~~Feb 17 2018 Mayo lake

The NC Central division kicked off its 2018 season at Mayo lake on Feb 17th. We partnered with Westwood Baptist Church for our Friday night meeting and Pastor Gerald, Brent, and their team made us feel extremely welcome with great food and fellowship. Pastor Gerald brought the message and did a wonderful job. He asked a few simple questions to open the sermon, how do we spend our time? Are we serving God or are we serving the world? Are we prepared for the trials life throws at us? Are we secure in our relationship with Jesus Christ? Through our relationship with God we can be prepared to do those things that are pleasing to God and give us hope for our lives. We had several rededications and one new commitment. Thanks be unto God for those blessings.

  The weather was perfect, sunny, temps in the 80's, and a light breeze blowing. Oh wait, that was Friday. Saturday dawned with cloudy skies, a 30 dgree temp drop, rain in the forecast, and breezy. The 50 boat field headed out at safe light to see what Mayo lake had to offer. Around lunch time a cold drizzle began to fall and I think the temp dropped another 10 degrees. As the first boats started to come in it looked like it was going to be a tough day with very few fish weighed in. As more boats rolled in things began to change and the weights started to climb. At the end of the day Ross and Robbie Kennon brought in a sack weighing 20.32 lbs with a 6.84lb kicker to take the win and big fish. These guys have won on Mayo before and are a little hard to handle on this lake. Ross Oliver and Brad Cook finished second with a 19.19lb bag and also took home first place Bonus Bucks. In third place just 7/100ths of a pound behind was the team of Wayne Sheppard and Tony Fox with 19.12lbs, Tony later told me he had lost a hog that may have given them the win when his hooks straightened out. The top ten teams took home a check to go along with their soggy rain suits. You gotta love it when the weather throws you a curve. Most fish were caught on Jerkbaits, Jigs, and C-Rigs in 10 to 20 foot of water.

  I would like to thank all the teams that came out to fish with us and we hope to see you throughout this season. I also want to thank our volunteers for braving the nasty weather to make this event a success, without them this would not be possible. I would be remiss if I didin't say thanks to my wife, Pepper, for taking on the endeavor with me, I love you. Most of all let's give thanks unto God for all of His blessings and for keeping us safe.

  Next event is Falls Lake on March 10th at Ledgerock ramp. We're hoping to see some 30lb sacks come outta Falls so please encourage everyone you know to come on out, it's going to be a great event.

  I look forward to seeing you all again,

  Thanks and God bless,

   Mike Hair

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	14805	Robbie Kennon Ross Kennon	5	6.84	20.32	0	20.32	200
2	21500	Ross Oliver Brad Cook	5	0	19.19	0	19.19	199
3	21449	Wayne Sheppard Tony Fox	5	5.36	19.12	0	19.12	198
4	19201	Lonnie Whitfield Phillip Smith	5	0	15.24	0	15.24	197
5	21413	Joseph Hackett D J Farman	5	0	14.3	0	14.3	196
6	12108	Claiborn Cox Michael Carden	5	0	13.93	0	13.93	195
7	22364	Matthew Parker Ronnie Pope	5	5.77	12.85	0	12.85	194
8	18793	David Farman Allen Farman	5	0	12.84	0	12.84	193
9	15420	Howard Bohannon Justin Bohannon	5	0	13.81	1	12.81	192
10	21110	John McBride Chris Barnes	5	0	12.23	0	12.23	191
11	21499	Kevin Sheppard Edward Franklin	4	0	12.18	0	12.18	190
12	22500	Travis Watson Brian Benish	4	0	11.78	0	11.78	189
13	21616	Chris Wood Mark Sherrer	5	0	11.73	0	11.73	188
14	22363	Larry Jacobs Randy Fisher	4	0	11.29	0	11.29	187
15	22361	Horace Mason Val Sorensen	4	0	10.7	0	10.7	186
16	22498	Larry Bostic Robert Mayton	5	0	10.43	0	10.43	185
17	22366	Roger Clary Justin Rhew	4	0	10.27	0	10.27	184
18	5068	Anthony Liles Ricky Bridgers	5	0	9.73	0	9.73	183
19	17417	Jesse Wise Dale Morgan	4	0	9.16	0	9.16	182
20	18943	Jeremy Moody Lucas Lobaugh	3	5.77	8.68	0	8.68	181
21	1196	Jay Knott Dale Baggett	3	0	7.94	0	7.94	180
22	22393	Randall Stroupe Hong Ung	3	0	7.32	0	7.32	179
23	22411	Matthew McCoy Jonathan Linkous	2	0	6.65	0	6.65	178
24	22551	Traycer Barnette Zeb Barnette	2	0	6.13	0	6.13	177
25	22501	Dustin Long steve long	2	4.16	5.95	0	5.95	176
26	22548	zachary smith austin woody	2	0	5.73	0	5.73	175
27	22503	Trey Nichols jim nichols	2	0	5.68	0	5.68	174
28	22540	Luke Farrington Tony gossett	2	0	5.17	0	5.17	173
29	22367	Samuel Fisher Aaron Fisher	3	0	5.02	0	5.02	172
30	17418	Scott Freeman Connor Freeman	3	0	4.86	0	4.86	171
31	22545	James Noteboom Zack Wood	2	0	4.42	0	4.42	170
32	14801	Bobby Carter Nathan Talley	1	4.37	4.37	0	4.37	0
33	22542	Jonathan Jones Bryson Peed	2	0	3.7	0	3.7	167
34	22499	Joshua Sharpe michael guildi	2	0	3.69	0	3.69	166
35	18904	Randy Strickland Bryan Mister	1	3.23	3.23	0	3.23	165
36	22547	Gilbert Sanford	1	2.99	2.99	0	2.99	164
37	22549	Lee Williams Jeremy Martin	1	2.72	2.72	0	2.72	163
38	22426	James Padrick Michael Tanner	1	2.25	2.25	0	2.25	162
39	22485	Kenneth Kirby Jeremy Modlin	1	1.95	1.95	0	1.95	161
40	21906	Derek Bowden Matthew Little	1	1.84	1.84	0	1.84	160
41	15939	Howard Fisher Quentin Ramseur	1	1.77	1.77	0	1.77	159
42	1940	Calton Hall Jason Suggs	1	1.74	1.74	0	1.74	158
43	22509	rick sossaman Randy Johnson	1	1.38	1.38	0	1.38	157
44	8446	Derrick Johnson Carlton Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	157
45	14735	Steve Upchurch Jeff Hodges	0	0	0	0	0	157
46	22362	Terry Smith Rodney Pope	0	0	0	0	0	157
47	22368	Luke Turner Maury Turner	0	0	0	0	0	157
48	22394	Patrick Williams Kevin Williams	0	0	0	0	0	157
49	22510	Gary Johnson Joshua Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	157
50	17392	Charles Campbell	0	0	0	0	0	157