Back at Seminole! Sadly, it looks a little different this year after Hurricane Michael came through with a vengeance this past October. As locals continue to clean up and rebuild, we hoped to bring a little more “normal” into their lives for a weekend. The staff of Big Jim’s said it was so nice to have the place packed again and seeing all the boats back on the water at sunrise was a sight for sore eyes.
Friday night’s banquet did not disappoint. Youth Pastor, James, of Colquitt Freewill Baptist Church gave a beautiful inspirational message that touched many hearts that night. His words are still resonating with several of us.
Our 2nd tournament of the season started off quite chilly. Hot coffee and hand warmers were the morning’s most popular accessories. As the national anthem played, a Lake Seminole resident Osprey soared in from nowhere, circling over all the anglers and staff on cue like a hired F-16 Thunderbird flyover.
By weigh-in, the sun was on our faces and we were able to ditch the hand warmers and grab some SPF instead. Anglers started coming in with some beautiful fish. They didn’t go unnoticed either by that local Osprey. Our photographer couldn’t help but get a couple shots of one of the osprey being opportunistic during the release of an angler’s catch. I can tell you it didn’t go for Succi and Smallwood’s 7.78 lb big girl of the day.
Team Succi and Smallwood also walked away with the largest overall catch of the day as well with 22.38 lbs. Not a bad way to make $1,871. Congratulations to them.
Thank you to our anglers for another successful tournament. We can’t wait to see you next month at Lake Eufaula – Bagby.
Lake Seminole - 02/09/19
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 23615 |
Mark Succi | 5 | 7.78 | 22.38 | 0 | 22.38 | 200 | |
2 | 16994 |
Charlie Williams Michael Smith Jr | 5 | 4.77 | 20.56 | 0 | 20.56 | 199 | |
3 | 1853 |
Steven Stewart Johnny Creel | 5 | 5.29 | 19.88 | 0 | 19.88 | 198 | |
4 | 23771 |
Mason Brock | 5 | 6.62 | 19.2 | 0 | 19.2 | 197 | |
5 | 635 |
John Adams Robert Stewart | 5 | 4.87 | 17.79 | 0 | 17.79 | 196 | |
6 | 18384 |
Greg Kropat Brian Willis | 5 | 5.3 | 17.51 | 0 | 17.51 | 195 | |
7 | 23619 |
Matthew Peeler Andrew Wade | 5 | 5.5 | 16.74 | 0 | 16.74 | 144 | |
8 | 23779 |
Shane Martin | 5 | 5.87 | 16.5 | 0 | 16.5 | 143 | |
9 | 19830 |
| 5 | 0 | 15.76 | 0 | 15.76 | 192 | |
10 | 16993 |
Tyler Morgan | 5 | 6.66 | 15.02 | 0 | 15.02 | 191 | |
11 | 14404 |
Kenneth Jones Jr Jimmy Wood | 5 | 4.83 | 14.64 | 0 | 14.64 | 190 | |
12 | 22324 |
| 5 | 0 | 14.2 | 0 | 14.2 | 139 | |
13 | 641 |
| 5 | 4.17 | 12.01 | 0 | 12.01 | 188 | |
14 | 18395 |
Jeremy Stevens | 5 | 0 | 11.53 | 0 | 11.53 | 187 | |
15 | 16052 |
Randy Johnson Michael Smith Sr | 5 | 4.83 | 10.74 | 0 | 10.74 | 186 | |
16 | 10205 |
Buddy Whitley | 5 | 4.1 | 10.5 | 0 | 10.5 | 185 | |
17 | 22313 |
Greg Hallford Todd Schell | 5 | 3.32 | 10.22 | 0 | 10.22 | 184 | |
18 | 19834 |
Brandon Carraway | 3 | 6.8 | 9.84 | 0 | 9.84 | 183 | |
19 | 22513 |
| 4 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 0 | 9.8 | 182 | |
20 | 22310 |
Paul Cooper | 5 | 0 | 9.53 | 0 | 9.53 | 181 | |
21 | 6492 |
Hubert Stafford Steve Holt | 5 | 0 | 9.16 | 0 | 9.16 | 180 | |
22 | 16980 |
Joel Hughes Dean Robinson | 5 | 0 | 8.69 | 0 | 8.69 | 179 | |
23 | 23609 |
William Buttram | 4 | 2.93 | 8.17 | 0 | 8.17 | 178 | |
24 | 23611 |
| 5 | 0 | 7.97 | 0 | 7.97 | 177 | |
25 | 3621 |
Larry Gardner David Grace | 4 | 2.34 | 7.33 | 0 | 7.33 | 126 | |
26 | 22484 |
Charles Hutchinson | 3 | 3.15 | 6.77 | 0 | 6.77 | 175 | |
27 | 16997 |
Kevin Watford | 3 | 0 | 5.07 | 0 | 5.07 | 174 | |
28 | 22309 |
| 1 | 4.97 | 4.97 | 0 | 4.97 | 173 | |
29 | 23780 |
Thomas Sink | 2 | 3.33 | 4.53 | 0 | 4.53 | 172 | |
30 | 22322 |
Ted Hamilton | 2 | 0 | 3.93 | 0 | 3.93 | 171 | |
31 | 15715 |
Pat McCrackin Randy Watford | 2 | 0 | 3.59 | 0 | 3.59 | 170 | |
32 | 22317 |
| 3 | 0 | 3.42 | 0 | 3.42 | 169 | |
33 | 11864 |
Richard Wilson Debbie Wilson | 1 | 3.31 | 3.31 | 0 | 3.31 | 168 | |
34 | 23613 |
| 2 | 0 | 3.02 | 0 | 3.02 | 167 | |
35 | 13156 |
Scott Sanders | 2 | 0 | 2.72 | 0 | 2.72 | 166 | |
36 | 23608 |
James Anderson Joe McChesney | 1 | 2.34 | 2.34 | 0 | 2.34 | 165 | |
37 | 8162 |
| 1 | 1.59 | 1.59 | 0 | 1.59 | 164 | |
38 | 22311 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
39 | 23610 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |
40 | 23612 |
Michael Howard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
41 | 23614 |
Tony OConnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
42 | 23778 |
Jesse Cardwell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |
43 | 13134 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | |
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