The first fishing day of the 2017 Strike King Legacy Championship on Lake Wheeler in Decatur Alabama is in the books. Thanks to the Decatur-Morgan County Convention and Visitors Bureau for hosting this great event.
Also thanks to the First Baptist Church of Decatur for providing us a great venue to meet on Thursday night. The meeting started with registration and door prizes for all the kids provided by our friends at Strike King and Pure Fishing. After everyone was checked in we were treated to a great meal of chicken and steak with all the sides.
The evening got even better as Bass Elite Series pro Andy Montgomery was introduced to the crowd. Andy spent time in a question and answer period giving us insight into the life of a professional fisherman. After answering questions Andy talked to us about how God can show himself to us through nature and sometimes knocks at the door of our lives to let us know he is there. After Andy finished we received a double blessing when the Bass Chaplin Chris Wells finished the program with his salvation message. The evening ended with a final instruction for the fishing weekend.
Five A.M came early on Friday morning as the eighty seven teams started arriving at the Ingalls Harbor boat ramp to begin their day. By 6:00 A.M. all the teams were in place and the blast off began with lots of excited fishermen heading out in search of a big bag of fish. To help with fish care a three fish was set for the day. Three good bites and you are on your way.
At 1:00 P.M. the first flight started to arrive at the scales and continued to arrive until all the flights were accounted for. Finding the bigger fish was tough but seventy teams brought fish to the scales with forty four teams weighing in a three fish limit. One hundred sixty seven fish were weighed in with a total weight of 307.92 lbs.
The Alabama Northwest Team of Marty Carter and Bradford Mills are the leaders after day one with three fish weighing 9.49 lbs. In second is the Mississippi team of James and Lake Johnson with 9.10 lbs. In third is another team from Alabama Northwest Anthony McBay and Carson Heard with 8.85. Norman and Chase Ligon from Alabama Northwest are in fourth with 8.33 lbs. followed by the Alabama Northeast team of Kent and Emily Ware with 8.16 lbs. Day one big bass honor went to junior angler Carson Heard with a fish weighing 4.72 lbs.
Total standings are posted. Tomorrow is a new day and anything can happen. Stay tuned for day two.
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Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Mercury, Stren, Pflueger, Strike King Lure Company, Farm to Feet, Marshall’s Marine, Kings Home, Power-Pole, Raymarine, Duckett Fishing, ORCA Coolers, Buckeye Lures, T&H Maine, Gator Guards, Solar Bat, Kistler Rods, HydroWave, Enigma, KidCasters, Rigrap, Jacobs Glass, Rayjus Sportswear and Rejuvenade.
2017 Legacy Series Championship on Lake Wheeler-Day 1 - 08/04/17
| View Multiday Day Results | Day 1 | Day 2 |
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 22206 |
