2018 Legacy Series Championship

The 2018 Shakespeare Legacy Series Championship hosted by Decatur Morgan County Tourism is under way.

The event started with our Thursday night meeting held at First Baptist Church of Decatur who again shared their facility with us for the evening. We were served a great meal catered by Alfonso’s Italian restaurant in Decatur which was topped off with ice cream and all the toppings.

After the meal the current FLW Angler of the Year, Mark Rose spent time with us talking about fishing and life. Mark spoke about his rise in the fishing world and the importance of preparing and being open to the things around you. Even though a lot of things can impact our fishing and our life Mark said the most important thing is to follow Jesus and his will for us. Thanks Mark for your great testimony.

After the message we held a short meeting to talk about the first day’s tournament rules and launch procedure. We then handed out prizes including baits, fishing tackle, boating accessories, and fishing rods. We then released the fisherman and women for the evening so they could get a good night rest for the next day to rise early and head for the ramp on Friday.

Friday morning came early as we started to launch boats around 5:00 a.m. The weather for this time of year was cooler than in the past with temperatures in the 60’s along with slightly overcast skies. At 6:00 a.m. we began our launch.  Seventy seven boats left the Ingalls Harbor boat ramp on Lake Wheeler. Check in time for the first flight was 1:00 p.m. and after a quick breakfast the Fishers of Men staff returned to the Tournament site to set up for the weigh-in.

For fish preservation and to help protect the resource we set a three fish limit for this event. At 1:00 the first flight returned and the teams started bringing the fish to the scales. There were a total of thirty eight, three fish limits brought in with most of the teams catching fish.

Our day one leaders were the team of Lake and Allen Johnson with three fish weighing 11.23 lbs. Lake was very tight lipped about how the fish were caught. In second place, were Greg and Wyatt Tomlin who also caught the first day’s one big bass caught by the junior angler. Wyatt’s big bass weighed 3.85 lbs and their total weight was 8.51 lbs. In third, were Donny and Colby Beck wit three fish with a weight of 8.29 lbs. Not trailing far behind in third, were Nathan and James Lively with a limit weighing 8.24 lbs followed by Greg and Ethan Franklin with 8.10 lbs.

Stay tuned tomorrow is a new day.

