Bud Ratliff and Corey Ricketts won the FOM Badin Tournament with 20.87 lbs. and received winnings of over $4,400.
Our morning started off with our very own Curtis Cox bringing God’s word. Notes from Curtis: This morning let me refresh what Gods word says about our focus & who’s in control..
The apostle Paul wrote a letter to the church in Corinth because they had lost their focus.
Some of them as scripture tells us may have had thoughts of the worship for apostle Paul or Apollos or Cephas & some Jesus. But these men were simply disciples of God’s Holy Word.
I would say that sometimes we to hang our hat on the pastor or leader of our church being the face of the church & then when they step on our toes some may get mad & leave but the truth is that Jesus is the face of the church! That pastor, just like the apostle Paul & Apollos are men appointed by God to be the leaders or shepherd of that particular church/flock.
The church in Corinth were excusing sexual immorality, they were being very prideful & other sinful ways going down a very "country club for me" type rabbit hole. When you read Paul’s letter, it sounds like our churches & nation today.
Brothers & sisters in Christ I want to you to hear these words:
1 Corinthians 3:21
“So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours”
That word boast means to talk with an excessive pride or self-satisfaction about your own accomplishments.
The word man is simply human. Do we know what man is? Man is flesh & the flesh is sinful!
Then there’s that 2nd part of this passage “For all things all yours.” God had given each of us the power thru the Holy Spirit to overcome anything he sends out to.
Let me tell you brother/sisters we have enough foolishness in this world today for us not to be focused on where we should be giving God ALL the glory!
Let us be mindful of that horrific death that we deserved & not be that prideful church who wants things our way...
1 Corinthians 6:20 says…
“…you were bought with a price. So, glorify God….”
With all the turmoil in this world today, brothers/sisters I want to encourage today that there is a hope, that there is a throne & it is occupied!
That there is a mediator for your sin no matter how bad it may or may not be. His name is Jesus & He deserves all the glory all the time!
“so that, as it is written, "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."” 1 Corinthians 1:31
It was a warm early summer morning as we blasted off 67 boats for our fourth tournament of the season. Badin Lake has been getting a lot of fishing pressure and it was apparent as the anglers came to the scales with only 44 of 67 teams with a limit. Bud Ratliff and Corey Ricketts took 1st place with 20.87 pounds and winnings of $4,450. They reported catching their fish shallow with the trolling motor on high. 2nd place went to the team of Michael Kinard and Aaron Harwood with 18.28 pounds and winnings of $1,470. They reported catching their fish very shallow with different baits. 3rd place went to the team of Greg Gooch and Gary Abbott with 17.91 pounds and winnings of $1,180. They reported catching schooling fish with flukes. 4th place went to the team of Alan Thompson and Michael Coley with 17.42 pounds and winnings of $700. The team of Mike and Joshua Love took 5th place with 17.06 pounds and winnings of $500. Rounding out the teams in the money was 6th place Calvin McCaskill and Joseph Campbell. 7th Bryson Garland and Philip King. 8th Kenneth Earnhardt and Eric Rhodes. 9th Scott and Matt Henley. 10th Tony and Penny McCraw. 11th Tony Foster and Steve Sink. 12th Chad Poteat and Maurice Freeze. And a tie for 13th was the teams of Tony and Jerris Bush and Tim and Allen Robbins.
The Team of Kenneth Earnhardt and Eric Rhodes caught a 6.2 pound for the Big Fish of the tournament and winnings of $500.
I want to thank our staff for all their help and thank all of you for fishing with us. Our next and last tournament of the regular season is June 3rd on High Rock Lake. We will have a Friday night meeting and meal at Rock Outdoors on Friday June 2nd Registration starting at 5:15 and the meal at 6pm. Please try to attend, we will be doing a survey and talking about next season.
Remember if you fish all five tournaments you will be in the drawing for $1,000 and you can fish all divisional championships. Also, our NC Piedmont points champion this season is estimated to receive around $1,700.
The Team of Roy Barrow and Steve Dyer won the team out of the money drawing and will receive a free entry into High Rock.
Dave Snyder won the Legends $150 gift certificate from Rock Outdoors.
Winners will be announced later this week for the $250 gift certificate for the highest placing team in a new boat purchased from Rock Outdoors in the last 36 months.
