~~Preacher Ronny Jones and Bailey Fain win the Ameriprise $2000

The second East Tennessee Fishers of Men was held on Cherokee Lake.  With $2000 guarantee first place, there were new teams showing up to take their shot at the grand prize. 
First Baptist Dandridge Church was the host church again this year.  The men of the church love to fire up the big grill and cook burgers and hot dogs, and the women of the church make all kinds of great desserts to be eaten.  The church Associate Pastor Cory Hammett did a great job of bringing the word to all the fishermen.
Saturday morning came with a 45 degrees air temperature and storms that gave way to overcast skies, sleet, and falling temperatures by the end of the day.
The Ameriprise First place went to the team of Ronny Jones and Bailey Fain, giving them over $2200 in winnings.  This team came to the scales with a 5-fish limit weighing in at 17.99 pounds.  They reported staying on the lower end of the lake to catch their fish on crankbaits from main lake points.  Interesting note, Bailey started fishing the Legacy tournaments when he was a kid and sometimes fills in for his dad Randy who has been Ronny’s partner for years.
 Second place went to the team Kenny Sexton and his son-in-law Bill Humbard who brought 17.31 pounds to the scales.  Kenny was supposed to fish with his dad, Ray, but with the cold weather and chance of snow, Ray decided he had better stay around shop to keep the fire going and the customers happy.   Kenny and Ray are the owners of White Pine Marine, your East Tennessee BassCat and Mercury Dealer. With that said, Kenny teamed up with Bill Hubbard and ran their Mercury around on the lower end of Cherokee lake to come back with an impressive 5 fish limit to secure their second-place finish.
 Third place went to Paul Rogers and Rod Garrett who came to the scales with a nice bag of fish weighing in at 17.21 pounds.  They also had the lunker of the tournament, an awesome 5.03 largemouth.  They team stated that they stayed on the lower end to catch their fish from main lake points.
Fourth place went to went to Brian Jordan and Michael Smith.  This talented team came to the stage with a mixed bag of fish weighing in at 16.90 pounds.  Brian reported running his Mercury powered Nitro around the lower end of the lake to locate fish with his Lowrance depth finders and then used a spinnerbait to entice the fish to bite.  White Pine Marine, Mercury, Nitro Boats, Lowrance, and Dixie Custom Rods and Baits sponsor this team.
Fifth place went to the team of Eugene Randolph and George Galyon who ran down the lake to haul back a five-fish limit weighing in at 16.5 pounds. This talented team reported using a jerk-bait to catch their fish off of rocky banks on the lower end of the lake.
East Tennessee Fishers of Men would like to thank it local sponsors that make everything possible this year Bill Freeman and Randy White with Ameriprise Financial, White Pine Marine, Dixie Custom Tackle, Mack’s Auto Glass, Tennessee Overhead Door and B&M Tires.
Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire, Shakespeare, Strike King Lure Company, Kings Home, Power-Pole, Raymarine, Duckett Fishing, BassBoat Technologies, ORCA Coolers, Buckeye Lures, T&H Maine, Gator Guards, Kistler Rods, HydroWave, Costa, Jacobs Glass, Rayjus Sportswear.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	3678	Randy Fain Ronny Jones	5	4.62	17.99	0	17.99	200
2	22961	Ken Sexton Ray Sexton	5	0	17.31	0	17.31	199
3	1117	Paul Rogers Rod Garrett	5	5.03	17.12	0	17.12	198
4	1121	Michael Smith Brian Jordan	5	4.62	16.9	0	16.9	197
5	22616	Eugene Randolph George Galyon Jr.	5	4.78	16.5	0	16.5	196
6	22558	Brad Brown Brodie Brown	5	0	15.56	0	15.56	195
7	22663	Michael Perdue Ryan Hawn	5	0	15.12	0	15.12	194
8	22960	J C Loveday Carlus Bales	5	4.29	14.62	0	14.62	193
9	19406	Bob Coughlin Bob Coughlin	5	0	13.6	0	13.6	192
10	8490	Randall White Randall White II	5	0	13.14	0	13.14	191
11	22557	William Freeman Michael Melton	5	0	12.8	0	12.8	190
12	15074	Benjamin Boggs Bobby Boggs	5	0	12.75	0	12.75	189
13	18712	Chris Sexton Mason Sexton	5	0	12.26	0	12.26	188
14	21523	George Headdon Rick Ellis	5	0	12.04	0	12.04	187
15	18774	Caleb Baker Robby Baker	5	0	11.6	0	11.6	186
16	18710	Brian Leach Brian Leach	5	0	11.36	0	11.36	185
17	22988	Jeremiah Cawood Trinity Cawood	5	0	11.04	0	11.04	184
18	22989	Randy Osborne Lance Mabry	4	0	10.47	0	10.47	183
19	22661	John Underwood Thomas Underwood	3	0	8.32	0	8.32	182
20	15003	Tim Leonard Tom Leonard	3	0	7.69	0	7.69	181
21	15906	Chester Wooton Timothy Vanover	3	0	7.35	0	7.35	180
22	12123	John Long Karen Taylor	2	0	5.77	0	5.77	179
23	22559	Don Raley Tim Corum	2	0	5.12	0	5.12	178
24	21525	Nathan Crisp Jason Holder	3	3.9	5.07	1	4.07	177
25	21829	Calvin Murphy Steve Terry	1	0	1.87	0	1.87	176
26	3869	Greg Cope Donnie Wormsley	0	0	0	0	0	175
27	22560	Dan Broom Kerry Broom	0	0	0	0	0	175
The Whites with some nice fish Brodie Brown with some nice fish 2nd place Sexton and Humbard 1st Place Jones and Fain Big Jim with a nice Smallmouth!!