Josh Brown and Kyle Smith Win on Roanoke with 23 pounds!

Jeffrey Davis
March 21, 2024

Josh Brown and Kyle Smith took the Neuse Sport Shop 1st place prize and the tournament big fish with an 8 pounder!

The Neuse Sport Shop Eastern NC Bass Challenge held its first tournament of 2024 this past weekend on the Roanoke River. This was by far the biggest tournament in the history of the Bass Challenge and the largest on the Roanoke River since 2020. 120 teams competed in this event all competing for our top Neuse Sports Shop 1st place prize of $4,000!

Many good bags of bass were brought to the Bass Challenge scales Saturday afternoon but none were bigger than the 23 pound bag that Josh Brown and Kyle Smith weighed in. They weighed in 23.38 pounds of bass including the tournament big fish which was 8.03 pounds! They were awarded our Nuese Sport Shop 1st-place prize of $4,000 plus an additional $400 Greenville Toyota Big Fish prize. They also won the Triton Gold contingency award which is an additional $8,000! That makes their total winnings $12,400!

After the tournament, Josh Brown talked about their day on the water: “Before blast off we looked at each other and said ‘She’s a ‘lil high & ‘lil muddy, let’s go do our thing.’ Kyle caught his first fish of 2024 on his 5th cast, a 5.66-pounder. It ended up being our third biggest of the day.”

Brown went on to speak about the good karma that likely paid off for them: “We helped some guys that backed off the ramp the week before and a fellow at the gas station Saturday morning that put us behind schedule but was the right thing to do. It’s truly just good karma and we feel blessed to have a day like we did.”

Full Tournament Results

The Bass Challenge paid cash prizes to our top 20 teams in this event. It took 12.30 pounds to finish inside the Bass Challenge money line. We also paid cash rewards for our top 3 big fish winners. A $400 prize for the Greenville Toyota 1st place big fish, a $100 cash prize for our 2nd big fish thanks to Dereks Boxes, and our 3rd big fish winners were awarded a free t-shirt from Striker Apparel.

