KERR LAKE
APRIL 7

Brock Rouse and Sammy Barrow Win on Tar/Pam With 27 Pounds!

Brock Rouse and Sammy Barrow weighed in 27 pounds and take home over $10,000 in winnings!
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75 teams blasted off Sunday in Washington, NC as the Eastern NC Bass Challenge held our 3rd tournament of 2023 on the Tar/Pamlico Rivers. Washington is a favorite of many local anglers and the Bass Challenge always has a great turnout for this event. The fishing in Washington proved to be tough for some anglers Sunday as strong southwest winds gusted over 25 mph making conditions tough for anglers. 

However, Brock Rouse and Sammy Barrow found a way to catch a giant bag of bass in Washington and brought 27.67 pounds to the Bass Challenge scales. Brock and Sammy took 1st place honors and also weighed in the tournament big fish which was 7.34 pounds!

After the tournament, we asked Brock about his day on the water: “We decided Saturday after the Collins Bass for Cash Top Gun event in Edenton that we were going to make a long run from Washington Sunday during the Eastern NC Bass Challenge. It was a 50-mile run one way, but as soon as we got there we found our fish. The morning started slow as we lost several fish over 4 pounds and only had a couple 2 pounders in the live well. We finally pulled it together and everything turned around once we boated 3 fish in a row for about 21 pounds. We were able to catch them on back-to-back casts.

Rouse went on to say, “At 9 am we were about to pull the plug and make the run back but decided to stay just a couple more minutes to try and cull once more and that’s exactly what we did. We left around 9:45 and started our way back to Washington.

In total, Brock stated they only fished for about 2 hours Sunday. They returned back to the ramp shortly after 11 am and waited for the rest of the field to return to weigh-in.

When asked what baits he used to catch the fish, “My key baits were a custom-made crankbait and a floating worm.

Brock and Sammy won our 1st place prize which was $2,300, our Greenville Toyota Big Fish prize which was $400, and the Triton Gold Contingency prize which is an additional $8,000!

Their total take-home winnings are $10,700!


Full Tournament Results

Sunday the Bass Challenge paid cash prizes to our top 13 teams. It took 11.60  pounds to finish inside the Bass Challenge money line.

* Anglers inside the top 10 are eligible for the White River Marine Contingency Bonus if they meet the boat requirements. 

PLACE TEAM FISH BF DEAD FINAL POINTS
1 Brock Rouse
Sammy Barrow
5 7.34 27.67 100
2 Josh Brown
Kyle Smith
5 6.44 24.88 99
3 Randy Broughman
Chris Ricks
5 5.05 19.22 98
4 Chase Crocker
Tyler little
5 14.97 97
5 Brian Stalls
Clark Harrington
5 14.35 96
6 Eugene Foushee
Brandon Johnson
5 4.3 13.28 95
7 Spencer Barrow
Thomas Craft
5 12.78 94
8 Clayton Boyette
Allen Eure
5 12.40 93
9 Mike Cathcart
Doug White
5 1 12.06 92
10 Tracy King
David Price
5 4.15 12.03 91
11 Shane Craft
Matt Harrell
4 11.96 90
12 Brandon Barnett
Jeremy Miller
5 11.76 89
13 Paul King
Bradley Stain
5 11.60 88
BASS CHALLENGE MONEY LINE
14 Ricky Mize
Chris Turner
5 4.42 11.48 87
15 Jody Wynn
Troy Modlin
5 3.94 11.02 86
16 JT Denton
Stephen Denton
5 10.70 85
17 Wayne Stallings
Justin Everett
5 10.51 84
18 Robin Bowen
Monte Morgan
5 10.49 83
19 Roger Thomas
Dylan Thomas
5 3.73 10.11 82
20 Tony Coley
Justin Coley
5 9.59 81
21 Wayne Harris / 5 9.35 80
22 Dean Thompson
Steve Vann
5 9.05 79
23 Luke Edwards
Andrew Grant
5 9.01 78
24 Parker Mills
Brian Bell
5 1 8.97 77
25 Mike Stephens
Kasey Espinoza
5 8.88 76
26 Cody Hewitt
David Vardaro
4 3.87 8.74 75
27 Doug Schrade
Matt Mainhart
4 8.73 74
28 Brian Haddock
James Ormond
5 8.57 73
29 Joseph Cusimano
Michael Lukkes
5 3.18 8.47 72
30 Andrew Pittman / 5 8.44 71
31 Jason Pittman
Braxton Bridgers
5 8.37 70
32 Norman Mullinax
Mike Lanier
5 8.36 69
33 Jeff Stoop
Mike Henson
3 4.3 8.30 68
34 Charlie Allen
Lee Mitchell
4 3.72 8.27 67
35 Scott Shrewsbury
Brad Duckworth
5 8.23 66
36 Robert Monroe
Tim Brasch
5 8.18 65
37 Adam Baldwin
Jason Tripp
5 8.02 64
38 Brian Bruyere
Peggy Bruyere
5 2.92 7.99 63
39 Kevin Ross
Michael Williams
3 4.44 7.77 62
40 Seth Barnes
Denny Moore
5 6.98 61
41 Houston Cash
Chase Davis
3 4.28 6.85 60
42 Jason Parker
David Freeman
3 6.35 59
43 Ricky Foss
George Long
4 6.01 58
44 James Turbyfill
Aidyn Shaffery
3 4.00 57
45 Lee Jones
Joseph Giampa
2 3.48 56
46 Zach Van Voorhees
Jay Watson
3 3.31 55
47 Bryce Patterson
Chris Buie
3 3.08 54
48 Rob Ramsey
Danny Hammons
2 3.05 53
49 Ronnie Carlson
John Fowler
2 1 2.86 52
50 Craig Goess
Matthew Oakley
2 2.50 51
51 Wayne Hoskins
Chris Mitchell
2 2.16 50
52 Phillip Medford
Hunter Medford
2 2.15 49
53 Ryan Mesimer
Fitz Parks
2 2.01 48
54 Tim Stoneking
Anthony Horton
1 1.92 1.92 47
55 Curtis Owens
Bryan Alexander
1 1.62 46
56 Chuck Napier
David Napier
1 1.46 45
57 Chris Hamilton
Jamie Hill
1 1.11 44
58 Keven Jones
Jon Mitchell
0 0.00 43
58 Donald Luther
Mike Kannan
0 0.00 43
58 Chris Cox
Mike May
0 0.00 43
58 Zeb West
Jay Haggard
0.00 43
58 John Brookshire
Frank Dillahunt
0.00 43
58 Justin Hof
Justin Peaden
0.00 43
58 Billy Marsh
Eric Williams
0.00 43
58 Cody Barnes
Will Mckeel
0.00 43
58 Larry Thomas / 0.00 43
58 Brian Williams
Eric Jacocks
0.00 43
58 Brenden Hodges / 0.00 43
58 Taylor Heustess
Seth Garris
0.00 43
58 Jordan Tilton
Brian Stanley
0.00 43
58 Antony Brown
Ricky Britt
0.00 43
58 Bruce Dail
Kayla Dail
0.00 43
58 Joseph Jernigan / 0.00 43
58 Scott Rhodes
Brent Newton
0.00 43
58 Walt Goff
Phillip Gibson
0.00 43

Tournament Pictures