ABA
Division 15
North Carolina East
Roger Griffith wins Tournament on Neuse River

On April 22, 2017 Division 15 held its fifth tournament of the 2017 Ram American Fishing Tour season ran out of Lawson Creek in New Bern, NC. Taking first place was Roger Griffith of   Sneads Ferry, NC; he caught 5 bass weighing 17.53 pounds. Roger also had the Big Bass of the tournament weighing in at 4.88 pounds. Roger took home a check for $432.00 for first place, and $130.00 for Big Bass, all totaling $562.00. Roger caught his fish on a little of everything.

 

In second among the competitors, Jason Theis of Hubert, NC, caught 5 bass weighing 15.70 pounds. Jason pocketed a check for $223.00 and $84.00 for 1st place TWT, all totaling $307.00. 

 

Taking third place, Jordan Brown, of Creswell, NC, caught 5 bass weighing 13.32 pounds. Jordan pocketed a check for $79.00 and 2nd place TWT, all totaling $115.00.

 

In fourth place, Randy Brown, of Seven Springs, NC, caught 5 bass weighing 11.87 pounds. Vincent Bradley of Goldsboro, NC, rounded out the top five competitors with 5 bass weighing 10.64 pounds.

 

Place

Name

Fish

Big Bass

Weight

1

Roger Griffith

5

4.88

17.53

2

Jason Theis

5

15.70

3

Jordan Brown

5

 

13.32

4

Randy Brown

5

11.87

5

Vincent Bradley

5

 

11.14

6

Greg Milligan

5

 

10.21

7

Jeremie Lane

5

9.10

8

Gary Keim

5

 

9.06

9

Dickie Killinger

5

8.92

10

Jeremy Miller

5

 

8.61

11

Johnnie Beddard

5

 

7.55

12

Antwan Moore

5

 

7.47

13

Brandon Bellomy

4

 

5.68

14

Todd Stalcup

3

5.05

15

Chad Conwell

2

 

3.24

 

The next divisional tournament will be held 5/6/2017 on Tar River in Washington, NC.

 

 I would like to thank our local sponsors for supporting in 2017.

 

  • Deep Creek Lures
  • Captain Gary’s Marine Care Products
  • E-Z Bait and Tackle
  • BJ & Suns Tackle – Custom Rod Building

 

For more information on this or any future event in this division contact Chad Conwell at (252)717-8602 or by email at cconwell@abadivision15.com

 

The Ram American Fishing Tour offers low cost, close to home bass tournaments that are designed for the weekend angler. All ABA anglers fish for money and points. The points advance the angler to their divisional championship and the top 500 anglers in the US are invited to the Ram American Fishing Tour National Championship.