
Lake Martin December 14, 2024
Congratulations to Chris Cofty on the win and Mark Syck on AOY for 2024!
We had teen club members fish and three guests. The water was clear on most of the lake. Water temperatures were around 59 and the day was a great day to fish with low humidity and mild temperatures from 45 at prayer time to 65 at weigh in.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Chris Cofty | 9.6 | 2.86 |
Bryan Selix | 8.32 | |
Mark Syck | 7.22 | |
Wes Scardina | 6.54 | |
Russell Renfroe | 5.71 | |
Carson Griffith | 5.16 | |
Howell Carter | 3.27 | |
Craig Granthum | 0 | |
Kenneth Hathcock | 0 | |
Brian Petters | 0 | |
Steve Harris | 0 |
Yates Lake November 9, 2024
Congratulations to Kenneth Hathcock on the win! We had our largest turn-out of the year with sixteen club members and four guest’s fish. The water was an off color for Yates since they have been dumping water from Martin for the past month. Six limits were brought to the scales. We had mild temperatures and overcast skies all day.
Thank you for everyone that contributed to the cook out.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Kenneth Hathcock | 9.57 | |
Chris Cofty | 8.63 | |
Mark Syck | 7.53 | 5.16 |
Wes Scardina | 7 | |
Bryan Selix | 6 | |
Harvey Starling | 5.96 | |
Lou Cobb | 4.79 | |
Clark Jones | 2.67 | |
Steve Harris | 2.63 | |
Walter Davis | 1.82 | |
Carsen Griffith | 1.66 | |
Craig Granthum | 1.26 | |
Robert Jolley | .96 | |
Brian Petters | .82 | |
Robert Renfroe | 0 | |
Howell Carter | 0 |
Alabama River October 13, 2024
Congratulations to Chris Cofty on two tournament wins in a row! We had teen club members fish and two guests. The water was clear. Water temperatures was around 73 and the day was a great day to fish with low humidity and mild temperatures.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Chris Cofty | 7.89 | |
Mark Syck | 6.47 | |
Russell Renfroe | 4.15 | |
Bryan Selix | 4.09 | |
Steve Harris | 3.87 | 2.06 |
Craig Granthum | 3.77 | |
Howell Carter | 1.27 | |
Robert Renfroe | 0 | |
Kenneth Hathcock | 0 | |
Brian Petters | 0 |
Lake Jordan September 14, 2024
We had a great turnout. We had thirteen club members fish and two guests. It rained on and off all day for the tournament. Fortunately, the rain was mostly light with no high winds or thunder. The water was clear for Lake Jordan. We had four anglers with big limits over 11 pounds.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Chris Cofty | 12.52 | |
Wes Scardina | 11.83 | |
Kenneth Hathcock | 11.78 | 4.19 |
Mark Syck | 11.65 | |
Robert Renfroe | 9.26 | |
Bryan Selix | 6.70 | |
Steve Harris | 5.26 | |
Carsen Griffith | 4.86 | |
Walter Davis | 4.35 | 3.01 |
Craig Granthum | 1.86 | |
Michael Minor | 0 | |
Brian Petters | 0 | |
Howell Carter | 0 |
Yates Lake August 10, 2024

