Tournament Reports
« Previous EntriesManteo Rockfish Rodeo
Thursday, December 15th, 2011Wake Forest’s Kennedy Bowman had a big day on November 19. Not only did the four-year-old top the Junior Angler division of the Manteo Rotary Rockfish Rodeo, her 11.27 lb. striped bass more than doubled the weight of the heaviest fish brought to the scales by any of the adult participants. Fishing with her sister, [...]
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Havelock-Cherry Point Trout Tournament
Thursday, December 15th, 2011Topping their nearest competition by over 3 lbs., Morehead City’s Kendall Bullington and Jason Yates earned the victory in the 2011 Havelock/Cherry Point Rotary Sound of Freedom Speckled Trout Tournament. The pair hauled a quartet of speckled trout weighing 13.7 lbs. to the scales at Havelock’s Crabby Patty’s to secure the top spot on the [...]
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Flat Bottom Girls
Thursday, November 17th, 2011Squeezing out the victory by just a tenth of a pound, Wilmington’s Jon Hargett and Dan Spencer scaled a 3.4 lb. flounder to take home $1000 first place check in the 2011 Flat Bottom Girls Flounder Tournament. The pair, fishing aboard a 19’ Jones Brothers Cape Fisherman, began their day in Hewlett’s Creek, [...]
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Yellowfin/Yamaha Fall Brawl King Classic
Thursday, October 27th, 2011Battling big seas on the second day of the event, the “Instigator” fishing team was rewarded with a 35.50 lb. king mackerel that earned the victory and over $14,500 in the 2011 Yellowfin/Yamaha Fall Brawl King Classic, held Oct. 21-23 out of the Ocean Isle Fishing Center. Scott Smith, Ryan Bright, and Capt. Keith Logan [...]
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Swansboro Rotary King Mackerel Tournament
Thursday, October 27th, 2011Hauling a huge 54.00 lb. king mackerel to the weigh-in, Randall Edens and Hampstead, NC’s “East Coast Sports” fishing team earned victory and over $21,000 in the Swansboro Rotary King Mackerel Tournament, held October 14-16 out of the Swansboro Civic Center. Fishing with his father, George, and son, Cole (who captured the Senior and Junior [...]