2024 15th Annual RDT Winners

Thank you one and all for making our 15th Annual Red Drum Tournament a huge success.Ā 

Just after another King Tide, the 2024 Red Drum Tournament brought 551 anglers and their families to the beaches of Hatteras Island. The event is growing each year as word gets out, with anglers hailing from 23 states and three countries ranging in age from six to 82. Temperatures were in the seventies with sunny skies for the three day event.

There were 140 red drum caught and released. The first-place winner was a new angler, Hannable McGarity, who caught a 50 Ā¾ inch red drum. Danny Fletcher, a long time Red Drum Tournament angler took home three prizes: Second Longest Red Drum, David Flanigan Memorial Judge Longest Red Drum (50 Ā¾ inches), and Senior Second Longest at 44 inches. Kyle Berry was on fire this year and landed and released eight red drum ranging in size from 25 Ā¾ inches to 48 Ā¼ inches. We are always thrilled to see our young anglers fishing and winning.

This year three returning young anglers Malik Clark and brothers Henry Lucas and Wills Lucas took home prizes for Youth Longest Red Drum (30 inches), Youth Second Longest Red Drum (24.5 inches) and Youth Longest Bluefish (19 Ā½ inches) respectively.

Our Joe Moore Team Division continues to grow. This year we had 80 self-made teams of 3 to 6 anglers. Teams pool the number of red drum they catch for the team award and can still compete with the same fish in the individual award categories. The top three teams are all returning anglers and were neck and neck throughout the tournament. First place went to Foolproof Fishing, (Kyle Berry, Gale Travis Kemp, Gale Johnson, Blake Mellot and Scott Williams) with 10 red drum. Second place went to Blue Goobers, (Louis Guzman, Alex Rabb, Alan Vette, Ian Gilmor, Q. Todd Krantz and Matt Burleigh) with eight red drum. The Third Place Team prize was awarded to Greggofish made up of Jeanne Griffin, Greg Griffin, David Griffin, Jaime Fajardo, Michael Eastridge and Jason Cooper also with eight red drum caught. The tie goes to the first fish caught.

We couldnā€™t put on this fundraiser without the forty volunteers who worked at angler check in at the Koru parking lot giving out the angler packets and door prizes and at Frank & Franā€™s manning late registration and selling raffle tickets and merchandise. Last but certainly not least are our judges. We are grateful to fifty people who skipped fishing one to two sessions to drive the beaches and measure the catches. Some judges donā€™t even fish, they just want to assist by judging.

Finally, we want to thank our sponsors and supporters for their generous contributions.

Final Scoreboard

Ā 2024 NCBBA Red Drum Tournament Winners

More Tournament PicturesĀ 

Longest Red Drum Overall - Hannable McGarity 50.75 inches

 


Second Longest Drum Overall - Danny Fletcher 50.75 Inches

 


 

David Flanigan Memorial - Judges Longest Red Drum - Danny FletcherĀ 50 3/4 Inches

 



Most Red Drum Overall - Kyle Berry 10 Drum Caught and Released

 


Day 1 Longest Red Drum - Nick Barrell 49.5 Inches


 


Day 2 Longest Red Drum - Jordan Martin 47.25 inches

 

Day 3 Longest Red Drum - Kyle Berry 48.25 inches


Day 1 Second Longest Drum - Louis Guzman 49.25 inches

 

 


 

 

Day 2 Second Longest Drum - David Moore 47 inches

 


Senior Longest Drum - Charles Durrer 47.75 Inches

 



Senior Second Longest Drum - Danny Fletcher 44 inches

 

Ladies Longest Drum - Amy Cooper 25.5 inches


Ladies Second Longest Drum - Joan Supplee 25.5 inches


Youth Longest Drum - Malik Clark - 30 inches


Youth Second Longest Drum - Henry Lucas 24.5 inches


Joe Moore Team Challenge - First Place - Foolproof Fishing (Blake Mellot, Gale Johnson, Kyle Berry, Scott Williams, Travis Kemp)


Joe Moor Team Challenge - Second Place - Blue Goobers (Alan Vette, Ian Gilmour, Louis Guzman, Matt Burleigh, Q. Tood Krantz)


Joe Moore Team Challenge - Third Place - Greggofish (David Griffin, Greg Griffin, Jaime Fajardo, Jeanne Griffin, Michael Eastridge)


Longest Bluefish - Scott Lane Ward 29 inches


Youth Longest Bluefish - Wills Lucas 19.5 inches


Longest Sea Mullet - Jerry Brewer 16.75 inches