Carolina Beach Inshore Challenge

September 5 – 6, 2025, at Inlet Watch Marina

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2025 Carolina Beach Inshore Challenge Print Entry Form

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2025 Carolina Beach Inshore Challenge Rules

QUICK FACTS

Entry Fee: $190 per boat by August 25; $220 per boat after August 25
Two Divisions: Red Drum & Flounder (the one entry fee gets your boat in both divisions)
Split Leaderboard: Winners based on boat’s single heaviest red drum and/or single heaviest flounder
TWTs: Single Big Red Drum, High Roller Single Big Red Drum, Single Big Flounder, High Roller Single Big Flounder, and “Trash Fish” (oyster toad or lizardfish)

Over $15,000 in cash and prizes to be awarded (based on 100 entries)

Use live, dead, or artificial bait!
One Day of Fishing
No Checkouts & No Boundaries
Live Weigh-In encouraged but not required (no penalties)
Fish with as many anglers on your boat as you like (no limitations)

Complimentary Captains’ Party (Friday–hosted by Legion Brewery)
Complimentary Awards Party (Saturday–hosted by Papa Murphy’s Pizza)

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Registration: Friday, Sept. 5, from 4:00-8:00 pm at Inlet Watch Marina
Captains’ Meeting: Friday, Sept. 5, at 6:00 pm at Inlet Watch Marina. Captains’ Meeting will be broadcast via Facebook Live.
Captains’ Party: Friday, Sept. 5, from 5:00-7:00 pm at Inlet Watch Marina
Fishing Day: Saturday, Sept. 6, from 6:30 am-4:00 pm (no lines in the water before 6:30 am)
Weigh-In: Saturday, Sept. 6, from 2:00 pm-4:00 pm at Inlet Watch Marina (scales open at 2:00 pm; must be in line by 4:00 pm). Weigh-In will be broadcast via Facebook Live.
Awards Party: Saturday, Sept. 6, from 4:00-5:30 pm at Inlet Watch Marina
Awards Ceremony: Saturday, Sept. 6, at 5:30 pm. Awards Ceremony will be broadcast via Facebook Live.

PRIMARY PAYOUT *

	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Single Red Drum	$1500	$1200	$900	$600	$350	$200
Single Flounder	$1500	$1200	$900	$600	$350	$200

* All Primary Payouts based on 100 paid entries.

SECONDARY PAYOUTS **

JUNIOR ANGLER: $50
LADY ANGLER: $50
SENIOR ANGLER: $50

** Secondary Payouts guaranteed.

TOURNAMENTS WITHIN A TOURNAMENT

Single Big Red Drum TWT ($50): 1st–$1,275; 2nd–$765; 3rd–$510
(based on 60 TWT entries)
High Roller Single Big Red Drum TWT ($150): 1st–$2,550; 2nd–$1,530; 3rd–$1,020
(based on 40 TWT entries)
Single Big Flounder TWT ($50): 1st–$1,275; 2nd–$765; 3rd–$510
(based on 60 TWT entries)
High Roller Single Big Flounder TWT ($150): 1st–$2,550; 2nd–$1,530; 3rd–$1,020
(based on 40 TWT entries)
“Trash Fish” (oyster toad or lizardfish) TWT ($50): 1st–$1,275; 2nd–$765; 3rd–$510
(based on 60 TWT entries)

* TWT’s are voluntary. They are offered as another way to win money.

SPECIAL PRIZES

Live Weigh-In Bonus: Weigh in your red drum and/or flounder alive and get an extra $20 payout (red drum and/or flounder must be on the primary leaderboard).

Intracoastal Angler Special Weight Prizes:
1.5 lb. Flounder – $50 gift card (extra $25 if alive)
2.5 lb. Flounder – $50 gift card (extra $25 if alive)

3.0 lb. Red Drum – $50 gift card (extra $25 if alive)
4.0 lb. Red Drum – $50 gift card (extra $25 if alive)

Mudpuppy Raffle Prize: Every boat that weighs in a fish will be automatically entered into the Carolina Beach Inshore Challenge raffle where we are giving away (among many other prizes) a Mudpuppy Salt Stix custom rod (retail value $300). The raffles will be drawn on Saturday after Awards, and you must be present to win.

Pigford Custom Homes Weigh-In Drawing: Every boat that weighs in a fish will receive a ticket for a drawing for $250 cash (compliments of Kirk Pigford Homes). No tickets will be sold–the only way to get a ticket is to weigh in a fish (one ticket for red drum, one ticket for a flounder, and one ticket for a “trash fish” if entered in the Trash Fish TWT). You do not have to be present to win.

SeaTow Prize: The SeaTow prize (a $100 gift certificate to Island Tackle & Hardware) is based on the single heaviest fish (red drum or flounder) and goes to the boat whose owner has a current SeaTow membership.

BENEFICIARY

The Wilmington Elks invest in their communities through programs that help children grow up healthy and drug-free, by undertaking projects that address unmet need, and by honoring the service and sacrifice of our veterans.

CONTACT INFO

Please direct all questions to Fisherman’s Post at (910) 452-6378, or you can send an email to trail@fishermanspost.com.