Carolina Yakfish Beverdam tourney results

[Fishing Report]

Beaverdam Tourney Results
by carolinayakfish

The third event of the Carolina Yakfish season was held this afternoon at Beaverdam at Falls Lake. The storms stayed away and the turnout was fantastic. It was a bit warm, but for early July in North Carolina it could have been a lot worse. We set an attendance record today with 31 competitors and an additional 12 anglers from Heroes on the Water for a total of 43 anglers.

The fishing started off slow in the morning and remained that way throughout the day for most. Only one angler was able to catch a limit of 3 largemouth and he took today’s title with a total length of 41.75″. That lucky man was Calvin Almond from Wilmington, who fished today’s event with his son, Adam. Congrats Calvin and thanks for making the drive from the coast! Coming in 2nd place was Philip Ruckart with a two fish total of 31.5″. Philip also took big fish honors with a 17.25″ largemouth. Third place went to the winner of our first event of the year, Joe Angelyck, with a 2 fish total length of 25.25″. Bo Anders and Joey Sullivan rounded out the top five, who both had a two fish score of 24.75″.

There were quite a few stories today of lost fish near or at the boat, fish flopping off measuring boards, and forgotten identifiers. Quite a few other species were also caught today besides largemouth. Hardcore kayaker Tim Stewart was able to wrestle a 25″ bowfin in the boat and probably had the best fight of the day. Other fish caught included crappie, white perch, chain pickerel, white bass and catfish. Fish were caught on a variety of lures including crankbaits, spinner baits, plastics and jigs.

We would like to thank everyone for coming out and helping us raise more funds for Heroes on the Water. Today’s total tally was $403. The rod and reel was also raffled today and we were able to raise an additional $260 for that. Total money raised year to date is $1724, already beating our total from last year! Big thanks to Brett Hinson at Carolina Custom Rods for the beautiful rod donation and Chad Hoover at KayakBassFishing.com for the reel voucher. The lucky man was Taylor Kennedy who purchased two raffle tickets just seconds before the drawing. Congrats Taylor, hope you enjoy the new combo!

Thanks again to everyone for coming out and we look forward to seeing y’all at our next event on the Cape Fear River on 8/27.

1 Calvin Almond 3 LMB 41.75″
2 Philip Ruckart* 2 LMB 31.5″
3 Joe Angelcyk 2 LMB 25.25″
4 Joey Sullivan 2 LMB 24.75″
5 Bo Anders 2 LMB 24.75″
6 Steve Hurst 1 LMB 16.25″
7 Jeff Ratliff 1 LMB 15.5″
8 Ryan Sadler 1 LMB 15.25″
9 Brian Roy 1 LMB 14.5″
10 Trey Wright 1 LMB 14.25″
11 Nathan Raycroft 1 LMB 12.25″
12 Matt Griffith 1 LMB 12″
13 Celia Nowicki 1 LMB 11″
14 Adam Almond 1 LMB 10.75″
15 Stan Harvey 1 LMB 10″
15 Dennis Lajeunesse 1 LMB 10″
16 Brad Crater 0 LMB 0
16 Chris Edwards 0 LMB 0
16 Thomas Hayes 0 LMB 0
16 Bob Dainton 0 LMB 0
16 Joey Benevenia 0 LMB 0
16 Taylor Kennedy 0 LMB 0
16 Brannon Roberts 0 LMB 0
16 Josh Ferguson 0 LMB 0
16 Tim Stewart 0 LMB 0
16 Jim Leisy 0 LMB 0
16 Danny Morales 0 LMB 0
16 Mark Patterson 0 LMB 0
16 Joe Culp 0 LMB 0
16 Scott Inge 0 LMB 0
16 Justin Bolduc 0 LMB 0

* Philip also won the big bass pot with a 17.25″ largemouth.

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Calvin’s winning limit (17″, 12.75″, 12″)











Philip’s 2nd place bag (17.25″ and 14.25″)











Joe’s 3rd place bag (13.25″ and 12″)