Open Team
Tournament
12/2/2023
Our eleventh annual Open Bass Tournament started on Thursday
night, 11/30/2023, at Lighthouse Baptist Church. Anglers, tournament staff,
friends and family members gathered for a meal, door prizes, and had the
opportunity to hear an inspiring message presented by “The Bass Chaplain” Chris
Wells. We thank God for this inspiring presentation of the Gospel. During the
meeting, the Holy Spirit moved one attendee to dedicate their life to the Lord.
Thanks to Dukes Bar-b-Que for catering the meal, the bar-b-que and fixings were exceptional. We would like to
thank Light House Baptist Church and Pastor Jeffrey Gibson for hosting our
meeting.
Saturday ended up being a great day to fish. It was cloudy all day,
but the forecasted heavy rain held off during the entire tournament. 25 teams launched
at approximately 6:30 am Saturday morning after an early morning prayer in
hopes of finding a big sack of fish. 21 of the 25 teams brought a five fish
limit to the scales at weigh-in.
Coming in 1st was the team of Eric Cumbee and Richard Pace with
5 fish weighing 17.14 lbs. and the big fish honors with a 4.99 lb. kicker. The
2nd place team of Randy Brown and Warren Wiley
weighed in 5 fish for 13.12 lbs. Third place honors went to Justin Hadden and
Sterling Banks with a 5 fish limit weighing 13.01 lbs.
Thanks to
all the anglers for being a part of this great event without you it would not
have been a success.
Also thanks
to our event sponsors: Aiken Christian Bass Anglers, Aiken
Discount Tire, Academy Sports, Lighthouse Baptist Church, Number One Market
Bait & Tackle, Outdoors Unlimited, Deep Creek Lures, Augusta Marine, ALX
Rods, Greenfish Tackle, Carolina Wood Floors, Allstate Insurance (Robby Grandle), Palmetto Home Outlet, Hadden Outdoors, ASE
Equipment, Dukes Bar-B-Que, Spro Baits, Angler’s Headquarters, and CSRA
Solutions.
First Place
ErIc Cumbee & Richard Pace
Second Place Third
Place
Randy Brown & Warren Wiley Justin Hadden & Sterling Banks
Fourth Place Fifth
Place
Matthew Jones & Derrick
Murray Chris
Royer & David Carver
Sixth Place Seventh
Place
Shannon Jordan Paul Ham
Eighth Place Ninth
Place
Jeff Cox & Kyle Cox David
Atkinson & Michael
Rose
Tenth Place
Troy Blackmer & Bobby
Clayton
First
Big Fish Second Big Fish
ErIc Cumbee & Richard Pace Randy Brown & Warren Wiley