Jones and Fain win Fort Loudoun!!
Story by Steve Jennings
Photos by Steve Jennings
Friday Night Meeting was at Kingston Pike Baptist Church. The members of this church always provide the fishermen with a great meal. Later Pastor Gary Lynn preached a great sermon where we had one rededication, and many hearts were moved.
Saturday morning the Fishers of Men gang woke to a warm sunny day with temperatures in the low sixties and light wind. Later as the sun came out temperatures got up in the high 80s.
First place Ameriprise Award went to Ronny Jones and Bailey Fain who came to the scales with a 3 fish limit weighing 9.62 lbs. This seasoned team kept a flipping stick in their hands most of the day to catch their winning bag of fish. This winning bag included the lunker of the tournament a beautiful 5.12 pounds largemouth bass.
Second place went to Brian Scates and Stanley McLemore. This team reported catching their 3 bass weighing in at 8.81 pounds. They used many different lures to catch their fish as deep as 12 feet deep. Brian said they pretty much junk fished most of the day never really establishing a pattern but just run from spot to spot.
Third place went to the skillful team of Jonathan and Donovan Henley who weighed in 3 fish at 7.24 lbs. This team reported using a big crankbait and jig to catch their fish from water as deep as 20 feet.
Brian Jordan and Michael Smith won the point championship this year. It was a hard fought battle come down to the last tournament of the year before the champion would be decided. Great job!!
East Tennessee Fishers of Men would like to thank it local sponsors that make everything possible this year Randy White with Ameriprise Financial, and White Pine Marine.
Fishers of Men would like to thank all of our fine sponsors; BassCat Boats, Berkley, Abu Garcia, Mercury, Spiderwire DuraBraid, Realtree Fishing, FireFly Outdoor & Marine, Power-Pole, T&H Marine, X2 Power, FroggToggs , FSB Mortgage and Jacobs Glass

Place | Team | Members | # Fish | Big Fish | Gross | Penalty | Net Wt | Points | |
1 | 23841 |
Ronny Jones Bailey Fain | 3 | 5.12 | 9.62 | 0 | 9.62 | 200 | |
2 | 26810 |
William McLemore Brian Scates | 3 | 0 | 8.81 | 0 | 8.81 | 199 | |
3 | 30026 |
Jonathan Henley Donovan Henley | 3 | 0 | 7.24 | 0 | 7.24 | 198 | |
4 | 18712 |
Chris Sexton Mason Sexton | 3 | 0 | 5.83 | 0 | 5.83 | 197 | |
5 | 1121 |
Michael Smith Brian Jordan | 3 | 0 | 5.59 | 0 | 5.59 | 196 | |
6 | 3869 |
Greg Cope Donnie Wormsley | 3 | 0 | 5.21 | 0 | 5.21 | 195 | |
7 | 25564 |
Lance Mabry Corey Vandergriff | 3 | 0 | 4.41 | 0 | 4.41 | 194 | |
8 | 1117 |
Paul Rogers Rod Garrett | 3 | 0 | 4.39 | 0 | 4.39 | 193 | |
9 | 29949 |
John Underwood Thomas Underwood | 3 | 0 | 4.12 | 0 | 4.12 | 192 | |
10 | 15003 |
Tim Leonard Tom Leonard | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 191 | |
11 | 13343 |
Chester Wooton Timothy Vanover | 3 | 0 | 4.48 | 0.75 | 3.73 | 190 | |
12 | 30202 |
Deron Jagger Ben Jagger | 2 | 0 | 3.19 | 1 | 2.19 | 189 | |
13 | 29946 |
Garry Ashley Larry Ashley | 1 | 0 | 2.01 | 0 | 2.01 | 188 | |
14 | 23858 |
Jason White David Burgess | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | |
15 | 29945 |
Samuel Frankiewicz Jacob Jackson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 187 | |
![]() Jones with Lunker ![]() 2nd place Scates and McLemore ![]() 3rd Place ![]() 1st place Jones and Fain ![]() Team of the Year Smith and Jordan |