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

POS	TEAM	FISH	BIG FISH	FINAL	POINTS
1	Josh Brown / Kyle Smith	5	8.03	23.38	100
2	Brandon Overton / Jason Tripp	5	5.05	17.76	99
3	Chris Cox / Mike May	5	6.45	17.43	98
4	Mike Williams / Marshall Padrick	5	5.67	16.60	97
5	Clayton Boyette / Derick Whittemore	5	7.67	16.52	96
6	JT Denton / John Denton	5	5.38	16.28	95
7	Brody Brown / Carl Whittington	5	6.4	15.99	94
8	Jeff Milligan / Wilbur Westbrook	5		15.47	93
9	Austin Hughes / Holden Northcott	5		15.32	92
10	Jody Wynn / Troy Modlin	5		14.37	91
11	Brandon Joyner / Connor Vernon	5	4.81	14.03	90
12	Andrew Pittman / Kolton Stotesbury	5		13.76	89
13	Justin Coley / Tony Coley	5		13.48	88
14	Jason Smith / Rick Foss, Jr	5		13.30	87
15	John Brookshire / Frank Dillahunt	5		12.86	86
16	Cody Matthews / Marty Matthews	5		12.61	85
17	Steve Bishop / Joey Rouse	5		12.56	84
18	Kevin Jones / Tyler Jones	5		12.49	83
19	Dean Thompson / Steve Vann	5		12.34	82
20	Jason Pittman / Jeremy Hodge	3	4.64	12.30	81
BASS CHALLENGE MONEY LINE
21	Dennis Boykin / Jimmy Hipkiss	5		12.16	80
22	Robbie Nanney / Bucky Bass	5	4.17	11.95	79
23	Chris Turner / Ricky Mize	5		11.81	78
24	Wayne Stallings / Justin Everett	5		11.76	77
25	Jamie Lancaster / Jesse Lancaster	5		11.70	76
26	Brian Cooper / Jared Pulley	5	5.25	11.64	75
27	Brandon Johnson / Eugene Foushee	5		11.29	74
28	Justin Peaden / Justin Hof	4		11.08	73
29	Brian Williams / Michael Ore	5		10.99	72
30	Norman Mullinax / Mike Lanier	5		10.81	71
31	Craig Goess / Matthew Oakley	5		10.51	70
32	Christian Bland / Ronnie Bland	5		10.28	69
33	Bobby Clark / Tommy Hughes	4		10.12	68
34	Brian Stalls / Kyle White	5		10.10	67
34	Ryan Broughman / Randy Broughman	5		10.10	67
36	Chase Crocker / Tyler Little	5		10.08	65
37	Roger Thomas / Dylan Thomas	5	3.54	10.07	64
38	Bruce Swain / Billy Paderick	5		9.84	63
39	Jeff Tant / Doug Parrish	5		9.74	62
40	Richard Ludwig / Mary Ludwig	5		9.67	61
41	Donna Wilson / Mike Whitehurst	5		9.50	60
42	JA Williford / Johnny Jones	4		9.07	59
43	Greg Dick / Jim Dick	4		9.03	58
44	Al Kennedy / Justin Kennedy	5		8.86	57
45	Michael Hinson / Jeff Stoop	3		8.57	56
46	Clark Alcock / Aiden Alcock	4		8.40	55
47	Jordan Bradshaw / Holden Stotesbury	5		8.34	54
48	Dylan Reason / Austin Lancaster	4		8.20	53
49	Paul King / Brad Stain	5		8.13	52
50	Mark Walker / John Jenkins	4		8.00	51
51	Harold Herring / Gerald Herring	2	6.23	7.98	50
52	Charlie Allen / Lee Mitchell	3		7.94	49
53	Mike Cathcart / Doug White	4		7.71	48
54	Eric Brown / Russell Brown	4		7.34	47
55	Zack Alphin / Danny Hall	4		7.21	46
56	Greg Milligan / Tom Warner	3		6.70	45
57	Chaz Wilson / Craig Banks	5		6.51	44
58	Tracey King / David Price	4		6.47	43
59	Matthew Swain / Joe Williams	3		6.42	42
60	Sammy Barrow / Scott Combs	2		5.56	41
61	Wayne Mishue / Chris Walton	3		5.40	40
62	Ron Clark / Ronnie Clark	3		5.23	39
63	Ricky Foss / George Long	3		5.05	38
64	Edward Townsend / Dexter Hurley	3		4.85	37
65	David Vardaro / Cody Hewitt	2		3.28	36
66	Lee Jones / Anthony Jones	2		3.23	35
66	Jason Parker / David Price	2		3.23	35
68	Kevin Ross / Michael Williams	1	3.19	3.19	33
69	Robert Wright / David Foy	2		2.75	32
70	Chase Rouse / Morgan Davis	1		2.22	31
71	John Orchard /	1	1.47	1.47	30
72	Ryan Simpson / Justin Simpson	1	1.25	1.25	29
73	Zeb West / Jay Haggard			0.00	28
73	Wayne Harris / Larry Thomas			0.00	28
73	Luke Edwards / Andrew Grant	0		0.00	28
73	Chris Hamilton / Jamie Hill			0.00	28
73	Seth Barnes / Joe Daniels			0.00	28
73	Tim Stoneking / Anthony Horton	0		0.00	28
73	Bobby Lassiter / Chris Smith	0		0.00	28
73	Timmy Piacitelli / Joey Beall			0.00	28
73	Joel Husk / Dale Wilson			0.00	28
73	Charles Smith / Robert Smith			0.00	28
73	Mitchell Hofler / Chandler Fornes			0.00	28
73	Keven Jones /	0		0.00	28
73	David Swain / Phillip Gibson			0.00	28
73	Shawn Dunlap / Ken kipler			0.00	28
73	Matt Mainhart / Shane Johnson			0.00	28
73	Carroll Ward / Steve Brinkley			0.00	28
73	Braxton Bridgers / AJ Edwards			0.00	28
73	Harvey Johnson / George Hale			0.00	28
73	Donald B Carter / Jordan Brown			0.00	28
73	Hunter Capps / Murray Bullard			0.00	28
73	Hunter Jones / David Jones			0.00	28
73	Jordan West / Hannah West			0.00	28
73	Ryan Mesimer / Fitz Parks			0.00	28
73	Justin Chamblee / Adam Baldwin			0.00	28
73	Ken Hoffman / Larry Thomas			0.00	28
73	Michael Chlomoudis /			0.00	28
73	Cameron Johnson / Jordan Norris			0.00	28
73	Michael Hoggard / David Freeman			0.00	28
73	Will James / Mike James			0.00	28
73	Henry Poston (Big Hen) /	0		0.00	28
73	Kenny Lassiter / Kevin Biddle			0.00	28
73	Jason White / Charles Weathersbee			0.00	28
73	Brock Rouse / Parker Mills			0.00	28
73	JuneBug Barrow / Roy Norville			0.00	28
73	Robin Bowen / Frankie Jones			0.00	28
73	Travis Mewborn / Tanner Beaman			0.00	28
73	Timothy Brasch / Bubba Barnett			0.00	28
73	Brian Haddock / James Ormond			0.00	28
73	Bruce Dail, Jr. / Bruce Dail III			0.00	28
73	Lee Villarreal /	0		0.00	28
73	Austin Burgess / John Dunn			0.00	28
73	Brian Briesemeister, Sr / Brian Briesemeister, Jr.			0.00	28
73	Jeff Golloway / Will Golloway			0.00	28
73	Jeremy Miller, Sr. / Jeremy Miller, Jr.	0		0.00	28
73	Zach Wallace / Ron Jones			0.00	28
73	Zach Milam / Ben Milam			0.00	28
73	Allen Eure / RT Johnson	0		0.00	28
73	Garrett Brown / Glen Smith			0.00	28