Anglers fishing the third tournament of the spring season on the Chowan River were met with a stiff breeze and more cold front conditions. The dock talk around prefishing reports were all good and I thought this might be the tournament where the rivers showed up. Once again Mother Nature slammed one door and opened up another one with falling water and tight lipped bass.
Hopefully at some point this season we’ll get some good fishing weather. With that being said one team has got to win even under less-than-ideal conditions and today that was the team of JA Williford and Mike Layton with a 5 fish limit weighing 18.26 lbs that included a 6.93 big fish for the day!! Their victory earned them a $2045 payday.
Matt Holt brought a very competitive 5 fish limit weighing 17.62 lbs to take home $1460 in winnings!
Lloyd Sanderlin and Joe Spruill jr followed that up with 16.98 lbs good for $510. That’s two top three finishes for Lloyd in a couple weeks!
The following teams rounded out the money winners.
4th Randy Broughman-Ryan Broughman 16.05 lbs
5th Matt Greschak-Ricky Hodges 15.47 lbs
6th Mike Evans-Brian Meadows 15.19 lbs
7th Chaz Carrington 14.21 lbs
8th Russel Gammon 14.08 lbs
Our next tournament will be be April 27th on the Perquimans River.
Tidewater Spring Final Fund – $1,260.00
Tidewater Spring Points Fund – $1,270.00 (Paid to the Top 3 Points Teams)
| Team | BF | Weight | Winnings | Points |
| JA Williford – Mike Layton | 6.93 | 18.26 | $2,045.00 | 110 |
| Matt Holt | 5.84 | 17.62 | $1,460.00 | 109 |
| Lloyd Sanderlin – John Sanderlin | 6.47 | 16.98 | $510.00 | 108 |
| Randy Broughman – Ryan Broughman | 5.67 | 16.05 | $360.00 | 107 |
| Ricky Hodges – Matt Greschak | 4.08 | 15.47 | $280.00 | 106 |
| Mike Evans – Brian Meadows | 4.44 | 15.19 | $200.00 | 105 |
| Chaz Carrington | 4.23 | 14.21 | $160.00 | 104 |
| Russell Gammon | 3.85 | 14.08 | $130.00 | 103 |
| Mark Moretz – Ray Cobb | 4.23 | 13.63 | 102 | |
| Al Biagioni – John LaRock | 5.03 | 13.58 | 101 | |
| Nick Meek – Kyle Verkuillen | 3.84 | 13.36 | 100 | |
| Steve Brickhouse – Bud Elkins | 3.94 | 13.17 | 99 | |
| Rick Plemons – Chris Pike | 4.04 | 12.52 | 98 | |
| Kirk Nixon – Trent Nixon | 5.19 | 12.23 | 97 | |
| Eugene Foushee – Aaron Herschberger | 4.60 | 12.23 | 96 | |
| Tyler Jones – Kevin Jones | 0.00 | 11.21 | 95 | |
| Kenneth Moore – Joseph Eure | 0.00 | 10.98 | 94 | |
| Jason Stacey – Steven Cox | 4.36 | 10.55 | 93 | |
| Mike Scott – JP Scott | 5.78 | 10.35 | 92 | |
| Wayne Haynes – Andy Morath | 4.96 | 10.07 | 91 | |
| Tim Fallon – Richard Griswold | 5.12 | 9.75 | 90 | |
| Brian Jackson – Billy Saunders | 0.00 | 8.46 | 89 | |
| Hunter Holloman – Tommy Houlroyd | 0.00 | 8.03 | 88 | |
| Chris Turner – Quinton Chappell | 0.00 | 7.62 | 87 | |
| Brian Cooper – Heath Parker | 0.00 | 6.87 | 86 | |
| Ben Knapp – Mike Knapp | 0.00 | 5.38 | 85 | |
| Matt Anderson | 0.00 | 3.59 | 84 | |
| Tommy Banks – Bubba Banks | 0.00 | 3.10 | 83 | |
| Jake Mayers – Cody Mayers | 0.00 | 2.15 | 82 | |
| Jim Dick Greg Dick | 0.00 | 1.64 | 81 | |
| Andrew George – Jordan Sanderlin | 0.00 | 1.64 | 80 | |
| Chris Banks – Zachery Meads | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Nathan Welch – Ethan Welch | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Ronnie Ketchum – Benny Hendricks | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Joe Glazebrook – Tyler Glazebrook | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Jeff Freeman – Rodney White | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Jeff Hayden Benny Cannon | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Ken Kipler – Shawn Dunlap | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Michael Hoggard – David Freeman | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Brent Thomas | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Ronnie Bland – Christian Bland | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Aaron Johnson – Gary Barefoot | 0.00 | 0.00 | 70 | |
| Total Entrys | $5,040.00 | |||
| BONUS $ | $650.00 | |||
| Total Paid At Ramp | $5,145.00 | |||
| CATT | $50.00 | |||
| 2023 Tidewater Final Fund | $420.00 | |||
| 2023 CATT Championship Fund | $75.00 | |||
| 2023 Tidewater Final Fund Total | $1,260.00 | |||
| 2023 Tidewater Point Fund | $1,270.00 |
