If there has ever been a nicer day to go fishing, I haven’t seen it in my 54 years on this earth!! Moderate temps and a slight breeze made for ideal conditions on the Chowan River. The best news of all was that the fish cooperated as well with many teams reporting catch 30-40 fish throughout the day. Seems like the big girls might be in a little post spawn funk but the males were cooperating in a big way.
One team that managed to find some of the big girls was the team of Michael Evans and Brian Meadows who brought a nice sack of river fish to the scales totaling 21.27 lbs that was anchored by a 6.33lb kicker! The 2023 AOY winners took home a $2760 payday for what sounded like a good day on the River. I said it earlier and I’ll say it again these two guys just get harder to beat the more the season progresses.
Bubba and Tommy Banks made things interesting with a 20.79 lb bag that secured second place and a check for $950.
Apparently, it was a good day to be named Bubba cause the third-place team made up of Bubba Barnett and Bob Monroe brought in a 17.43lb bag to take home the third-place check worth $630.
The always tough to beat team of Kevin and Tyler Jones weighed in a 16.97 lb bag anchored by the days lunker weighting 7.81 lbs. to wrap up fourth place and a total payday of $1070.
The following teams rounded out the money winners.
5th Holden Northcott and Austin Hughes 16.04 lbs
6th Eric Roberson and Adam Baldwin 15.91 lbs
7th Charles Weatherbee and Jason White 15.16 lbs
8th Cody and Marty Matthews 14.97 lbs
9th Mike Layton and JA Williford 14.76lbs
10th Christian and Ronnie Bland 14.43 lbs
Our next tournament will be May 25th on the Perquimans River. That will be our last regular season tournament and a chance to fish our championship in June out of Pembroke creek. We had a good turnout today and it was good to see some new teams show up today with a few of them taking home a good payday.
| Team | BF | Weight | Winnings | Points |
| Mike Evans Brian Meadows | 6.33 | 21.27 | $2,760.00 | 110 |
| Tommy Banks Bubba Banks | 5.62 | 20.79 | $950.00 | 109 |
| Bubba Barnett Bob Monroe | 4.54 | 17.43 | $630.00 | 108 |
| Kevin Jones Tyler Jones | 7.81 | 16.97 | $1,070.00 | 107 |
| Holden Northcott Austin Hughes | 4.87 | 16.04 | $400.00 | 106 |
| Eric Roberson Adam Baldwin | 6.14 | 15.91 | $280.00 | 105 |
| Charles Weatherbee Jason White | 3.95 | 15.16 | $210.00 | 104 |
| Cody Matthews Marty Matthews | 0.00 | 14.97 | $180.00 | 103 |
| JA Williford Mike Layton | 4.87 | 14.76 | $155.00 | 102 |
| Christian Bland Ronnie Bland | 0.00 | 14.43 | $135.00 | 101 |
| JR Milligan Richard Griswold | 0.00 | 14.40 | 100 | |
| Larry Barefoot John Williams | 5.21 | 13.99 | 99 | |
| Justin Bohannon Howard Bohannon | 6.89 | 13.66 | 98 | |
| Stacey Light Matt Greshak | 4.77 | 13.28 | 97 | |
| Randy Broughman Ryan Broughman | 0.00 | 13.05 | 96 | |
| Wayne Hayes Andy Morath | 3.78 | 12.74 | 95 | |
| Joe Glazebrook Brad Higginbotham | 5.17 | 12.70 | 94 | |
| Eugene Foushee Tony Horton | 0.00 | 11.80 | 93 | |
| Kenneth Moore Joseph Eure | 0.00 | 11.61 | 92 | |
| Joshua Lanaville Timothy Davis | 4.00 | 11.52 | 91 | |
| Al Biagioni John Larock | 3.56 | 11.44 | 90 | |
| Ronnie Ketchum Mike Watson | 6.01 | 11.32 | 89 | |
| Heath Parker Brian Cooper | 0.00 | 11.16 | 88 | |
| Ray Cobb Mark Moretz | 0.00 | 11.11 | 87 | |
| Jeremy Gatewood Russell Gammon | 0.00 | 10.79 | 86 | |
| Bryan Hendricks Charles Overton | 4.36 | 10.77 | 85 | |
| Jeffrey Archer Ricky Britt | 0.00 | 10.76 | 84 | |
| Chris Turner Quintin Chappell | 0.00 | 10.35 | 83 | |
| Richard Hodges Jimmy Baart | 3.97 | 10.22 | 82 | |
| Chris Banks Zachery Meads | 0.00 | 10.13 | 81 | |
| Jim Dick Greg Dick | 0.00 | 10.09 | 80 | |
| Jason Stacy Steve Cox | 0.00 | 10.08 | 79 | |
| Nick Meek Kyle Verkuilen | 0.00 | 9.56 | 78 | |
| Kirk Nixon Trent Nixon | 0.00 | 9.14 | 77 | |
| Sammy Henman Troy Neff | 2.82 | 8.67 | 76 | |
| Patrick Robertson John Robertson | 0.00 | 8.38 | 75 | |
| Chuck Napier Aaron Johnson | 0.00 | 8.33 | 74 | |
| Mike Knapp Ben Knapp | 0.00 | 8.06 | 73 | |
| Brian Jackson | 0.00 | 8.02 | 72 | |
| John Sanderlin Lloyd Sanderlin | 0.00 | 7.55 | 71 | |
| Andrew George Jordan Sanderlin | 3.16 | 7.55 | 70 | |
| Chad Howell | 0.00 | 5.79 | 69 | |
| Derek Goodman Gary DeBrito | 0.00 | 4.36 | 68 | |
| Steve Brickhouse Bud Elkins | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| David Shaffer Scott Shaffer | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Brent Thomas | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Hunter Holloman Tommy Houlroyd | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Robert Pervatte | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Brandon Taylor David Lanaville | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Brandon Vaughn | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Tyler Bunch Jason Woolard | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Michael Lassiter Ricky Paige | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Dean Jones Levi Jones | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Matt Mainhart Shane Johnson | 0.00 | 0.00 | 58 | |
| Total Entrys | $7,020.00 | |||
| BONUS $ | $900.00 | |||
| Total Paid At Ramp | $6,770.00 | |||
| CATT | $50.00 | |||
| 2025 Tidewater Final Fund | $510.00 | |||
| 2025 CATT Championship Fund | $50.00 | |||
| 2025 Tidewater Final Fund Total | $1,725.00 | |||
| 2025 Tidewater Point Fund | $1,700.00 |