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FISHERS OF MEN

Central Illinois Fishers of Men

July 12^th 2008

Clinton Lake

The fourth of five Friday night meetings took place at the Clinton Assembly of God church with a great cookout style meal including hamburgers and hotdogs, pasta salad, and desserts that were out of this world. We would like thank the wonderful servants of Christ at this church and we look forward to seeing them again next season. We also were blessed with a special guest for the weekend. Al Odom our National director came and gave a wonderful message about the truth and how we accept what people tell us and things we read about as truth. The reason we accept it as truth is because many people witnessed it and it was recorded in the history books. John 14:6 Jesus said “I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no one comes to the Father but by me”. John 8:32 says “the truth will set you free”. Many people witnessed what Jesus did and said and it is recorded in the history book called the bible. One person made a decision to live their life for Christ. Luke 15:7 Jesus said “I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety nine righteous people who do not need to repent”.

Saturday morning was a warm and cloudy with showers and thunderstorms. We had a break in the weather long enough to get the twenty eight boats blasted off. About an hour into the tournament a pretty nasty storm blew in and dropped about three inches of rain on us in about two hours. The rest of the day would prove to be some really good fishing as twenty seven teams brought in fish and out those there were sixteen limits of five bass.

 Last month Travis Boley from Weldon and John McKinney from Mahomet bested a field of thirty one boats and this month they continue on with their winning ways as they not only won the tournament with 17.96lbs., but would also catch the biggest fish of the day with a largemouth bass weighing 5.75lbs. They earned $1463.50 for there efforts and also remain in the lead for the year end points champion race.

Second place was the team of Tim and Heather Rivest from Rantoul with 15.33lbs. Tim was fishing without his wife this weekend but she will be proud of her man for bringing home a check for $750.50.

Third place was the father and son team of Ian and George Estes form Mahomet with a limit weighing 15.21lbs. earning them $517.00 and also moving them up in the year end standings to second place.

Fourth place was another father and son duo. Jeff and Jon Toomer also from Mahomet put together a limit of bass weighing 14.03lbs. earning them a check for $303.00.

Fifth place and our final money spot was the team of Roger Massey and Roger Shaw with a limit that weighed 13.56lbs and also the second biggest bass caught in the tournament that weighed 5.34lbs earning them $341.00

6^th Jeff Cooley / Brad Miller – 5 Fish – 13.12 lbs

7^th Jason Waldschmidt / Marc Mixell – 5 Fish – 12.64lbs

8^th Chase McCumsey / Chuck Fry – 5 Fish – 12.52 lbs

9^th Dave Blume / Art Griggs – 5 Fish – 12.44 lbs

10^th Kent Oakley / Mike Barnes – 5 Fish – 12.43 lbs

11^th Dale McCumsey / H. R. Kirby – 5 Fish – 11.62 lbs

12^th Lance Freeman / Phil Santefort – 5 Fish – 11.35 lbs

13^th Mark Vos / Daniel Ruedi – 5 Fish – 10.72 lbs

14^th Steve Riddle / Clint Seaman – 5 Fish – 10.58 lbs

15^th Marlan Brown / Debbie Brown – 4 Fish – 10.07 lbs

16^th Terry Potts / Justin Williams – 4 Fish – 9.98 lbs

17^th Troy Boley / Terry Adair – 5 Fish – 9.96 lbs

18^th Mark Busch / Dee Hobbs – 4 Fish – 8.88 lbs

19^th Bobby Hawes / Tom Followell – 4 Fish – 7.84 lbs

20^th Ray Jones / John Prescott – 4 Fish – 7.79 lbs

21^st Brad Lutz / Kyle Danhausen – 4 Fish – 7.63 lbs

22^nd Todd Crozier / Joe McKinney – 2 Fish – 6.79 lbs

23^rd Bryan Williams / Michael Sanders – 3 Fish – 6.20 lbs

24^th Chris Hall / Gary Menard – 3 Fish – 5.72 lbs

25^th Bryan Thrasher / Jeff Henson – 2 Fish – 4.61 lbs

26^th Jesse Lopez / Anthony Lopez – 2 Fish – 4.54 lbs

27^th Cecil Dickson / Ryan Davis – 1 Fish – 1.98 lbs

28^th Bob Nelson / Gail Nelson – 0 Fish – 0.00 lbs

 Total Teams:                           28                               

Total Fish Weighed:                113                      Ave Fish/Team:          4

Total Fish Released:     111     98.2 %      Ave Weight/Team:     9.84 lbs

Total Weight:                  275.50 lbs            Ave. Weight/Fish:      2.44 lbs

We would like to thank our local sponsors who make it possible to have such a wonderful division.

Kirchner Building Centers

Sam’s Club

Clinton IGA

Peterson Insurance

Rural King

Lincoln Christian College

The Boon Dock’s

          We would like to take this opportunity to thank all the fine companies that make Fishers of Men possible; Triton Boats, Mercury, Shakespeare, All Star Rods, Pflueger, Strike King Lure Company, Reese Marine Towpower,  XTools, Solar Bat, Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits, Berkley, Keelshield, Grace Full Gospel Church, MotorGuide, SOSPENDERS, Marshall’s Marine Lake City SC, Kistler,  Mizmo Bait Company, Dual Pro Charger,  , Buckeye Lures,  Stanley Jigs,  Deka Marine Master Batteries, Spike-It, Jacobs Glass, Poor Boys Baits, T&H Marine, Rejuvenade, and Keep Alive Oxygen Infusers

Our next event will be August 1^st and 2^nd on Clinton Lake. Deadline for entry fees for this tournament is July 25^th. The Friday night meeting will be held at the First Christian Church in Clinton, IL. Dinner will be served at 6:30 PM. If you would like more information on any of our events please contact us.

Carl Parks – Director Fishers of Men Illinois Central

204 Wilsey Ln.

Sidney IL, 61877

217-621-1386

www.carlparksy@aol.com

www.fomntt.com