Welcome to the Central Division District 9 Championship from Dayton Tennessee on beautiful Lake Chickamauga on the TN River and home of the 44lb. plus five fish limit. Thanks to the City of Dayton TN and Fish Dayton for hosting this District Championship. 
 
The event kicked off on Thursday evening as all the fishermen met at the Bluewater Resort for the pre-tournament meeting in Dayton TN. After all the anglers had checked in at registration and received their boat assignments they were served pulled Bar B Que pork with all the fixings. Local Pastor Darryl Smith delivered the message to our anglers, as Darryl talked to everyone about hope or feeling as though there is no hope. After everything seems to build up and we think there is no way out or there seems to be no hope at all we do have hope, it’s in our lord and savior Jesus. After the message and meeting, we sent the fishermen home to get ready for the next day. 

 
On Friday morning after the National Anthem, the 48 teams proceeded to take off in the cool morning air as the sun began to peek over the mountains in search of a five fish limit while trying to earn one of the 10 slots available to the National Championship in April 2018 along with the highest finishing Adult Junior team and highest finishing Male Female team. The weather man was calling for light winds and blue bird skies as the temperatures were to reach in to the 80’s later on. After the afternoon check-in and the first teams began showing up at the scales, we could see that for some it had been a tough day – Chickamauga Lake was not giving up the numbers of fish and the size of fish that this lake is known for. But as in every tournament, some teams find the right things to do and find the sizes and numbers required to take the lead.

The Indiana South team of Lewis Mallory and Mike Quinlin took the early lead by bringing a five fish limit to the scale weighing 16.50 lbs. topped off with the Big Bass of the day weighing 8 lbs. even showing us that the lake was giving up a big fish or two. Second place is the team of Michael Smith and Brian Jordan from TN East division bringing in a five fish limit weighing 15.39 lbs. The team of Randy Fain and Ronny Jones from TN East division brought in 4 fish to the scales weighing 14.22 lbs. placing them in third place. Fourth place for the day goes to the team of Steve Stewart and Johnny Creel from the GA South division weighing in a limit of fish that topped the scales at 14.12 lbs. Rounding out the top five is the TN East team of Eugene Randolph and George Galyon Jr. whose five fish limit weighed in at 12.18 lbs.

 
Currently leading in the Adult Junior is the TN East team of Dewayne Rankin and Cole Rankin, while the AL NW team of Dwayne Lewis and Malissa Lewis leads the Male Female.

Tomorrow is another day, so stay tuned...anything can happen.

Fishers of Men would like to thank our National Sponsors for all that they do: Bass Cat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Shakespeare, Spiderwire, Strike King, Power Pole, Kings Home, RayMarine, Duckett, Gator Guards, Buckeye Lures, Rayjus, HydroWave, Jacobs Glass, Kistler, and TH Marine.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	4601	Lewis Mallory Mike Quinlin	5	8	16.5	0	16.5	0
2	1121	Michael Smith Brian Jordan	5	4.78	15.39	0	15.39	0
3	3678	Randy Fain Ronny Jones	4	0	14.22	0	14.22	0
4	1853	Steven Stewart Johnny Creel	5	4.21	14.12	0	14.12	0
5	22213	Eugene Randolph George Galyon Jr.	5	3.45	12.18	0	12.18	0
6	21227	Ryan Pardue	5	0	11.93	0	11.93	0
7	15983	Dewayne Rankin Cole Rankin	4	4.44	10.9	0	10.9	0
8	1117	Paul Rogers Rod Garrett	5	0	9.49	0	9.49	0
9	21533	Adam Jones	5	0	9.03	0	9.03	0
10	21317	Mitchell Major	5	0	8.91	0	8.91	0
11	18959	Bobby Robinson Kyle Smith	3	4.64	8.81	0	8.81	0
12	21306		5	0	8.16	0	8.16	0
13	15906	Chester Wooton Timothy Vanover	3	0	7.2	0	7.2	0
14	21281	Doug Coulter Todd Wilson	3	0	7	0	7	0
15	22244	William Freeman	3	0	6.89	0	6.89	0
16	339	Wayne Frierson Ronald Mueller	4	0	6.53	0	6.53	0
17	21293	Chuck Cash Charles Norris	3	0	6.5	0	6.5	0
18	16199	Chris Todd Bennie McCoy	3	0	5.5	0	5.5	0
19	4645	James Hanson David Hanson	3	0	5.37	0	5.37	0
20	18710	Brian Leach Brian Leach	2	0	5.23	0	5.23	0
21	13241	Stan Barber Preston Barber	3	0	5.51	0.5	5.01	0
22	21288	Jared Carpenter Brian Ross	1	2.85	2.85	0	2.85	0
23	19076	Mike Crump Jeff Cooper	2	0	2.7	0	2.7	0
24	3869	Greg Cope Donnie Wormsley	1	2.63	2.63	0	2.63	0
25	10301	Larry Morgan Anthony Askew	1	2.56	2.56	0	2.56	0
26	21302	Shawn Monhollen Wade Jenkins	1	2.36	2.36	0	2.36	0
27	21531		1	1.95	1.95	0	1.95	0
28	10287	Ken Sexton J C Loveday	1	1.87	1.87	0	1.87	0
29	21524	Jeff Rogers	1	1.85	1.85	0	1.85	0
30	21523	George Headdon Rick Ellis	1	1.68	1.68	0	1.68	0
31	16275	Robert McEarchern Richard McEarchern	1	1.67	1.67	0	1.67	0
32	3524		1	1.56	1.56	0	1.56	0
33	21283	Tim Sadler	1	1.56	1.56	0	1.56	0
34	21299	Keith Southerland Joshua Southerland	1	1.55	1.55	0	1.55	0
35	19083	Dwayne Lewis Malissa Lewis	1	0.97	0.97	0	0.97	0
36	15003	Tim Leonard Tom Leonard	1	1.5	1.5	1	0.5	0
37	21308	Jeffery Strong Anderson Dunn	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	21527	Dustin Bailey	0	0	0	0	0	0
39	21829	Calvin Murphy Steve Terry	0	0	0	0	0	0
40	18770		0	0	0	0	0	0
41	15074	Benjamin Boggs Bobby Boggs	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	19087	Donny Davis Jack Malone	0	0	0	0	0	0
43	18712	Chris Sexton Mason Sexton	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	21525	Nathan Crisp Jason Holder	0	0	0	0	0	0
45	22236	Edward Looper Jr	0	0	0	0	0	0
46	19971	Morris Ellis Jr. Randy Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0
47	12123	John Long Karen Taylor	0	0	0	0	0	0
48	22249	Daniel Smith	0	0	0	0	0	0
1st Place Day One Lewis Mallory and Mike Quinlin 16.50lbs. 2nd Place Day One Michael Smith and Brian Jordan 15.39 lbs. 3rd Place Day One Randy Fain and Ronny Jones 14.22 lbs. 4th Place Day One Steve Stewart and Johny Creel 14.12 lbs. 5th Place Day One Eugene Randolph and George Gaylon Jr. 12.18 lbs. Big Fish Day One 8.00 lbs.