0	8.99	0	8.99	183
19	16067	Jared Sowers	5	0	8.92	0	8.92	182
20	10008	Wayne Myers Brian Myers	3	4.08	7.46	0	7.46	181
21	17294	Bill Bailey	5	0	7.04	0	7.04	180
22	22502		2	0	7.01	0	7.01	179
23	17076	James Carnley	3	4.04	6.77	0	6.77	178
24	16604	Mike Vance	3	0	6.77	0	6.77	177
25	17322	William Craft Ethan Craft	4	0	6.61	0	6.61	176
26	21319	Travis Lively Kaitlyn Lively	2	0	6.28	0	6.28	175
27	22615	Dave Crawford	2	0	6.18	0	6.18	174
28	22412	Brian Lindamood	3	2.92	5.19	0	5.19	173
29	10549	Nathan Alt Jeff Camp	2	0	4.61	0	4.61	172
30	22619	Thomas Thompson	3	0	4.54	0	4.54	171
31	22596	Edwina Garber	1	4.26	4.26	0	4.26	170
32	22609		1	2.85	2.85	0	2.85	169
33	13482	Mike Smith Erin Smith	1	0.93	0.93	0	0.93	168
34	14694	Steven Bishop Richard Alley	1	0.85	0.85	0	0.85	167
35	17181	Bob Vicars Jason Vicars	0	0	0	0	0	116
36	22064	Thomas Harden	0	0	0	0	0	166
37	22604	David Mills Matt Powers	0	0	0	0	0	166
38	22665		0	0	0	0	0	166
2nd place Jeffrey Ross and Clay Ross 1st place Dwain Bever and Michael Brogan 3rd place Matt Atkins and Chris Atkins 4th place Greg and Mike Sibold