2024 Tournament

1st Tournament - Blounts Creek

Results from tournament:

Thank you to everyone who made it out to this year's first tournament in Blounts Creek. It was a great day to have everyone together and an even better day for fishing! We had a total of 24 anglers wishing.

1st place in the main tournament John Davis with a total weight (2 fish) of 9 lbs 5.2 oz.

2nd place was Jerry Fountain Arron Coobs with 9 lbs 4.1 oz

3rd place was Arron Coobs with 9 lbs 4.1 oz

Sean Braly won the largest trout with a trout weighing 3 lbs 5 oz.

No one caught a Red Drum Today so the Money will be transferred to the next tournament so that means it will just be more money for the larges red next tournament.

2nd Tournament - Belhaven

Results from tournament:

I want to thank everyone who braved the wind Sunday with us. The fish were chewing and there were some good numbers put up! We had a total of 25 people fishing.

Here are the results.

Main tournament (heaviest limit of trout)

1st : Jason Soper 9 lbs 12 ounces

Winning some cash a yakattack cellblok/Switchblade, LACK fish towel and Fourseven Lures jig heads.

2nd : Chris Geyer 9 lbs 9.4 ounces

Winning some cash, a yakattack visipole 2, LACK fish towel and Fourseven Lures jig heads.

3rd : Kenny Davis 9 lbs 5.8 ounces

Winning some cash, a yakattack Tracpak bundle, LACK fishing towel and Fourseven Lures jig heads.

Heaviest Trout : Kenny Davis with a 4.3lb trout.

Winning the entire trout pot.

Longest Redfish : Alex Derby with another redfish win with a 16.5" redfish.

Winning double redfish pots and a Stake put pole from yakattack.

We also had a few give aways/raffles consisting of Pettiford Creek Custom Lures baits won by Brad Faulk, A.M. fishing lures won by Jason Soper, MasterBait Company $25 gift card won by Bon Tyre, Topwater Co speed clips and Casting Coastal Kayak Fishing lanyards won by Jerry Fountain and last but not least a Noqua fish rag and Koozie won by Rod Olsen.

I want to thank our biggest sponsor Trusty Sail & Paddle for all the yakattack goodies and to continue to give us all your support and having faith in where this group is heading. Don't forget all member who attend tournaments get 10% off when shopping in store with the membership card.

Also to our other sponsors

Nocqua Adventure Gear , Pettiford Creek Custom Lures , MasterBait company, Louisiana Custom Kayaks, Kayak Kushion, Muskie Bumper, Topwater Co, YakWorks Kayak of Southport, NC, YakGadget, Fourseven Lures and Phoenix Sign Pros! Yall are awesome and thank you for being part of the family!

3rd Tournament - Beaufort, NC

First off I would like to give a huge shoutout to group sponsor Trusty Sail & Paddle. Thankyou for helping to make this happen and for cooking some amazing food and awesome ice cold beer. It felt like a little family reunion.

The April salt water showdown in Beaufort, NC was not necessarily the best fishing day for most but we could not have asked for a better day on the water especially at the beach! The awesome smoked pork and deserts from Trusty and also some amazing group members was just the icing on the cake. We also had MasterBait company set up a table with free baits for everyone.

We had 22 members fishing and even a few more just fishing and hanging out (which we always encourage)

Sheepshead

1st place : 39" Larry Jones

2nd place : 36.75" Chris Gyer

3r place : 36.25" Max Collins

Redfish

1st place : 43" Jacob Quist

2nd place : Bob Hills

TRASH FISH

Winner with an eel measuring 28" Max Collins

Black Drum had no entries so all the money for that category will be rolling over to the next tournament. (Black drum only)

I would like to thank our other sponsors as well Nocqua Adventure Gear Louisiana Custom Kayaks , Kayak Kushion, Pettiford Creek Custom Lures , Topwater Co, Muskie Bumper, YakGadget and Phoenix Sign Pros.

Without everyone these tournaments wouldn't be possible and I would just like to thank our members who always show the group love by coming out and participating keeping this group alive! 2024 has been an awesome year already and i can't wait to see what's in store for the future.

