NFGFC April Tournament Results: pres. by Keaton Beach Marina

[caseycook]

Another tournament and another record turnout for NFGFC. The April tournament, presented by the Keaton Beach Marina, was held April 3rd out of Keaton Beach and 34 boats showed up at the Keaton Beach boat ramp ready to fish. The weather was beautiful and the fishing was awesome. We knew the April tournament was going to be a slugfest, but I’m not sure anybody could’ve predicted this…HUGE trout were weighed in at this tournament as two 6 pounders, a 5 pounder, and three 4 pounders were brought to the scales. There were 120 trout weighed, 18 limits, and 237.47 lbs of trout were weighed.

The team of Chuck Collins, Jeff Trent, and Austin Trent put a whoopin’ on the trout as they weighed a 5 fish stinger at 13.47 lbs and earned the victory. The Bass Boys won $350 for their win and also took home $25 for their 2nd place big trout (courtesy of Custom Detailing) with their 6.05 lb shoemama. Congrats to Chuck, Jeff and Austin!

2nd place was awarded to the team of Ashley "Warrior" Mock and Matt Howell. This talented duo weighed in five trout tipping the scales to 13.08 lbs which won them $205. They also won big trout with Ashley’s massive 6.25 lb beast worth an additional $245.

3rd place went to the team of Steve and Andrew Stinson. This father-son duo weighed in five trout at 12.64 lbs. Andrew Stinson, one of the most talented 1st graders in the area, caught an impressive 3.73 lb trout. Team Stinson won $155 for their efforts.

The big redfish was caught by the team of Chad Frost and Michael Aman. Chad’s red was a shade over 26" and weighed 6.41 lbs. Congrats to Chad and Michael for winning the redfish side pot and $250.

The Kevin's big flounder pot was won by Ashley Mock as his 1.75 lb doormat won him $100 to Kevin’s Sporting Goods. Ashley is now the leader in the clubhouse for the Kevin’s Sporting Goods Big Flounder of the Year award.

The Badcock and More Mystery fish was won by Steve and Andrew Stinson and was worth $200. Team Stinson won the side pot with their nice 3.53 lb bluefish. Congrats to Team Stinson and a big thank you to Jay Evans and Badcock and More.

I hope everyone takes the time to thank the presenting sponsor, the Keaton Beach Marina for supporting the club. Also, the club wouldn’t be near as successful without the support of our sponsors; please take the time to thank all of our sponsors and give them your business.

The second club tournament of the year was an awesome event. We’re 2 for 2 in record turnouts so far this year and I hope to see all of you at our next tournament, May 8th out of Jerry’s Bait and Tackle.

Current leader for the Matthew's Fishin Stix big trout of the year: Ashley Mock – 6.25 lb trout.
Current leader for the Matthew's Fishin Stix big redfish of the year: Chad Frost - 6.41 lb redfish.
Current leader for the Kevin’s Sporting Goods big flounder of the year: Ashley Mock – 1.75 lb flounder.

Full field results are below:
Team Big Trout # of Fish Total Weight
Chuck Collins Jeff Trent Austin Trent 6.05 5 13.47 50
Ashley Mock Matt Howell 6.25 5 13.08 49
Steve Stinson Andrew Stinson (Youth) 3.73 5 12.64 48
Brian Showman Matt Cramer 3.76 5 12.22 47
Matt Cruce (NM) Keith Gober (NM) John Cruce (NM) 5.6 5 11.85 NA
Casey Cook Pat Irwin Skip Cook 4.5 5 11.4 46
Rick Bushatz Brad Castleberry 4.11 5 11.31 45
Luke Newman Allison Newman (Lady) 3.41 5 10.16 44
Heath Sanders Jay Evans Robbie Green 2.96 5 10.13 43
Wesley Padgett Shane Johnson 2.81 5 9.93 42
Jeremy Adams Steve Taylor 2.08 5 9.51 41
Lucas Ross Kyle Blue 4.06 4 9.22 40
Huck Finn Kathy Knauss (Lady) 2.53 5 9.05 39
Huey Collins Tommy Thompson 3.19 4 8.58 38
Tad Davis Rob Seymore 2.48 5 8.4 37
Paul Johnson Matt Johnson Clarke White (NM) 1.94 5 7.96 36
Aron Fornier Angie Fornier (Lady) Trevor Fornier (Youth) 2.82 5 7.94 35
Ron Wilson Ronnie Wilson Brittany Wilson (Lady) 1.52 5 7.72 34
Larry Cobb Clayton Brunson (Youth) Andy Brunson 2 5 7.54 33
Gary Zellner Patti Zellner (Lady) 1.88 5 7.21 32
Jeff Pettis Chris Lewis 3.3 3 6.98 31
DeWayne Smith Alisa Smith (Lady) 2.26 3 5.67 30
Ed Harris Matt Ormiston (NM) 1.9 3 4.95 29
Tanner Collins Roman Jones 1.98 3 4.83 28
Eddie McCord Michelle McCord Andrew Donley (Youth) 2 3 4.65 27
Rick Hubman Daulton Nettles 1.49 3 4.12 26
Will Harms Brett Fain Joe Lovins (NM) 2.24 2 3.91 25
Mark Cann Casey Cann (Lady) 1.93 1 1.93 24
Mike Flowers Keith Cardin 1.11 1 1.11 23
Jon Barnes Jessica Kenny (Lady) Ashley Barnes (Youth) Destiny Barnes (Youth) 0 0 0 22
Matthew Jacobs Robbie Bearden 0 0 0 22
Michael Aman Chad Frost 0 0 0 22
Rob Avery Brandon Brock (NM) 0 0 0 22
Bud Halbert Robert Halbert (NM) 0 0 0 22

