Redfish Rodeo 2023 -

On August 12, 2023, Sound Side Outfitters and Eastern Current hosted the First Annual Redfish Rodeo. The tournament was a FLY ONLY tournament and anglers were allowed to fish anywhere in the state of North Carolina inside the line of demarcation. This was a catch, photo, release style tournament hosted throughout the iAngler App. We had a total of 19 teams compete for bragging rights for first place.

Early on, fish were being submitted and the leaderboard started shifting. It wasn’t until lunch time that there was a battle between first and second place. Teams kept flip flopping as fish were being submitted and boy was it intense there for a bit! At the end of the day, the podium stood with 106” taking fist place, 99” taking second and 44” taking third place. We also had the largest fish at 28.5” and smallest to win “King of the Dinks” at 19” and the “Leopard Award” went to the fish with the most spots at four spots on a single fish.

Congratulations to all of the anglers who podiumed and a HUGE thank you to everyone who participated. We’ve got a few small but fun changes for our next tournament. We’ll be keeping everyone updated as we decide on our next dates for the Redfish Rodeo 2024. Could you be the one to take home bragging rights? Oh yeah.. and a HUGE load of prizes.

Thank you to all of our sponsors who helped make this event possible. We couldn’t do it without you!

Sound Side Outfitters

Eastern Current

Mauser Fly Fishing

Hatch Outdoors

Grundens

Montana Fly Company

Eye Strike Fishing

Florida Fishing Products

Carolina First Mate