Rock-N-Reel Fishing Tournament Nets Success
Wednesday October 17, 2007
The first Roane County Chamber of Commerce hosted fishing tournament held on Oct 13th and 14th was attended by approximately 307 fishermen. Official registration for the tournament was held on Friday, Oct. 12th at the Roane County Park with food, soft drinks, boat rides and music by a local band led by Mike Shannon of Kingston, TN. The Saturday morning start was fogged in by two hours and fishing was slow during the day. Final weigh-in on Sunday culminated with guest Master of Ceremonies and professional fisherman Fish Fishburne awarding the $12,000 first place prize to Mark Mauldin of Cleveland, TN and Guy Siler of Rutledge, TN who brought in 28.63 pounds of bass. The $1,000 cash prize for the highest scoring youth/adult team was awarded to fishermen Matt and Tony Brown. A second $1,000 was awarded to Glenn and Stacy Carter as the highest score from a male/female team. A $750 prize was awarded each day to the single largest bass caught; this prize went to A.J. Minnis and John Anderson on Saturday and Mike Vineyard and Troy Dyer on Sunday.
Fishermen attended the tournament from Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, West Virginia and from across Tennessee. Representing the youngest team was seventeen year old Cade Stallings and his seventeen year old partner Phil Ferreira-Alves. Both are in the junior class at Farragut High School. "We just go to school, play baseball and fish," according to Stallings.
A total of twenty-seven places were awarded to the following individuals:
Place Name
2 Curt Worth, Rockwood TN and Tim Wiley, Kingston, TN
3 Glenn Carter, Rockwood TN and Stacy Carter, Rockwood TN
4 Mike Vineyard, Friendsville, TN and Troy Dyer, Maryville, TN
5 Chuck Collier, Kingston TN and Raymond Colyer, Kingston, TN
6 Kelly Barnett, Kingston, TN and Johnathan Bowling, Harriman, TN
7 Dwayne Horton, Knoxville, TN and Charlie Horton, Knoxville, TN
8 Matt Linton, Kingston, TN and Jeff Burkett, Elkhart, IN
9 Rob Clowers, Sweetwater, TN and Jessie Hall, Sweetwater, TN
10 Jerreth Bain, Kennesciw, GA and Jake Hairrell, Decatur, TN
11 Frank Byrd, Spring City, TN and Ralph Loveday, Spring City, TN
12 Mark Rogers, Lenoir City, TN and Roger Slover, Lenoir City, TN
13 Larry Darden, Knoxville, TN and Dan Darden, Knoxville, TN
14 Darrell Payne, Rockwood, TN and Scotty Smith, Rockwood, TN
15 Tim Bacon, Cleveland, TN and Andrew Bacon, Cleveland, TN
16 Clarence Hill, Rockwood, TN and Jeff Hill, Oliver Springs, TN
17 Jack Wade, Knoxville, TN and Larry Garner, Maryville, TN
18 Asa Armour, Kingston, TN and Jason Joseph, Kingston, TN
19 Tommy Brown, Louisville, TN and Spencer Brown, Louisville, TN
20 Jason Williams, Kingston, TN and Tim Tarver, Ten Mile, TN
21 Jack Dunaway, Clinton, TN and James Huffaker, Knoxville, TN
22 Bill Dunn, Maynardville, TN and Brad Keaton, Corryton, TN
23 James Thompson, Loudon, TN and James Thompson, Jr., Knoxville, TN
24 Corey Hood, Evensville, TN and Gary Waldo, Spring City, TN
25 Sonny Lee, Knoxville, TN and Joe Lee, Knoxville, TN
26 Bryan Crouse, Kingston, TN and Tim Earick, Kingston, TN
27 Tom Walker, Oak Ridge, TN and Kurt Johnson, Oak Ridge, TN
Tournament Director James Nuckols was pleased with the tournament. "Fall fishing is tough anytime but with the weather we've had, this was an interesting tournament. I'm glad to see the fishermen support the Rock -N- Reel tournament here in Roane County and I think everyone is looking forward to next year."
Sponsors for the tournament included: City of Rockwood, City of Kingston, City of Harriman, Food City, Coca-Cola, Grande Vista Bay, Caney Creek Inn, Capt Dave Westberg, ORNL Federal Credit Union, Big Rock Building Supply, United Community Bank, Roane State Community College, Rockwood Water and Gas, Rocky Top General Store, Rocky Top Markets, Bunch Marine, Coldwell Banker, Eagle Distributing, Citizen's National Bank, Skeeter Boats/Yamaha, All-Star Promotions, Radio 105.7 The Hog, Comfort Inn, TVA Fossil Plant, and Comcast.
Contact:
Beverly Stroh
(865) 376-4201
