Bass fishing on Lake Wylie has been tough recently and the cold front that moved through at mid-week, bringing sub-freezing temperatures and scattered snow, has not helped matters at all.

“I am not competing but I had a chance to go fishing on the lake Monday – just went out and played around – and it was kind of tough for me,” said tournament director John Snincak of Fort Mill, S.C. “I’d bet that fishing is going to be tough for these guys this weekend.”

Snincak said he had talked with a couple of the anglers competing in the regional championship this weekend and they also reported fishing was tough during practice this week.

“This cold front has affected the fishing, but hopefully by the end of the week we will get a little warming spell and things will change a little bit for the tournament,” he said.

Teams will be competing from the North Carolina Central, North Carolina East, North Carolina Piedmont, South Carolina Lowcountry and South Carolina Upstate Divisions, along with individual tams from Kentucky, Indiana and Georgia, Snincak said.

“I am sure there will be other teams, as well. They are all trying to win their spots and get to the national championship.”

Competing teams must attend the pre-tournament meeting Thursday evening at the Baxter Hood Center on Anderson Road. Registration will be held from 5:15 to 6 p.m., with the meeting and meal starting at 6 p.m. All teams must have at least one representative present for the entire meeting. Flight assignments will be given at the meeting.
“We’ve got Dearal Rodgers speaking at the meeting. He will bring our inspirational message,” Snincak said.

Rodgers, of Camden, S.C., who won the FLW Tour Co-Angler of the Year Award in 2009 and the FLW Tour’s Forrest Wood Cup as a Co-Angler in 2010, had dropped off the FLW Tour to start up his business, but he plans to fish the 2014 Tour in hopes of making the Forrest Wood Cup next summer on Lake Murray near Columbia, S.C.

The Fishers of Men National Tournament Trail is a nonprofit, nondenominational ministry whose mission is to introduce Jesus to fishermen and their families and to invite them into a relationship with Him, through bass fishing tournaments, according to founder Al Odom.
The tournament trail, which began in 1998 as a small four division tournament trail with a total of 21 events through the first season, has now grown into one of the largest fishing tournament organizations in the country. During the 2012 season, 44 team tournament divisions and 34 legacy divisions combined for over 300 tournament events.
All FOM tournaments are team events, with each team consisting of two members. Legacy division teams are also two-person teams. However, a legacy team is made up of one member who is 19 or older, and one member who is under 19.
Membership is open to anyone without regard to religion, gender, age, or race.
For more information, contact National Director Al Odom at 803-429-1784, or Vice President Bobby Eads at 812-583-6389.

Fishers of Men

2013 East Region – District 3 Championship

Lake Wylie

Ebenezer Park, Rock Hill, S.C.

http://www.fomntt.com/

Contact John Snincak, (803) 487-3216