We want to thank our NC Piedmont division sponsors.
Rock Outdoors
Go to Rock Outdoors for all your outdoor needs!
Todd Hoover Financial Advisor
Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Mercury, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Spiderwire DuraBraid, Power-Pole, T&H Marine, Frogg Toggs, Jacobs Glass, Real Tree Fishing, X2 Power, FireFly, FSB Mortgage
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Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 30743 |
Bud Ratliff Corey Ricketts | 5 | 5.36 | 20.87 | 0 | 20.87 | 200 | |
2 | 23760 |
Michael Kinard Aaron Harwood | 5 | 6.14 | 18.28 | 0 | 18.28 | 199 | |
3 | 24001 |
Greg Gooch Gary Abbott | 5 | 0 | 17.91 | 0 | 17.91 | 198 | |
4 | 29061 |
Michael Coley Alan Thompson | 5 | 5 | 17.42 | 0 | 17.42 | 197 | |
5 | 25738 |
Michael Love Joshua Love | 5 | 0 | 17.06 | 0 | 17.06 | 196 | |
6 | 28685 |
Calvin McCaskill Joseph Campbell | 5 | 0 | 16.05 | 0 | 16.05 | 195 | |
7 | 30732 |
Gregory Garland philip king | 5 | 0 | 16.04 | 0 | 16.04 | 194 | |
8 | 26731 |
Kenneth Earnhardt Eric Rhodes | 5 | 6.2 | 15.91 | 0 | 15.91 | 193 | |
9 | 25021 |
Scott Henley Matt Henley | 5 | 0 | 15.71 | 0 | 15.71 | 192 | |
10 | 17636 |
Anthony McCraw Penny McCraw | 5 | 0 | 15.17 | 0 | 15.17 | 191 | |
11 | 632 |
Tony Foster Steve Sink | 5 | 5.13 | 14.85 | 0 | 14.85 | 190 | |
12 | 26970 |
Chad Poteat Maurice Freeze | 5 | 0 | 14.54 | 0 | 14.54 | 189 | |
13 | 25223 |
Timothy Robbins Allen Robbins | 5 | 0 | 14.46 | 0 | 14.46 | 188 | |
14 | 28692 |
Tony Bush | 5 | 0 | 14.71 | 0.25 | 14.46 | 188 | |
15 | 30288 |
Michael Davis Jason Barnes | 5 | 0 | 14.38 | 0 | 14.38 | 186 | |
16 | 28817 |
Rodney Eller Mike Sides | 5 | 0 | 14.23 | 0 | 14.23 | 185 | |
17 | 12273 |
Rodney Cozart Mitch Drew | 5 | 0 | 13.77 | 0 | 13.77 | 184 | |
18 | 26969 |
Alan Grifffin Kevin Chandler | 5 | 0 | 13.75 | 0 | 13.75 | 183 | |
19 | 15110 |
Billy Wright Grant McPeters | 5 | 0 | 13.34 | 0 | 13.34 | 182 | |
20 | 30179 |
Todd Treece Adam loflin | 5 | 0 | 12.79 | 0 | 12.79 | 181 | |
21 | 450 |
Robert Mixon Robert Lambert | 5 | 0 | 12.65 | 0 | 12.65 | 180 | |
22 | 23759 |
Robin Collins Ronnie White | 5 | 0 | 12.64 | 0 | 12.64 | 179 | |
23 | 28827 |
John Harris Doug Graf | 5 | 0 | 12.5 | 0 | 12.5 | 178 | |
24 | 28677 |
Mark Murphy Jarrett Albright | 5 | 0 | 12.32 | 0 | 12.32 | 177 | |
25 | 28669 |
Jamie Benton Mark Green | 5 | 0 | 12.21 | 0 | 12.21 | 176 | |
26 | 18530 |
Shawn Williams Curtis Cox | 5 | 0 | 12.43 | 0.25 | 12.18 | 175 | |
27 | 28684 |
Weston Lineberry Jordan Taylor | 5 | 0 | 12.07 | 0 | 12.07 | 174 | |
28 | 28675 |
Jarrett Freeze Rodney Adams | 5 | 0 | 11.86 | 0 | 11.86 | 173 | |
29 | 30177 |
Adam Edwards | 5 | 4.8 | 11.79 | 0 | 11.79 | 172 | |
30 | 30030 |
Dustin Clontz Lance Isenhour | 5 | 0 | 11.72 | 0 | 11.72 | 171 | |
31 | 30031 |
Robert Trueblood norman wright | 5 | 0 | 11.36 | 0 | 11.36 | 170 | |
32 | 30100 |
