Fishers of Men

2024 Legacy Series National Championship

7/24 – 7/26/2024

Smith Mountain Lake

The pre-tournament meeting was held at the Pigg River Community Center just outside of Roanoke, VA.   Forty-three teams of adults / Youth, family and local sponsors attended the meeting, A complimentary meal of BBQ pork, chicken, greens, mac and cheese was served.  Many went back for seconds which indicated the food was exceptional.  Before introducing the quest speaker Al Odom provide our heartfelt thank you to the following businesses supporting this year’s championship.

They are John Oney of Visit Virginia Blue Ridge; Kevin Tosh of Franklin County Tourism, Andy Bruns of Smith Mountain Lake Chamber of Commerce, and Roy Enslow of Goodhue Boat Company and Blackwater Marina.  Thank you for your individual support for making our 2024 Legacy Series Championship a success and more importantly bringing smiles to many anglers and family. 

Bassmaster Elite Series Bass Chaplin Chris Wells was introduced as the quest speaker.  His message “A relationship with Jesus gets one to Heavan NOT Religion.  The message was powerful and touched many hearts with 14 first time professions of faith giving their life to Christ.  The committee, anglers and I want to thank Bass Chaplin Chris Wells for providing our message.  Thank you to the businesses mention earlier for opening their doors and accepting us with outreached arms and warm hearts. Our heartfelt thank you extended to all for a wonderful, blessed night. Many hands helped make this event successful.

The pre-tournament meeting was concluded by raffle prizes.  Congratulations to our participating anglers, their families and guest who won over a thousand dollars in door prizes, 

Day one began with showers in the AM with temperatures in the low 70’s.  Rain let up in the mid-morning ours but remained cloudy throughout the day.  The weigh-in was off the charts as they rolled in by flight assignments starting at 1:00 PM.  For this tournament only anglers had their eyes set in catching a three fish limit. Thirty-four teams out of Forty-one teams weigh in a three fish limits of large and small mouth bass. Smith Mountain Lake showed itself to be a truly amazing fishery. 

Currently in first place was the team of Cody Hoyle and Taylor Bogard with a weight of (11.34 lbs) Currently in 2nd place was the team of Josh and Jackson McGregor with (10.97 lbs) Currently in third is the team of Christopher and Wyatt Atkins with (10.84) Current Big bass honors go to the team of Clay and Truitt Riddle weighing in at (4.63 lbs) All teams reported catching bass throughout the day.   

We would like to take this opportunity to thank our National Sponsors that make Fishers of Men possible; Abu Garcia, BassCat Boats, Berkley, FireFly Outdoor & Marine, Frogg Toggs, Jacobs Glass, Mercury, Power-Pole, Realtree Fishing, Fenwick, T&H Marine, and X2 Power.

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	32355	Cody Hoyle Taylor Bogard	3	2.96	11.34	0	11.34	0
2	32219	Josh McGregor Jackson McGregor	3	0	10.97	0	10.97	0
3	32609	Christopher Atkins, III Wyatt Atkins	3	0	10.84	0	10.84	0
4	32614	Ian Hall Mitchell Colbert	3	0	10.62	0	10.62	0
5	32162	Clay Riddle Truitt Riddle	3	4.63	10.19	0	10.19	0
6	24376	Richard Alley Kolten Parrish	3	0	9.14	0	9.14	0
7	25682	Ray Armes Pierson Armes	3	0	9.21	0.25	8.96	0
8	27049	George O’Shields Dustin O Shields	3	0	8.81	0	8.81	0
9	32610	Robert Mills Landon Mills	3	0	9.02	0.25	8.77	0
10	31060	Stephen Highfield Logan Still	3	0	8.61	0	8.61	0
11	30711	Dwain Bever Blake Caldwell	3	3.92	8.07	0	8.07	0
12	30866	Tyler Farmer Trent Farmer	3	0	7.79	0	7.79	0
13	32718	Jared Sowers Isaiah Sowers	3	0	7.53	0	7.53	0
14	24240	Bryan Burton Austin Burton	3	0	7.23	0	7.23	0
15	32613	Matt Hicks Haven Hicks	3	0	7.17	0	7.17	0
16	19308	David Martin Conner Martin	3	0	7.05	0	7.05	0
17	32726	Grant Simmons Cole Simmons	3	2.8	6.89	0	6.89	0
18	27636	Kevin Brodrick Robert (Bo) Brodrick	3	0	7.33	0.5	6.83	0
19	31476	Brad Burdette Titus Burdette	3	0	6.66	0	6.66	0
20	32088	Robbie Moore Clay Moore	3	2.9	6.57	0	6.57	0
21	32608	Joshua Nixon Cooper Nixon	3	0	6.43	0	6.43	0
22	32342	James Carnley Jack Carnley	3	0	6.4	0	6.4	0
23	32231	Jesse Wensil Lane Wensil	3	0	6.39	0	6.39	0
24	23023	Darren Keith Joshua Keith	3	0	6.32	0	6.32	0
25	30708	Seth Comer Nathanial Smith	3	0	5.93	0	5.93	0
26	24379	James Mitcham Jake Mitcham	3	0	5.67	0	5.67	0
27	29409	Mitch Rollins Jackson Rollins	3	0	5.33	0	5.33	0
28	29369	Walter Emerson Jack Emerson	3	0	5.25	0	5.25	0
29	32542	Kenneth Earnhardt Ian Earnhardt	2	2.19	5.22	0	5.22	0
30	30905	Greg Atkinson Abby Atkinson	3	0	5.15	0	5.15	0
31	30712	Russell Nixon Levi Marshall	3	0	5.05	0	5.05	0
32	32717	Charles Mills III Charles Mills IV	1	4.96	4.96	0	4.96	0
33	32541	Marty Nester Harper Nester	3	0	4.81	0	4.81	0
34	32220	Gary Williams Gavin Williams	3	0	4.48	0	4.48	0
35	32268	Richard McEarchern Cameron McEarchern	2	0	3.42	0	3.42	0
36	30723	Eric Haines Tyler Haines	3	0	3.41	0	3.41	0
37	19307	Thomas Thompson Savion Thompson	2	0	3.38	0	3.38	0
38	12728	Paul Logan LJ Logan	2	0	3.02	0	3.02	0
39	30710	Frankie Hartman Mason Hartman	1	1.02	1.02	0	1.02	0
40	29410	Dennis Defoor Jack Herron	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	32589	Jeremy Schreffler Jeremy Schreffler	0	0	0	0	0	0
Big Fun at Legacy Family fun at The Legacy Looking sharp! Leaders Day 1 Big Fish Nice Limit Couple of good ones fun Day with Pap! Girls can catch them too! Another nice limit Memories to last a lifetime