| 3 | 4.26 | 9.49 | 0 | 9.49 | 200 | |
2 | 22183 |
| 3 | 3.71 | 9.1 | 0 | 9.1 | 199 | |
3 | 22041 |
Anthony McBay | 3 | 4.72 | 8.85 | 0 | 8.85 | 198 | |
4 | 15170 |
Norman Ligon Chase Ligon | 3 | 0 | 8.33 | 0 | 8.33 | 197 | |
5 | 17998 |
Kent Ware Emily Ware | 3 | 3.47 | 8.16 | 0 | 8.16 | 196 | |
6 | 21651 |
Randy Thrash Tucker Thrash | 3 | 0 | 7.62 | 0 | 7.62 | 195 | |
7 | 21638 |
Mitch Willoughby James Willoughby | 3 | 2.67 | 7.25 | 0 | 7.25 | 194 | |
8 | 22045 |
Jim Barnette | 2 | 0 | 6.87 | 0 | 6.87 | 193 | |
9 | 19601 |
| 3 | 0 | 6.87 | 0 | 6.87 | 193 | |
10 | 18117 |
Greg Tomlin | 3 | 0 | 6.87 | 0 | 6.87 | 193 | |
11 | 16138 |
Kenneth Harris | 3 | 0 | 6.84 | 0.25 | 6.59 | 192 | |
12 | 16724 |
Julious Lively | 3 | 0 | 6.49 | 0 | 6.49 | 191 | |
13 | 21976 |
| 3 | 3.28 | 6.41 | 0 | 6.41 | 190 | |
14 | 22177 |
| 3 | 0 | 6.4 | 0 | 6.4 | 189 | |
15 | 19515 |
Bradley Baxter Boone Baxter | 3 | 2.23 | 6.34 | 0 | 6.34 | 188 | |
16 | 21975 |
Rodney Keel | 3 | 3.56 | 6.8 | 0.5 | 6.3 | 187 | |
17 | 21893 |
Barry Johnson | 3 | 0 | 6.25 | 0 | 6.25 | 186 | |
18 | 16132 |
| 3 | 0 | 6.17 | 0 | 6.17 | 185 | |
19 | 21904 |
Andrew Lambert Grant Holt | 3 | 0 | 5.95 | 0 | 5.95 | 184 | |
20 | 17806 |
Jonathan Smith Hayden Smith | 2 | 0 | 5.92 | 0 | 5.92 | 183 | |
21 | 21691 |
Nathan Talley John Talley | 3 | 0 | 5.92 | 0 | 5.92 | 182 | |
22 | 13512 |
Bradley Cross | 3 | 3.14 | 5.85 | 0 | 5.85 | 181 | |
23 | 16767 |
Chris Todd Riley Todd | 3 | 0 | 5.74 | 0 | 5.74 | 180 | |
24 | 21324 |
Chris Cooper Logan Cooper | 3 | 0 | 5.48 | 0 | 5.48 | 179 | |
25 | 21539 |
Shane Bryson | 3 | 0 | 5.42 | 0 | 5.42 | 178 | |
26 | 15319 |
Donny Beck Colby Beck | 3 | 0 | 5.66 | 0.25 | 5.41 | 177 | |
27 | 22137 |
dan reagan grant olsen | 3 | 0 | 5.41 | 0 | 5.41 | 177 | |
28 | 22201 |
Jon Richardson | 3 | 0 | 5.28 | 0 | 5.28 | 175 | |
29 | 21912 |
Josh Bragg Noah Armstrong | 3 | 0 | 5.08 | 0 | 5.08 | 174 | |
30 | 21652 |
Trey Bullock Bryce Bullock | 3 | 0 | 5.04 | 0 | 5.04 | 173 | |
31 | 22170 |
| 3 | 2.8 | 4.92 | 0 | 4.92 | 172 | |
32 | 12640 |
| 3 | 0 | 4.91 | 0 | 4.91 | 171 | |
33 | 16338 |
| 3 | 0 | 5.15 | 0.25 | 4.9 | 170 | |
34 | 16777 |
Richard Nearhoof | 3 | 0 | 4.83 | 0.25 | 4.58 | 169 | |
35 | 16169 |
| 3 | 0 | 4.52 | 0 | 4.52 | 168 | |
36 | 22198 |
| 3 | 0 | 4.52 | 0 | 4.52 | 168 | |
37 | 11488 |
Steve Neal Dawson Busenbark | 3 | 0 | 4.48 | 0.25 | 4.23 | 166 | |
38 | 19042 |
James Osborne Nathanial Eichelberger | 3 | 0 | 3.76 | 0 | 3.76 | 165 | |
39 | 14940 |
Jack Jr. Napier Ross Napier | 3 | 0 | 3.75 | 0 | 3.75 | 164 | |
40 | 21902 |
| 3 | 0 | 3.75 | 0 | 3.75 | 163 | |
41 | 21920 |
| 1 | 3.61 | 3.86 | 0.25 | 3.61 | 162 | |
42 | 22184 |
Victor Holt Sara Holt | 3 | 0 | 3.61 | 0 | 3.61 | 162 | |
43 | 16535 |
Richard McEarchern | 3 | 0 | 3.59 | 0 | 3.59 | 160 | |
44 | 21644 |
Martin Herring Phillip Herring | 3 | 0 | 3.48 | 0 | 3.48 | 159 | |
45 | 13828 |
Russell Nixon Amaya Nixon | 2 | 0 | 3.43 | 0 | 3.43 | 158 | |
46 | 21555 |
Jimmy Mitchell | 3 | 0 | 3.68 | 0.25 | 3.43 | 158 | |
47 | 18120 |
