Thursday night the pre-tournament meeting was held at Scheels and a meal was provided curtesy of the Springfield Convention and Vistors Bureau. After dinner our guest speaker was none other than “The Bass Chaplain” Chris Wells who made us laugh and then challenged us all to write a new chapter today. 8 People indicated they trusted Christ as Lord and Savior with many others making re-dedications. It was a great night of food, fun, and fellowship.

Day 1 Results of the 2019 Fishers of Men District 11 Championship are uploaded to the website. Mark and Mike Busch are the day one leaders with 12.97 and Day 1 Big Bass of 3.94, currently in 2nd is Mike and Richard Rasmussen with 12.05, and currently 3rd is Rahn and Stomberg with 11.83. Out of the 15 teams competing, seven 5 Fish Limits were brought to the scales showing that even on tough days Springfield has good bags of fish.
We had beautiful weather today with temps in the upper 70’s with a brisk wind of 15-20 mph. The fishing was good for some and a little tougher for others. Good thing is there is still tomorrow to make some adjustments and try to climb back in the top 3 that will qualify for the National Championship in Florida next March.

Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCatBoats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire, Shakespeare, Strike King Lure Company,  Power-Pole, Jim Hudson Toyota, Duckett Fishing, BassBoat Technologies, Amphibia Eyewear, Buckeye Lures, T&H Marine, Gator Guards, Frogg Toggs, KistlerRods,  Jacobs Glass

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	9084	Mark Busch Michael Busch	5	3.94	12.97	0	12.97	0
2	24328	Michael Rasmussen Richard Rasmussen	5	0	12.05	0	12.05	0
3	24513	Mark Rahn Jason Stomberg	5	0	11.83	0	11.83	0
4	24336	Paul Paskevicius Matteo Turano	5	0	11.55	0	11.55	0
5	24512	Brian Lopp Lauri Lopp	5	0	11.19	0	11.19	0
6	24326	Kerry Malone Jim Dietel II	5	0	10.34	0	10.34	0
7	24335	John Osmer Kim Crisman	5	0	9.15	0	9.15	0
8	24333	Patrick Cravens Joe DiGiovanna	4	0	7.96	0	7.96	0
9	24274	Marlan Brown Debbie Brown	3	0	6.72	0	6.72	0
10	24891	Cameron Cokley Eric Cokley	3	0	6.31	0	6.31	0
11	24341	Steven Rush Herb Rush	2	0	4.97	0	4.97	0
12	24546	Scott Wasson Doug Florkowski	2	0	4.44	0	4.44	0
13	24322	Jacob Traeger JERRY LOTZ	2	0	4.1	0	4.1	0
14	24330	Brandt Sjuts Ty Coon	2	0	3.8	0	3.8	0
15	24654	Christopher Simmons Jonathan Sundberg	1	3.31	3.31	0	3.31	0
Day 1 Leaders Mike and Mark Busch with 12.97 and Day 1 Big Bass of 3.94 Currently 2nd Mike and Richard Rasmussen with 12.05 Sitting in 3rd Rahn and Stomberg with 11.83 Currently 4th Paskevicius and Turano 5th currently Brian and Lauri Lopp with 11.19