Roy Barrow Stephen Dyer | 5 | 0 | 11.36 | 0 | 11.36 | 170 | |
33 | 28673 |
Chris Albright Tanner Albright | 5 | 0 | 11.11 | 0 | 11.11 | 168 | |
34 | 25221 |
Casey Hissim Dakota Garner | 5 | 0 | 11.09 | 0 | 11.09 | 167 | |
35 | 28535 |
Zachary McLean Charles Mclean | 5 | 0 | 11.08 | 0 | 11.08 | 166 | |
36 | 27611 |
Anthony Aaron Spencer Moffitt | 5 | 0 | 10.62 | 0 | 10.62 | 165 | |
37 | 23783 |
Cody Thompson Ethan Cox | 5 | 0 | 10.55 | 0 | 10.55 | 164 | |
38 | 19878 |
Joshua Preslar Neil Preslar | 5 | 0 | 10.44 | 0 | 10.44 | 163 | |
39 | 30430 |
Zachary Pringle Adam Parker | 5 | 0 | 10.25 | 0 | 10.25 | 162 | |
40 | 28683 |
Van Powell James Marshall | 5 | 0 | 10.14 | 0 | 10.14 | 161 | |
41 | 30152 |
Bart Hill Wyatt Hill | 4 | 0 | 9.74 | 0 | 9.74 | 160 | |
42 | 30178 |
Brad Peyton Bobby Henderson | 4 | 0 | 9.68 | 0 | 9.68 | 159 | |
43 | 30135 |
Chad Kindley Jonathan Craven | 5 | 0 | 9.22 | 0 | 9.22 | 158 | |
44 | 22613 |
Kenneth Shumate Michael Norman | 5 | 0 | 8.42 | 0 | 8.42 | 157 | |
45 | 30749 |
Barry Davis | 5 | 0 | 8.11 | 0 | 8.11 | 156 | |
46 | 30032 |
Ricky Rhodes Bobby Williams | 5 | 0 | 8.03 | 0 | 8.03 | 155 | |
47 | 26607 |
Todd Harris Christopher Brown | 4 | 0 | 8.02 | 0 | 8.02 | 154 | |
48 | 25238 |
Chris Coble Jim Long | 4 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 6.8 | 153 | |
49 | 28671 |
Justin Hairston Jackie Hardy | 3 | 0 | 6.63 | 0 | 6.63 | 152 | |
50 | 30748 |
John Shumate | 4 | 0 | 6.69 | 0.25 | 6.44 | 151 | |
51 | 30029 |
Ben Franklin Myron George | 3 | 0 | 5.93 | 0 | 5.93 | 150 | |
52 | 6486 |
C J Johnston Matt Stanley | 4 | 0 | 5.89 | 0 | 5.89 | 149 | |
53 | 8405 |
Dave Snyder Byron Odaniel | 4 | 0 | 5.71 | 0 | 5.71 | 148 | |
54 | 27147 |
David Anderson Victor Story | 2 | 0 | 5.22 | 0 | 5.22 | 147 | |
55 | 28826 |
Michael Baden Wanda Baden | 2 | 0 | 3.52 | 0 | 3.52 | 146 | |
56 | 12936 |
Ronnie Smith Randy Weddington | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
57 | 22496 |
Brent Robertson Tim Ramey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
58 | 23772 |
Steve Summer Jason Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
59 | 25259 |
Ryan Pardue Smith Ray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
60 | 26046 |
James Ray Orlando Giles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
61 | 28010 |
Marty Nester Don Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
62 | 28676 |
Zac Gooch Derrick Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
63 | 30153 |
Anthony Campbell Scott Mason | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
64 | 30176 |
Jody Moore Austin Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
65 | 30181 |
Justin Rutherford Kenneth Wurst | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
66 | 30186 |
Robbie Moffitt Kirby Moffitt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |
67 | 30302 |
David Miller | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145 | |