The 3rd stop of the SC Lowcountry Division on Easter weekend started out of Friday night at Clay Riddle's farm where our anglers were treated to a cookout of Burgers and dogs followed by one of the best Easter messages i Have ever heard by The Bass Chaplain Chris Wells. 3 indicated that they had put their faith in Christ! What an Easter blessing!
The 45 teams who decided to brave the elements faced some of the most challenging conditions you can imagine with 2-3 inches of rain, winds of 15-20 mph and temps in the low to mid 40's. The water temps dropped 10 degrees and all this after the MLF Pro's had just pounded the lake for the last week.
But Boy did Lake Murray show out again!
Leading the Pack were the Marlowe Brothers, Justin and Jordan who brought 5 clones to the scales weighing 25.96 lbs. They took home over $3800 for their efforts
Finishing 2nd was the father/son duo of Chris and Tucker Veronee who weighed 24.14 lbs including the days Big Bass a beautiful 7.46 lb giant.
The collected almost $2000.
In 3rd was the always tough team of Marshall French and Tripp Poplin who brought 23.96 lbs to the scales winning them over $1100
4th Place went to Darryl Starkey and Nelson Walker with 23.70
Rounding out the top 5 was Clay Riddle and Dave Franklin with 21.57
There were 31 5 fish limits caught with a total of 169 fish at an average weight of 3.19 lbs
Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, DuraBraid, Realtree Fishing, FireFly Outdoor & Marine, Power-Pole, T&H Marine, X2 Power, FroggToggs FSB Mortgage, Jacobs Glass, JC's Outdoors and Shull Island Wood Designs
Lake Murray - 04/08/23
DIVISION YEAR TO DATE STANDINGS: | 2024 | 2023 |
Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 21058 |
Justin Marlowe Jordan Marlowe | 5 | 0 | 25.96 | 0 | 25.96 | 200 | |
2 | 22430 |
Chris Veronee Tucker Veronee | 5 | 7.46 | 24.14 | 0 | 24.14 | 199 | |
3 | 25397 |
Marshall French Tripp Poplin | 5 | 0 | 23.96 | 0 | 23.96 | 198 | |
4 | 24614 |
Nelson Walker Darryl Starkey | 5 | 0 | 23.7 | 0 | 23.7 | 197 | |
5 | 21045 |
Clay Riddle Dave Franklin | 5 | 0 | 21.57 | 0 | 21.57 | 196 | |
6 | 29652 |
Brad Rutherford Kevin Malone | 5 | 0 | 21.2 | 0 | 21.2 | 195 | |
7 | 23834 |
Darrell Shull James Vining | 5 | 0 | 19.9 | 0 | 19.9 | 194 | |
8 | 18917 |
Chuck Howard Ken Ellis | 5 | 0 | 19.72 | 0 | 19.72 | 193 | |
9 | 29684 |
Terry Morris Bobby Martin | 5 | 6.43 | 18.71 | 0 | 18.71 | 192 | |
10 | 29737 |
Robert Taylor Frankie Taylor | 5 | 0 | 18.46 | 0 | 18.46 | 191 | |
11 | 28284 |
Regi Floyd Charles Bradford | 5 | 0 | 17.13 | 0 | 17.13 | 190 | |
12 | 30442 |
Tyson Alvanos Wade Amick | 5 | 0 | 16.9 | 0 | 16.9 | 139 | |
13 | 30285 |
David Kneece Terry Thomas | 5 | 0 | 16.09 | 0 | 16.09 | 188 | |
14 | 8000 |
Ross Burns Dane Odom | 5 | 0 | 15.8 | 0 | 15.8 | 187 | |
15 | 21050 |