Steve Wilson Jessie Franklin | 2 | 0 | 3.28 | 0 | 3.28 | 156 | |
48 | 19639 |
Bradford Gambrell Sawyer Redmond | 1 | 3.23 | 3.23 | 0 | 3.23 | 155 | |
49 | 18093 |
Eric Weeks | 3 | 0 | 3.46 | 0.25 | 3.21 | 154 | |
50 | 18090 |
Bobby Myrick | 3 | 0 | 3.17 | 0 | 3.17 | 153 | |
51 | 22090 |
Darin Witherup Michael Witherup | 2 | 0 | 3.14 | 0 | 3.14 | 152 | |
52 | 16804 |
Tim Van Polen | 2 | 0 | 3.05 | 0 | 3.05 | 151 | |
53 | 22138 |
Bob Floro Lucca Floro | 2 | 0 | 2.92 | 0 | 2.92 | 150 | |
54 | 16532 |
| 2 | 0 | 2.88 | 0 | 2.88 | 149 | |
55 | 21774 |
| 1 | 2.73 | 2.73 | 0 | 2.73 | 148 | |
56 | 21775 |
| 2 | 0 | 2.2 | 0 | 2.2 | 147 | |
57 | 21751 |
Jerry Sandretto Jake McNulty | 2 | 0 | 2.28 | 0.25 | 2.03 | 146 | |
58 | 21541 |
| 2 | 0 | 2.1 | 0.25 | 1.85 | 145 | |
59 | 100001 |
| 1 | 1.64 | 1.64 | 0 | 1.64 | 144 | |
60 | 21543 |
Greg Franklin Ethan Franklin | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0 | 1.5 | 143 | |
61 | 22024 |
Rick Freeze | 1 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 0 | 1.42 | 142 | |
62 | 21554 |
Edward Looper Jr Lauren Kate Looper | 1 | 1.39 | 1.39 | 0 | 1.39 | 141 | |
63 | 21234 |
Wallace Osborn Kaden Osborn | 1 | 1.33 | 1.33 | 0 | 1.33 | 140 | |
64 | 22033 |
Joe O Connell | 1 | 1.15 | 1.15 | 0 | 1.15 | 139 | |
65 | 19634 |
| 1 | 1.14 | 1.14 | 0 | 1.14 | 138 | |
66 | 16335 |
Samuel Dyal Levi Dyal | 1 | 1.02 | 1.02 | 0 | 1.02 | 137 | |
67 | 21922 |
| 1 | 0.96 | 0.96 | 0 | 0.96 | 136 | |
68 | 16144 |
Byron Haney | 1 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0 | 0.83 | 135 | |
69 | 21791 |
Ben Franklin Hardy Franklin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
70 | 21897 |
Walter Gurgacz Jonathan Gurgacz | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
71 | 18036 |
David Hanson Samuel Hanson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
72 | 21465 |
Rick Jacobs John Luke Colvin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
73 | 17655 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
74 | 16869 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
75 | 10420 |
Matthew King | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
76 | 19283 |
David Morrison Braxton Morrison | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
77 | 21901 |
Stan Riley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
78 | 17997 |
Sean Terrell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
79 | 21892 |
Donnie Gamble | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
80 | 14944 |
Jimmy Garrie Briana Tucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
81 | 22047 |
Joe Garrie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
82 | 21900 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
83 | 19464 |
Dennis Defoor Kannen DeFoor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
84 | 21391 |
Frankey Diviney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
85 | 22181 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 134 | |
Day 1 Leaders : Marty and Bradford James and Lake 3rd : Carson 4th : Norman and Chase 5th : Kent and Emily |