[Steve Stinson]

Casey -
Thanks for posting this so quickly. I was at the cleaning table Saturday evening when Capt. Pat McGriff returned from his charter. He asked for a full report, so I am going to send him a copy. Andrew and I had an eventfull day. I will post the report as soon as a get a chance to type it up.

Thanks to everyone who took the time to come down to Keaton and fish. Also, to those who worked to make the Friday night fish fry a huge success. My family and I enjoyed the great food and made several new friends.

- Steve Stinson

[jsuber]

Way to go Bass Boys

[Jumptrout51]

Congratulations to the top 3 teams and better luck next month for the rest of us.
Whether you went north or south you saw a NFGFC boat.
The Friday night fish fry was great.
Thanks to everyone who cooked especially Bowd Up and his giant deep fryer.
Thanks for another good tournament Casey and Pat.

Several new members at the Keaton tournament. Hope to see you at Jerrys Bait and Tackle in May.

Thank you to Christy Jacobs (ReelCowGirl)for the red beans and rice at the weigh in.
My 2 bowls full were great.

[Warrior]

Thanks Casey for another great run tournament.
Also Thanks to all who made the fish fry a success it was great.
Looking foward to May tournament.

[red_yakker]

Nice, I'm sure someone had a camera at the weigh in, right?
How bout some pics?

[SHOWBOAT]

Nice, I'm sure someone had a camera at the weigh in, right?
How bout some pics?

K8Show will be posting pics. FYI-two of our trout came from your hole

[red_yakker]

Nice, I'm sure someone had a camera at the weigh in, right?
How bout some pics?

K8Show will be posting pics. FYI-two of our trout came from your hole

I think I know the hole of which you speak. It sounds as though Captain Pat Mcgriff directed the rest of the fleet towards my other favorite hole.

Were they good trout? My brother fished that area on Saturday and got skunked. I never got a chance to go.

[SHOWBOAT]

Nice, I'm sure someone had a camera at the weigh in, right?
How bout some pics?

K8Show will be posting pics. FYI-two of our trout came from your hole

I think I know the hole of which you speak. It sounds as though Captain Pat Mcgriff directed the rest of the fleet towards my other favorite hole.

Were they good trout? My brother fished that area on Saturday and got skunked. I never got a chance to go.

23 and 19 15/16ths. They helped us

[BAD BEHAVIOR]

Had a blast, cant wait to do it in May!!

[red_yakker]

23 and 19 15/16ths. They helped us

Nice, Glad I could be of service, wish I had had the time to fish myself.

[Ron Wilson]

Another well organized, well run tourney Casey. Thanks much to you and Pat. Good seeing you both. That sure is a nice boat. Got the 10 hours in I suspect.

[MudDucker]

Dang, now those were some NICE stringers and looky here ... BB finally found his way back to the dock in time to weigh in!

[Jumptrout51]

Dang, now those were some NICE stringers and looky here ... BB finally found his way back to the dock in time to weigh in!

You noticed huh?

[Fighting Conch]

Good job Casey from old whaler guy.