George Buckner John Long | 5 | 0 | 15.73 | 0 | 15.73 | 186 | |
16 | 28292 |
Tracy Hewitt Calvin Hewitt | 5 | 0 | 15.71 | 0 | 15.71 | 135 | |
17 | 30432 |
Pat Whaley Tommy Lindler | 5 | 4.93 | 15.04 | 0 | 15.04 | 134 | |
18 | 29768 |
Bernie Dreher Jonah Bickley | 5 | 0 | 14.86 | 0 | 14.86 | 183 | |
19 | 18001 |
Mike Watson Craig McFadden | 5 | 0 | 14.68 | 0 | 14.68 | 182 | |
20 | 23762 |
Lee Sawyer Cole Winn | 5 | 0 | 13.91 | 0 | 13.91 | 181 | |
21 | 23819 |
Kevin Richbourg Michael Williams | 5 | 3.61 | 13.66 | 0 | 13.66 | 180 | |
22 | 25181 |
Travis Parrish Gavin Parrish Parrish | 5 | 0 | 13.31 | 0 | 13.31 | 129 | |
23 | 707 |
Wayne Jeffcoat Kevin Banks | 5 | 0 | 12.96 | 0 | 12.96 | 128 | |
24 | 24729 |
Christopher Hawkins Shane Hawkins | 5 | 0 | 12.8 | 0 | 12.8 | 177 | |
25 | 30284 |
William Shipes Alan Horwatt | 5 | 0 | 12.76 | 0 | 12.76 | 176 | |
26 | 29769 |
Andy Rutledge Mike Taylor | 5 | 0 | 12.62 | 0 | 12.62 | 175 | |
27 | 18681 |
Bobby Gibbs Donald Pendarvis | 5 | 0 | 12.46 | 0 | 12.46 | 174 | |
28 | 339 |
Wayne Frierson Ronald Mueller | 5 | 0 | 12.42 | 0 | 12.42 | 173 | |
29 | 30443 |
Frank Schultz Trey Schultz | 5 | 0 | 12.42 | 0 | 12.42 | 123 | |
30 | 30290 |
Chris Gramling Cameron Gramling | 5 | 0 | 10.52 | 0 | 10.52 | 171 | |
31 | 23807 |
Keith Britt Jerry Montjoy | 5 | 0 | 10.21 | 0 | 10.21 | 170 | |
32 | 30312 |
Jason Fulmer Hunter Groomes | 4 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 7.2 | 119 | |
33 | 30425 |
Danny Riffe David Knight | 2 | 0 | 5.37 | 0 | 5.37 | 168 | |
34 | 27459 |
Chris Wells Keith Satterfield | 3 | 0 | 5.02 | 0 | 5.02 | 167 | |
35 | 18700 |
Wendell Causey Jr Brandon Jeffcoat | 2 | 0 | 4.91 | 0 | 4.91 | 116 | |
36 | 29773 |
Tripp Fryar Eric Hutchinson | 1 | 3.89 | 3.89 | 0 | 3.89 | 165 | |
37 | 26660 |
James Fields Harold Woods | 1 | 2.34 | 2.34 | 0 | 2.34 | 164 | |
38 | 29711 |
Phillip Hawkins Dean Graham | 1 | 1.83 | 1.83 | 0 | 1.83 | 163 | |
39 | 18689 |
Maurice Sauls Robbie Amos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | |
40 | 22434 |
Sam Hopkins Craig Matthews | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | |
41 | 29687 |
Jeffrey Mixson Michael Craven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | |
42 | 30426 |
Wesley Woodall Justin Hairston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 112 | |
43 | 30427 |
Michael Hatfield Graham Hatfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | |
44 | 29778 |
Thad Driggers Bunn Tyson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 162 | |
45 | 25168 |
Marty Nester Don Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | -0.5 | 162 | |
Marlowe & Marlowe 25.96 Veronee's 24.14 lbs French & Poplin 23.96 lbs Walker & Starkey 23.70 lbs Riddle & Franklin 21.57 lbs Rutherford & Malone 21.20 lbs Shull & Vining 19.90 lbs Marlowe's with Cutting Board Plaques |