Three anglers caught a limit but, limits were hard to come by for most. Congratulations to Lou Cobb who lapped the field with the big bag and big fish of 12.53.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Lou Cobb | 12.53 | 3.59 |
Mark Syck | 8.49 | |
Kenneth Hathcock | 7.28 | |
Carsen Griffith | 5.37 | 2.73 |
Bryan Selix | 3.70 | |
Chris Cofty | 3.14 | |
Craig Granthum | 2.81 | 2.15 |
Clark Jones | 1.57 | |
Lake Martin July 13, 2024
A small group turned out for a beautiful night of fishing. We had 5 limits out of 6 fishermen but, the limits were all small. Congratulations to Wes Scardina on the win with 6.93.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Wes Scardina | 6.93 | |
Chris Cofty | 6.92 | |
Steve Harris | 6.03 | |
Clark Jones | 5.16 | |
Bryan Selix | 4.64 | |
Mark Syck | 0.84 |
Lake Mitchell June 1, 2024
We had a great turnout considering the conditions. We had fourteen club members fish and two guests. It rained most of the night and off and on all day for the tournament. Fortunately, the rain was mostly light with no high winds or thunder. The water was clear for Mitchell and considering the amount of rain over the last several days. Two big limits were weighed in from Mark Syck and Chris Cofty.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Mark Syck | 10.38 | 3.27 |
Chris Cofty | 10.31 | |
Wes Scardina | 7.62 | |
Howell Carter | 7.51 | |
Bryan Selix | 6.73 | |
Steve Harris | 5.30 | |
Clark Jones | 4.40 | |
Russel Renfroe | 4.16 | |
Lou Cobb | 3.65 | |
Carsen Griffith | 3.47 | |
Michael Minor | 2.47 | |
Brian Petters | 1.99 | |
Craig Granthum | 0 | |
Kenneth Hathcock | 0 |
Alabama River (Swift Creek) May 11, 2024
It was a beautiful day to fish with temperatures starting around 60 degrees and the high was only 79. The water was moving all day and starting to muddy up after the rains the day before. We shared the river with the ABT out of Cooters pond and it was very busy on the whole river.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Mark Syck | 10.14 | 3.09 |
Harvey Starling | 10.04 | 3.05 |
Lou Cobb | 9.01 | 3.11 |
Bryan Selix | 5.03 | |
Howell Carter | 2.13 | |
Clark Jones | 1.11 | |
Craig Granthum | 0 | |
Carsen Griffith | 0 | |
Wes Scardina | 0 |
Lake Jordan April 13, 2024
The weather turned nice for Saturday with air temperatures in the mid 40’s at tournament start but it warned up nicely to the mid 70’s later in the day. Water clarity varied depending on the area of the lake but, most of the lake was clear for Jordan with water temperatures ranging from 61 to 64.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Bryan Selix | 11.28 | |
Wes Scardina | 10.27 | |
Lou Cobb | 9.37 | |
Mark Syck | 8.50 | |
Carsen Griffith | 8.47 | |
Craig Granthum | 8.26 | 2.60 |
Robert Renfroe | 7.88 | |
Howell Carter | 7.40 | |
Robert Jolley | 0 | |
Brian Peters | 0 |

Lay Lake March 9, 2024
The group of anglers was smaller with 8 members fishing. We had several members out on vacation or going to other tournaments. We had very hard rain Friday prior to the tournament but the weather turned nice for Saturday morning with air temperatures in the mid 60’s. Water clarity varied depending on the area of the lake you were in, and water temperatures also varied ranging from 55 to 58.
Congratulations to Carsen Griffith on his first club tournament win with a mixed bag of spotted bass and largemouth bass weighing 11.76.

Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Carsen Griffith | 11.76 | 2.89 |
Bryan Selix | 9.93 | |
Howell Carter | 7.85 | |
Harvey Starling | 7.78 | |
Craig Granthum | 7.37 | |
Kenneth Hathcock | 6.24 | |
Steve Harris | 5.74 | |
Robert Jolley | 4.19 | 3.00 |
Lake Mitchell February 10, 2024
We had a another good turnout with eleven members and two guest. Water temperatures were 49 to 51 and the temperature was mild all day from 50 to 70 degrees. The water was stained in the creeks with some color in the main lake. Most members had a limit and 3 bags over 10 pounds were brought to the scales.
Congratulations to Harvey Starling on the win with a beautiful bag of spotted bass for 12.19.

Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Harvey Starling | 12.19 | 3.19 |
Bryan Selix | 11.51 | 4.08 |
Wes Scardina | 11.29 | 2.52 |
Kenneth Hathcock | 8.52 | |
Mark Syck | 8.47 | |
Chris Cofty | 6.99 | |
Howell Carter | 6.37 | |
Russel Renfroe | 6.24 | |
Robert Jolley | 3.57 | |
Craig Granthum | 0 | |
Brian Peters | 0 |
Lake Martin January 13, 2024
We had a good turnout for the first tournament of the year with fourteen members and one guest. Water temperatures were 50 to 52. It was windy early with the air temperatures going from 32 to 48 degrees. Most members struggled with only two limits brought to the scales.
Angler | Weight | Big Fish |
Bryan Selix | 9.73 | |
Robert Renfroe | 6.86 | |
Chris Cofty | 6.76 | 2.67 |
Mark Syck | 6.56 | 2.64 |
Wes Scardina | 4.04 | |
Carsen Griffith | 3.44 | |
Russel Renfroe | 2.31 | |
Kenneth Hathcock | 1.87 | |
Lou Cobb | 1.12 | |
Craig Granthum | 0 | |
Harvey Starling | 0 | |
Robert Jolley | 0 | |
Clark Jones | 0 | |
Brian Petters | 0 |