The Fishers of Men Legacy National Championship is underway from beautiful Lake Keowee in Seneca South Carolina. 56 Legacy teams will be trying to win one of ten slots available to earn a berth into the 2020 Team Series National Championship plus cash prizes to the top finishers.
Thanks to Charlotte Waters and Ken Sloan of the Visit Oconee Convention and Visitors Bureau for hosting our National Championship and our Wednesday night pre-tournament meeting. The anglers and family were treated to a delicious Bar-B-Q dinner with all the fixings. Also thanks to Phil Shirley from the Oconee County Parks for their help in making everything run smoothly at blast off and organizing the parking. The message was delivered by MLF Pro Andy Montgomery, as Andy shared his personal testimony to the anglers talking about how God has worked in his life for many years and putting Andy in the right places at the right times. Andy’s testimony touched the hearts of many anglers as they could relate to some of the events that he shared through his testimony.

Day one from Lake Keowee started out with temperatures in the 60’s with a slight overcast as the anglers begun to take of in search of that elusive Bass. As the sun began to rise over the pine trees at dawn the temperature begin to rise into the low 80’s making for a beautiful day of fishing. Calm winds and clear skies, and as the sun began to rise above the horizon the temperatures began to climb also reaching into the low 80’s with calm winds allowing the anglers a great day of fishing.
The anglers were blessed with good catches today as over half the field weighed in a 3 fish limit. A big bite was the key to success for today as the first place team weighed in a Bass over 7-1/2 lbs.
Day one leaders Jason and Ethan Thrasher brought the heaviest 3 fish limit to the scales weighing 12.72 lbs. The second place team of Steve and Jackson Kelly weighed in 3 fish for a total weight of 9.95 lbs. Jon Anders and Weston Jones brought in 3 fish with a weight of 9.61 lbs. to round out the top three. Fourth place is the team of Collin and Bradley Smith with a weight of 8.94 lbs. and rounding out the top five is the team of Conrad and Hunter Bolt with a weight of 8.89 lbs.

Big Fish honors and bragging rights for day one went to Jessie Franklin from AL NE Division weighing in a 4.09 lb. Largemouth.

Thanks to the Visit Oconee Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; Bass Cat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, ABU Garcia, Spider Wire, Shakespeare, Strike King Lure Company, Power-Pole, Jim Hudson Toyota, Duckett Fishing, Bass Boat Technologies, Amphibia Eyeware, Buckeye Lures, TH Marine, Gator Guards, Frogg Toggs, Jacobs Glass, Rajus.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	16731	Jason Thrasher Ethan Thrasher	3	0	12.72	0	12.72	0
2	17878	Steve Kelly Jackson Kelly	3	0	9.95	0	9.95	0
3	24606	Jonathan Anders	3	0	9.61	0	9.61	0
4	24248	Collin Smith	3	0	8.94	0	8.94	0
5	21794	Conrad Bolt Hunter Bolt	3	0	8.89	0	8.89	0
6	24406	Chris Wells Wesley Wells	3	0	8.68	0	8.68	0
7	19639	Bradford Gambrell Sawyer Redmond	3	3.06	8.13	0	8.13	0
8	22054	Ronald Mueller Lane Mueller	3	0	8.01	0	8.01	0
9	24607	Tra Dumit George Dumit	3	0	7.21	0	7.21	0
10	24845	Trey Mcguire Isac Richardson	3	3.61	7.38	0.25	7.13	0
11	17874	Jack Howell Dell Howell	3	0	6.97	0	6.97	0
12	18120	Steve Wilson Jessie Franklin	3	4.09	6.95	0	6.95	0
13	24609	Vince Smith Macey Smith	3	0	6.88	0	6.88	0
14	24227	Richard McEarchern Cameron McEarchern	3	0	6.44	0	6.44	0
15	16831		3	0	6.05	0	6.05	0
16	24393	Jay Waugh Austin Waugh	3	0	5.72	0	5.72	0
17	22269	Matt Gurgacz Jacob Gurgacz	2	2.76	5.71	0	5.71	0
18	23470	Victor Holt Sara Holt	3	0	5.67	0	5.67	0
19	21638	Mitch Willoughby James Willoughby	3	0	5.46	0	5.46	0
20	24403	Blake Riddle	3	0	5.41	0	5.41	0
21	24240	Bryan Burton Austin Burton	3	0	5.35	0	5.35	0
22	24583	Jimmy Mitchell Brody Mitchell	3	0	5.33	0	5.33	0
23	24228	Charles Bearden Will Bearden	3	0	5.28	0	5.28	0
24	24405	Chris Rhodes Riley Floyd	3	0	5.16	0	5.16	0
25	24237		3	0	5.15	0	5.15	0
26	24251	Aiden Somerville Austin Somerville	3	0	5.35	0.5	4.85	0
27	21912	Josh Bragg Noah Armstrong	3	0	4.74	0	4.74	0
28	19514	Sam Benson Elijah Benson	3	0	4.58	0	4.58	0
29	24608		3	0	4.57	0	4.57	0
30	17728	Brian Anthony	3	0	4.25	0	4.25	0
31	21799	Russell Dobbins Cole Dobbins	3	0	4.22	0	4.22	0
32	22952	Chris Tinsley Ryan Tinsley	3	0	3.96	0	3.96	0
33	22939	Matt Priode Dylan Priode	3	0	3.89	0	3.89	0
34	9735	Kirk Nixon Trent Nixon	3	0	4.06	0.25	3.81	0
35	24835	Ralph Bradley III Ralph Bradley IV	3	0	3.62	0	3.62	0
36	23983	Kevin Giles Parker Giles	1	3.5	3.5	0	3.5	0
37	15269	Darin Witherup Michael Witherup	3	0	3.3	0	3.3	0
38	16232	Bernie Dreher	2	0	3.08	0	3.08	0
39	24861		3	0	3.17	0.25	2.92	0
40	24844	Derek Stanley Grady Stanley	2	0	3.82	1	2.82	0
41	21896	Walter Gurgacz Jonathan Gurgacz	1	1.91	1.91	0	1.91	0
42	16732	Drake Boyd John Boyd	2	0	1.88	0	1.88	0
43	24246	Wesley Underwood Justin Underwood	2	0	1.87	0	1.87	0
44	24813	Sean Skey Marsha Kate Skey	1	1.86	1.86	0	1.86	0
45	19620	Dustin O Shields	1	1.83	1.83	0	1.83	0
46	22360	Matt Fair Conner Fair	1	1.64	1.89	0.25	1.64	0
47	16235	Michael Brewer Zach Brewer	1	1.61	1.61	0	1.61	0
48	24238	Brad Burdette	1	1.35	1.35	0	1.35	0
49	24242		1	1.04	1.04	0	1.04	0
50	19039	Michael Evans Chase Evans	1	1	1	0	1	0
51	23317	Maurice Parent Tyler Seaman	1	0.97	0.97	0	0.97	0
52	24834	Donald King Matthew King	0	0	0	0	0	0
53	22968	Nathan Talley John Talley	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	24612	Greg Franklin Ethan Franklin	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	17732	Greg Pace Grayson Pace	0	0	0	0	0	0
56	24134	Colton Bassett Ruston Bassett	0	0	0	0	0	0
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