Swamp Boys 3rd Annual Benefit Catfish Tournament

Hey guys how is it going. here is the information on the Swamp Boys 3rd Annual Benefit Catfish Tournament! the entry fee is only 60.00 for a 2 man team and the purse is 3000.00!!!!!!!!! here is the flyer:

I am really think about do it this year! it is for a great cause and the pirze money sure would be nice! all i have to do now is start fishing the cape and learn the hot spots!

Hey Rob you know that is a 2007 Flyer right, I would love to fish this tourney with you if it is not the same weekend as the Red x Meet and greet.

yeah i know that it is the flyer from 2007. I need to get over to the riverside to get the new flyer but when i get off work they are closed! i will try to get one by this weekend! Tom told me about the event and thinks we should put a FAAN group or 2 in the event! I know that i really want to fish this!

Sounds good to me , I 'll put my boat in if we can get enough people interested. The FAAN should be represent at this event.

I contacted Jamey Ake. He is one of the program coordinators for the Swamp Boys St. Judes tournament. Here is the information on the tournament:
Captains meeting is on the 7th of May at the Sirens club in Fayetteville from 4:30 PM to 11:00 pm. If you fish in the tournament you have to be there to register and get your arm bracelet. the reason the meeting is on the 7th is to help the guys that are going to be fishing the east side of the state on the neuse river. the fishing dates are on the 14th and 15th of may. you can put your boat in the water at 6am and at 8am you can put your hook in the water. on the 15th you must be off the water and at gandermoutian by 10am for the weight in. the 2 rivers to fish are the cape fear and the neuse river. you can only put in on a ramp on the river. you are not aloud to put in on a ramp on a creek that runs into the river. you can fish the whole river anything from fayetteville to southport. i am going to stop by riverside to get a flyer to post up and if anyone has anymore questions please let me know!

i forgot to add something, as for teams it is by boat. you can have 1 person in a boat or how ever many people you can fit in a boat to fish the event. so if we get 3 or 4 people that can fit in a boat that could be one team or 2 people per boat making 2 teams. I really want to fish the event so i will split the cost of everything to fish in the tournament.

here is the link for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/topic.php?topic=51&post=155&uid=118631371534907#post155

Just checked those dates and I am already committed to the Tar heel Fly Flinger meet and Greet that Weekend.

eddie i am also going to the meet and greet on the 7th of may. for the catfish event the captians meeting is open from 430pm until 1100pm you can show up there anytime to registor your team. if i fish the event i plan on doing it after i get back from the meet and greet.

I have already got reservations for the camp ground for Friday and Saturday night we are coming back Sunday. But I will talk with Sharon we might just stay the one night and come back Saturday evening. Have to see , She has never caught catfish so she wants to fish this I think.

Hey Rob at the Captains meeting does the whole team have to be there or just the Captain?

Deepblu505 wrote:Hey Rob at the Captains meeting does the whole team have to be there or just the Captain?

i will call jamey and ask him later on today. I will let you know when i fisn something out.

Got another question...do the fish have to be alive at the weigh in? I have my big 105 qt Igloo I can rig as a live well but not for more than a couple of big fish.

eddie you weight in 3 catfish and yes they have to be alive!

the cost of the event is 40 dollars person to fish on the 7th. 60 for late reg fee.

Ok so it $40 on the 7th and $60 after the 7th ...that is per person not per boat right? Where are you wanting to fish? Up this part of the river or down near Wilmington?

eddie that is 40 per person. and i dont care were we fish on the river, but i really want to learn the cape fear around here!

Cool Rob, I want to learn the river up here also and there are big cats at this end too . So I say we scout out the upper Cape Fear. This really sounds like fun , I am going to put the Bimini on my boat this week. That was nice the last time I spent the night on the river and it rained.

and the top would help keep the sun from beating us down! I need to stop by gander and get 2 more cat fish rods before the 22nd! i have 3 but i want 2 more! I am really looking forward to fish the river!

Put the Bimini Top on today we are still looking at doing this right? Want to get out on the river soon to check it out. Newberger's team caught 93lbs of catfish in the long whiskers tourney at Locke one last week. Need to find the holes.

Deepblu505 wrote:Put the Bimini Top on today we are still looking at doing this right? Want to get out on the river soon to check it out. Newberger's team caught 93lbs of catfish in the long whiskers tourney at Locke one last week. Need to find the holes.

i agree! i am going to try to fish the river soon!