The District 3 Championship hosted by Santee-Cooper Country kicked off Thursday night in the Clarendon Hall Gym. Where the men of Summerton Baptist Church fixed us a delicious meal of Grilled Chicken Quarters, Green Bean, Yams and rolls topped of with deserts. National Director Al Odom brought a message about the difference of being physically alive and spiritually alive and how it is only by The Grace of God through faith in Jesus that we can go from being Spiritually dead to Alive in Christ.

Friday morning dawned crisp and clear as the first true cold front of the year passed through the area dropping the temperature at Blast off to near 40 degrees. But as always some teams figured out how to catch them and several nice bags were brought to the scales.

Leading the charge on Day 1 was the SC Lowcountry team of Darrell Shull and Jimmy Vining whose limit pushed the scales to 19.23 lbs

Sitting in 2nd is the SC Upstate team of BJ Ballard and Chastan Hannah with 19.17 lbs

In 3rd is the SC Lowcountry team of Nelson Walker and Darryl Starkey with 19.04 lbs

4th Place is occupied by the NC Piedmont team of Billy Wright and Grant McPeters who only weighed 4 but they tipped the scales at 17.21 lbs

Rounding out the top 5 is the SC Lowcountry team of Bennett Lawshe and Brian Scott who brought 16.35 lbs to the scales.

Currently it's taking 13.83 lbs to sit inside the Top 10 paying positions cut.

Fishers of Men would like to thank our Host Santee Cooper Country and all our National Sponsors Berkley , BassCat Boats, Abu Garcia, Mercury, Fenwick, Realtree Fishing, FireFly Outdoor & Marine, Power-Pole,  T&H Marine, Frogg Toggs and Lowrance

Place	Team	Members	# Fish	Big Fish	Gross	Penalty	Net Wt	Points
1	23834	Darrell Shull James Vining	5	0	19.23	0	19.23	1
2	23979	BJ Ballard Chastan Hanna	5	0	19.17	0	19.17	1
3	24614	Nelson Walker Darryl Starkey	5	0	19.04	0	19.04	1
4	15110	Billy Wright Grant McPeters	4	0	17.21	0	17.21	1
5	32782	Brian Scott William Lawshe	5	0	16.35	0	16.35	1
6	25791	Hunter Hanna Corey Waits	5	0	15.32	0	15.32	1
7	21058	Justin Marlowe Jordan Marlowe	5	0	15.11	0	15.11	1
8	31299	Brandon Stacey Bernie Dreher	5	0	14.94	0	14.94	1
9	30432	Pat Whaley Tommy Lindler	5	0	14.48	0	14.48	1
10	550	Brent Riley Nathan Burgess	5	0	13.83	0	13.83	1
11	31544	Carl Smith Michael Richardson	5	0	13.7	0	13.7	1
12	18681	Bobby Gibbs Donald Pendarvis	5	0	13.65	0	13.65	1
13	22715	Jamie Glasscock Max Terry	5	0	13.63	0	13.63	1
14	8000	Ross Burns Dane Odom	5	0	12.83	0	12.83	1
15	26660	James Fields Harold Woods	2	8.99	12.06	0	12.06	1
16	18700	Wendell Causey Jr Brandon Jeffcoat	5	0	11.97	0	11.97	1
17	31293	Glenn Gentry Shannon Jordan	5	0	11.59	0	11.59	1
18	24729	Christopher Hawkins Shane Hawkins	5	0	11.07	0	11.07	1
19	18917	Chuck Howard Ken Ellis	4	0	10.64	0	10.64	1
20	31542	Tanner Lindler Joseph Frierson	5	0	9.65	0	9.65	1
21	28292	Tracy Hewitt Calvin Hewitt	4	0	8.95	0	8.95	1
22	31289	Brett Mitchell Jerry Montjoy	4	0	7.57	0	7.57	1
23	31290	Lex Costas Ben Lee	4	0	7.54	0	7.54	1
24	29711	Phillip Hawkins Dean Graham	3	0	6.82	0	6.82	1
25	29691	Lucas Murphy Will Alewine	3	0	6.75	0	6.75	1
26	29472	Brad Peyton Charles (Chuck) Huffman	2	0	6.51	0	6.51	1
27	31294	Tucker Veronee Landon Gramling	3	0	6.14	0	6.14	1
28	29651	Chris Gramling Ryan Coyle	3	0	5.76	0	5.76	1
29	18001	Mike Watson Craig McFadden	3	0	5.58	0	5.58	1
30	11912	Errol Duckett Robert Price	2	0	5.56	0	5.56	1
31	18922	Freddie Gibbs Clark Gibbs	3	0	5.48	0	5.48	1
32	30285	David Kneece Terry Thomas	1	4.86	4.86	0	4.86	1
33	23746	Bryan Miller John Byrd III	2	0	4.13	0	4.13	1
34	32186	Matthew Mollohan Winston Husband III	2	0	4.13	0	4.13	1
35	29773	Tripp Fryar Eric Hutchinson	1	3.78	3.78	0	3.78	1
36	18689	Maurice Sauls Robbie Amos	2	0	3.48	0	3.48	1
37	24398	Tyson Alvanos Hampton Anderson	1	3.4	3.4	0	3.4	1
38	32264	Chris Johnson Dallas Johnson	1	3.39	3.39	0	3.39	1
39	25397	Marshall French Tripp Poplin	2	0	3.19	0	3.19	1
40	26831	Michael Hatfield Graham Hatfield	1	2.11	2.11	0	2.11	1
41	339	Wayne Frierson Ronald Mueller	1	1.74	1.74	0	1.74	1
42	28826	Michael Baden Wanda Baden	1	1.5	1.5	0	1.5	1
43	8741	Scott Farmer CJ Freeman	1	1.31	1.31	0	1.31	1
44	25516	Darry Waits Brady Waits	0	0	0	0	0	1
45	19172	Kevin Fulmer Tim Sox	0	0	0	0	0	1
46	31935	Gary Williams Gavin Williams	0	0	0	0	0	1
47	715	Bryan Cook Steve Harmon	0	0	0	0	0	1
48	28010	Marty Nester Don Smith	0	0	0	0	0	1
49	707	Wayne Jeffcoat Kevin Banks	0	0	0	0	0	1
50	29692	Nick Gant Patrick Cook	0	0	0	0	0	1
51	31665	Larry Martin Charles Harbin	0	0	0	0	0	1
52	26903	Eddie Burgess Stephen Franklin	0	0	0	0	0	1
Leaders Shull & Vining 19.23 lbs Ballard & Hannah 19.17 lbs Walker & Starkey 19.04 lbs Wright & McPeters 17.21 lbs Lawshe & Scott 16.35 lbs Fields and Woods with a 9 lber