4th Tournament - Southport, NC

First off I would like to give a huge shoutout to group sponsor Trusty Sail & Paddle. Thankyou for helping to make this happen and for cooking some amazing food and awesome ice cold beer. It felt like a little family reunion.

The April salt water showdown in Beaufort, NC was not necessarily the best fishing day for most but we could not have asked for a better day on the water especially at the beach! The awesome smoked pork and deserts from Trusty and also some amazing group members was just the icing on the cake. We also had MasterBait company set up a table with free baits for everyone.

We had 22 members fishing and even a few more just fishing and hanging out (which we always encourage)

Sheepshead

1st place : 39" Larry Jones

2nd place : 36.75" Chris Gyer

3r place : 36.25" Max Collins

Redfish

1st place : 43" Jacob Quist

2nd place : Bob Hills

TRASH FISH

Winner with an eel measuring 28" Max Collins

Black Drum had no entries so all the money for that category will be rolling over to the next tournament. (Black drum only)

I would like to thank our other sponsors as well Nocqua Adventure Gear Louisiana Custom Kayaks , Kayak Kushion, Pettiford Creek Custom Lures , Topwater Co, Muskie Bumper, YakGadget and Phoenix Sign Pros.

Without everyone these tournaments wouldn't be possible and I would just like to thank our members who always show the group love by coming out and participating keeping this group alive! 2024 has been an awesome year already and i can't wait to see what's in store for the future.

5th Tournament - Jacksonville

Alright the winners of the Jacksonville Jam were.

Main trout tournament

1st place was Will Davis with a total weight of 4lb 11oz

2nd place was Kenny Davis 1lb 10oz

Heaviest Trout - Will Davis with a 3lb 11oz trout!

Longest Redfish - Brad Faulk with a 23" redfish!

Congrats guys. That cash makes the hard day worth it right hahaha!

Can't wait to see @everyone again in Topsail In just a few weeks.

6th Tournament - North Topsail

The results for October's Turnup at Topsail tournament!

Redfish

1st - Tommy Chance with 67.75 inches

2nd - Joey Sullivan with 57.75 inches

3rd - Lori Stage with 56.75 inches

Sheepshead

1st - Gregg Johnson with 55 inches!!!

2nd - Bill Chapman with 31.25 inches

3rd - Nathan Pate with 14.5 inches

Black Drum

1st - Gregg Johnson with 45.5 inches

2nd - Cory Laguna with 21.25 inches

3rd - Nathan Pate with 12.5 inches

Trash fish

Chris Thomas won with a 22.5 inch flounder!!

I would like to thank everyone for attending whether you entered the tournament or just came out to fish! I would also like to thank our group sponsors for all the support and awesome prizes

7th Tournament - Oriental, NC

Casting Coastal Takeover at Oriental did not go as planed. we had a good turnout of 14 show for the tournament with 3 plus people just to come fish it and enjoy hanging out. No one got lucky to get a trout or even a red fish to bring to the scales. Every had a great time still with many give away prizes given out.

8th Tournament - Vandamere, NC

Casting Coastal Takes Over Vandemere Tournament results

Main tournament (longest limit of trout)

1st place $900. 80 3/8" Kenny Davis

2nd place with $500. 73 3/4" Mike Santos

3rd place with $300. 65 1/4" Jason Soper

Heaviest trout weighing in at 5lbs goes to Mike Santos! $430

Longest redfish with 17 7/8" went to Joey Vick

$410

Our giveaway of a brand-new Powerpole anchor system with battery and stake (almost $1000) sponsored by Trusty Sail & Paddle was won by Will Davis

Our giveaway sponsored by Nocqua Adventure Gear of a 10amp battery and some other nocqua gear ($250) was won by Chad Garrett

Our last giveaway Sponsored by yours truly Nathan Pate of a brandnew Guardian Angel Device kayak light kit ($195) was won by Lori Stage

This tournament was also our biggest turnout with 30 entrees (would have been 31 Laz Martinez ). I would like to thank EACH AND EVERY one of yall for supporting this group the way you do! We have created a family and it continues to grow every year! This tournament proved that we have the potential to really grow and I have a feeling 2025 will be another year for the books just like 2024 was!

Stay tuned for the end of year post this weekend!