[Topsail Angler]

Today I fished in the Fisherman's Post "Inshore Spring Challenge" fishing tournament. They have two categories, Flounder and Speckled Trout. There where about 125 entries for this one day event.

My crew and I finished 16th, good enough to finish on the leader board and in the money! We caught 6 flounder besides the one we weighed in but no trout. It was a tough fishing day, the wind was bad all day and it rained all morning and was cold. The weather turned better in the afternoon but was still very windy.

The winning flounder was 6.02 pounds but the second place fish was well under 4 pounds and I think only one other flounder weighed in at over 3 pounds. Much lighter fish than in the past two annual tourneys. The big flounder still haven't moved inshore yet at least not in respectable numbers yet.

All that said and done, we had a blast fishing and enjoyed the dinner and awards ceremony afterwards.

Fish On!

Mike