April 30 – May 2, 2021
Click here to print out an entry form (pdf file) for the Topsail Spring Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge:
2021 Topsail Spring Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge Print Entry Form
Click here to fill out an online entry form for the Topsail Spring Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge:
2021 Topsail Spring Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge Online Registration.
Click here for a printable version (pdf file) of the Topsail Spring Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge Rules:
2021 Topsail Spring Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge Rules
Surf Fishing Participants only compete against other Surf Fishing Participants
Pier Fishing Participants only compete against other Pier Fishing Participants
No participant can enter both the Surf Fishing Division and the Pier Fishing Division–you can only enter one division.
Surf Fishing Categories: Bluefish, Trout (speckled and gray), Black Drum, and Sea Mullet
Pier Fishing Categories: Bluefish, Spanish, Black Drum, and Sea Mullet
Entry Fee: $60 per angler by April 19; $70 per angler after April 19 (one entry fee gets you in all four categories except Surf Red Drum TWT and Pier Trout TWT)
Surf Red Drum TWT: $25 per angler (Surf Red Drum TWT is optional–it is offered as another way for tournament participants to win money)
Pier Trout TWT: $25 per angler (Pier Trout TWT is optional–it is offered as another way for tournament participants to win money)
Over $16,000 in cash and prizes (based on 200 entries in the Surf division and 100 in the Pier division)
Surf Boundaries: Must fish from a Topsail Island beach.
Pier Boundaries: Must fish from a Topsail Island pier.
Four Weigh-in Locations: East Coast Sports, Surf City Pier, Jolly Roger Pier, and Seaview Pier
Tournament Headquarters: Under the big tent in the East Coast Sports parking lot
Live Updates: There are three updates throughout the tournament weekend: Saturday 10:00 am; Saturday 8:00 pm; and Sunday 9:00 am. Updates will be posted in three places:
Registration: Friday, April 30, from 4:00 pm – 11:00 pm (everyone must stop by Registration/Tournament HQ to receive their tournament wrist band and have the band placed upon their wrist–no exceptions!)
Fish Time Starts: Friday, April 30, 11:59 pm.
Fish Time Ends: Sunday, May 2, 12:00 noon.
Awards Dinner: Sunday, May 2, from 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm at Tournament HQ (big tent in the East Coast Sports parking lot)
Awards Ceremony: Sunday, May 2, at 2:00 pm at Tournament HQ (big tent in the East Coast Sports parking lot)
Tournament Raffle: Immediately following Awards Ceremony
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
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Bluefish | $1000 | $600 | $400 | $250 | $100 |
Trout | $1000 | $600 | $400 | $250 | $100 |
Sea Mullet | $500 | $300 | $200 | $100 | $50 |
Black Drum | $500 | $300 | $200 | $100 | $50 |
(Surf Primary Payouts based on 200 paid entries)
Red Drum 1st: $1275
Red Drum 2nd: $765
Red Drum 3rd: $510
*Surf Red Drum TWT is voluntary, and payouts are based on 120 paid entries
1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
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Bluefish | $1000 | $750 | $500 |
Spanish | $1000 | $750 | $500 |
Sea Mullet | $600 | $400 | $200 |
Black Drum | $600 | $400 | $200 |
(Pier Primary Payouts based on 200 paid entries)
Trout 1st: $510
Trout 2nd: $340
* Pier Trout TWT is voluntary, and payouts are based on 40 paid entries.
Junior Angler: 1st–$50
Lady Angler: 1st–$50
Senior Angler: 1st–$50
Surf/Pier Special Prize Payouts guaranteed. Each Special Prize Payout awarded to either a Surf or Pier angler–whichever angler/division weighs in the heaviest fish.
The Pier Cup is awarded to the pier angler and the Topsail fishing pier where the heaviest leaderboard fish was weighed in. The name of the angler, the weight of the fish, and the name of the pier where the fish was caught will be engraved on the trophy.
Then the winning pier will retain possession of the Pier Cup until the next Topsail Surf & Pier Fishing Challenge when the Pier Cup will have to be defended.
First Fruit Ministries began in 1998. It has grown to serve over 20,000 hot meals, provide emergency groceries to over 5,000 households, and shelter over 24 homeless women and families annually.
Please direct all questions to Fisherman’s Post at (910) 452-6378, or you can send an email to surf@fishermanspost.com.