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

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