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	22770	Allen Johnson Lake Johnson	3	0	11.23	0	11.23	0
2	15503	Greg Tomlin	3	3.85	8.51	0	8.51	0
3	15319	Donny Beck Colby Beck	3	0	8.29	0	8.29	0
4	23327	Nathan Lively James Lively	3	0	8.24	0	8.24	0
5	21543	Greg Franklin Ethan Franklin	3	3.15	8.1	0	8.1	0
6	21638	Mitch Willoughby James Willoughby	3	0	7.84	0	7.84	0
7	21326	Jimmy Mitchell Brody Mitchell	3	0	7.44	0	7.44	0
8	23221	William Davis Sawyer Davis	3	0	7.13	0	7.13	0
9	19639	Bradford Gambrell Sawyer Redmond	3	3.2	7.11	0	7.11	0
10	21902		3	0	6.59	0	6.59	0
11	15470	Fred Lynn Gabrial Lynn	3	0	6.17	0	6.17	0
12	18093	Eric Weeks	2	0	6.16	0	6.16	0
13	23236	Roger Motes Joe Hardy	3	2.23	6.13	0	6.13	0
14	22047	Joe Garrie	3	0	5.92	0	5.92	0
15	22045	Jim Barnette	3	0	5.9	0	5.9	0
16	21651	Randy Thrash Tucker Thrash	3	2.99	5.84	0	5.84	0
17	22041	Anthony McBay	3	0	5.93	0.25	5.68	0
18	22743	Cameron McEarchern Richard McEarchern	3	0	5.68	0	5.68	0
19	19536	Russell Nixon Wyatt Bigham	3	0	5.46	0	5.46	0
20	23085	Kevin Beasley Jacob Neff	3	0	5.44	0	5.44	0
21	23195	Hayden Smith Jonathan Smith	3	3.52	5.36	0	5.36	0
22	19601		3	2.22	5.35	0	5.35	0
23	22769	Bill Benford Rhett Benford	3	0	5.31	0	5.31	0
24	23363	Darin Witherup Michael Witherup	2	0	5.22	0	5.22	0
25	16804	Tim Van Polen	3	0	5.04	0.25	4.79	0
26	23455	Billy Brooks NOAH BROOKS	3	0	4.79	0	4.79	0
27	21324	Chris Cooper Logan Cooper	3	0	4.7	0	4.7	0
28	21539	Shane Bryson	3	0	4.69	0	4.69	0
29	23470	Victor Holt Sara Holt	3	0	4.48	0	4.48	0
30	15341	Hunter Haymond Todd Haymond	2	0	4.47	0	4.47	0
31	17998	Kent Ware Emily Ware	3	0	4.47	0	4.47	0
32	23425	Frank Morton Zac Williams	2	0	4.3	0	4.3	0
33	22771	Jimmy Garrie Kate McMillian	3	0	4.22	0	4.22	0
34	23396	Tim Rivest Brayden Rivest	3	0	4.2	0	4.2	0
35	23454	James Callahan Christian Callahan	2	0	4.15	0	4.15	0
36	21234	Wallace Osborn Kaden Osborn	3	0	4.13	0	4.13	0
37	23481	David Godwin Jacob Godwin	3	0	4.02	0	4.02	0
38	23508	Julious Lively	2	2.49	3.95	0	3.95	0
39	23472	Brandt Sjuts Ty Coon	3	0	3.92	0	3.92	0
40	23463		3	0	3.91	0	3.91	0
41	23510	Dennis Defoor Tanner Hayes	3	0	3.91	0	3.91	0
42	9721	Jack Jr. Napier	3	0	3.81	0	3.81	0
43	23216	Luke Linley Andrew Hamilton	3	0	3.8	0	3.8	0
44	18693	Tripp Fryar Reagan Fryar	2	2.35	3.59	0	3.59	0
45	21897	Walter Gurgacz Jonathan Gurgacz	2	0	3.55	0	3.55	0
46	16132		2	0	3.52	0	3.52	0
47	23495	Robbie Austin Noah Austin	2	0	3.44	0	3.44	0
48	22391	Brian Nelson Alison Nelson	2	0	3.32	0	3.32	0
49	18120	Steve Wilson Jessie Franklin	2	0	3.29	0	3.29	0
50	21901	Stan Riley	1	3	3	0	3	0
51	23309	Wayne Dorman Joey Dorman	3	0	2.95	0	2.95	0
52	23509	Bradley Cross Alexandra Tate	2	1.84	2.9	0	2.9	0
53	23437	Larry Melvin	3	0	2.85	0	2.85	0
54	22839	Steve Pierce Lain McCollough	1	2.75	2.75	0	2.75	0
55	18036	David Hanson Samuel Hanson	1	2.61	2.61	0	2.61	0
56	23418	Jerry Sandretto RYAN OLSEN	1	2.52	2.52	0	2.52	0
57	23295	Travis Clemen Kevick Clemen	2	0	2.37	0	2.37	0
58	22775	Walt Denny Jeremy eaton	2	0	2.19	0	2.19	0
59	22947	Richard Nearhoof James Walters	1	1.8	1.8	0	1.8	0
60	23217	Christopher Newell Seth Hall	2	0	1.76	0	1.76	0
61	19308	David Martin Conner Martin	1	1.67	1.67	0	1.67	0
62	23465	Tim DeFoor Kannen DeFoor	1	1.57	1.57	0	1.57	0
63	23317	Maurice Parent Tyler Seaman	2	0	1.62	0.25	1.37	0
64	23023	Darren Keith Joshua Keith	1	1.35	1.35	0	1.35	0
65	21649	Bryan Ryals Braden Ryals	1	1.25	1.25	0	1.25	0
66	22952	Chris Tinsley Ryan Tinsley	1	1.2	1.2	0	1.2	0
67	23462		1	1.18	1.18	0	1.18	0
68	18496	Robert Austin Jonathan Connor	1	1.15	1.15	0	1.15	0
69	16578	Kenneth Harris	1	1.08	1.08	0	1.08	0
70	23333	Lucas Trotter Colton Trotter	1	1	1	0	1	0
71	22969	Bryan Stewart Sam Meeks	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	21554	Edward Looper Jr Lauren Kate Looper	0	0	0	0	0	0
73	18003	Edmond Brown	0	0	0	0	0	0
74	11488	Steve Neal Dawson Busenbark	0	0	0	0	0	0
75	17817		0	0	0	0	0	0
76	22517	Keith Walley austin gunn	3	0	3.25	3.25	0	0
Day One Leaders Allen & Lake Johnson 11.23 lbs. 2nd Day One Gregg & Wyatt Tomlin 3rd Place Day One Donny & Colby Beck 4th Place Day One Nathan & James Lively 5th Place Day One Greg & Ethan Franklin 6th Place Day One Mitch & James Willoughby 7th Place Day One Jimmy & Brody Mitchell