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Michael Chlomoudis And Powell Kemp Win $31k at Chowan River Top Gun

Michael Chlomoudis And Powell Kemp Win $31k at Chowan River Top Gun

Michael Chlomoudis And Powell Kemp weighed in over 24 pounds in our Chowan River Top Gun tournament.
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70 teams participated in our 1st Top Gun tournament of 2023 which was held in Edenton, NC on May 6, 2023. Anglers were competing for a top prize of over $23,000! 

With a stout field of anglers competing in this event, the competition was tough and it would no doubt take a big bag of bass to claim Top Gun in this event.

After the weigh-in, it was Michael Chlomoudis And Powell Kemp who took 1st place honors as they brought over 24 pounds to the Collins Bass for Cash scales! Their bag of bass included multiple fish over 5 pounds including a big fish of 6.08 pounds.

After weigh-in Michael Chlomoudis stated: “The day unfolded quite differently than expected. Our original plan was to spend an hour or so in the creek and then make about a 30-mile run. We fished the creek and had only one small keeper so we strapped everything down and started our run. About 8 miles into the run we made a quick decision to stop and try a small area and take advantage of the cloudy conditions. We caught our first good fish shortly after and it kept us in that area until about 9:30 am.

Chlomoudis went on to say they left that area with close to 20 pounds including their biggest fish of the day.  “We finished our 30-mile run only to realize we had run into dozens of boats fishing that area. We decided to continue our run and went even farther in hopes of finding an area with less pressure. That decision worked out as we got out of the crowd of boats and we were able to cull our smallest fish 4 times over the next hour.

Chlomoudis stated his total was run 40 miles one way but the decision to make that long run was the key decision of the day as Powell Kemp was able to catch a 5-pounder later in the day which was just enough to edge out the rest of the field.

When asked how they caught their fish, Chlomoudis stated “We fished shallow all day implementing a mix of different topwater baits and a senko.

It was quite the week for Powell Kemp, who was fresh off his victory at the Bassmaster Open on Buggs Island just 1 day earlier. The Collins Bass for Cash team would also like to congratulate Powell on his victory at the Open in addition to his and Michal’s win on the Chowan River.

With their win, they were awarded over $31,000 in prizes including the following:

Top Gun 1st Place Prize: $23,332
Triton Gold 1st Place Contingency Prize: $8,000

The Collins Bass for Cash paid out cash prizes to the top 4 teams in this event. It took 22.20 pounds to finish inside the Bass for Cash money line Saturday. You may review the full tournament results below.


Tournament Results

PLACE TEAM FISH BIG FISH DEAD FINAL
1 Michael Chlomoudis
Powell Kemp
5 6.08 24.49
2 Michael Britt
Rob Barton
5 7.33 22.89
3 Gary Debrito
Derek Goodman
5 5.68 22.29
4 Kyle Smith
Josh Brown
5 6.55 22.20
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5 Jordan Hughes
Daniel Boseman
5 7.22 21.96
6 Carroll Ward
Steve Brinkley
5 5.65 20.04
7 Tyler Jones
Cameron Smith
5 6.74 19.93
8 David Swain
Brad Hauser
5 7.53 19.60
9 Jason Tripp
Adam Baldwin
5 4.87 19.02
10 Michael Hinson
Jeff Stoop
5 5.29 18.78
11 Kevin Sutton
Brock Rouse
5 6.63 18.63
12 Raymond Jones
Braxton Chase
5 5.05 17.84
13 Bobby Clark
Thomas Hughes
5 6.74 17.82
14 Josh Powell
Eric Rountree
5 5.89 17.48
15 David Jones
Hunter Jones
5 6.02 17.15
16 Mike May
Dale Winstead
5 6.37 16.82
17 Tanner Beaman
William Barrow
5 3.53 16.81
18 Walt Goff
Phillip Gibson
5 7.55 16.74
19 Brian Cooper
Ryan Broughman
5 5.35 16.06
20 Jon Dupree
Jerry Abrams
5 4.93 15.08
21 Joe Zets
Chris Zets
5 6.91 14.99
22 Tony Coats
Ronald Straugh
5 5.38 14.92
23 Mike Lanier
Norman Mullinax
5 6.67 14.41
24 Jason Parker
David Freeman
5 14.32
25 Kenneth Moore
Joseph Eure
5 4.9 14.03
26 JA Williford
Mike Layton
5 13.93
27 Mike Hair
Buster Seabolt
5 13.68
28 JC Haddock
Mike Whitehurst
5 12.78
29 Jay Allen
Scott Griffin
5 12.76
30 Jonathan Dail
Steve Michaels
5 12.64
31 Robert Prevatte
Gary Pace
5 12.46
32 Shane Burns
Jody Campbell
5 12.00
33 Timothy Harris
Adam Harris
5 11.97
34 Andrew Skinner
Eric Roberson
5 11.69
34 Jeremy Miller
Chase Miller
5 11.69
36 James Baker
Chris Baker
5 1 11.64
37 Cliff Jenkins
Randy Jenkins
5 11.52
38 Rick Morris
Phillip Medford
5 11.32
39 JR Milligan
Jacob Pierce
5 11.29
39 Scottie Braswell
Tim Grice
5 11.29
41 Jordan West
Stephen Pierpoint
5 10.58
42 Patrick Williams
Kevin Williams
5 10.28
43 David Freeman
Michael Hoggard
5 9.84
44 John Perez
Chase Wall
5 9.45
45 Brandon Mcleod
Dylan Mcleod
4 7.30
46 Rick Adamson
Lee Villarreal
3 6.20
47 Jeff Tant
Chris Inscoe
0.00
47 Wayne Stalllings
Justin Everetts
0.00
47 Neil Smith
Jimmy Roughton
0.00
47 David Jordan
Juan Mercado
0.00
47 Jray Norris
James Dye
0.00
47 Antony Brown
Ricky Britt
0.00
47 LaDarrius Chamblee
Derrick Chamblee
0.00
47 Jeremy Ives
Tremain Newton
0.00
47 Robin Bowen
Drew Jones
0.00
47 Cameron Johnson
Harvey Johnson
0.00
47 Jordan Norris
Clayton Boyette
0.00
47 Brian Sessoms
Kenny Lassiter
0.00
47 Michael Whitley
Austin Brumfield
0.00
47 Tim B Wall
Sam Evans
0.00
47 Jason Theis
Chase Theis
0.00
47 Timothy Penhollow
KC Choosakul
0.00
47 Jason White
Charles Weathersbee
0.00
47 Donald Jernigan
Marcus Thomas
0.00
47 Bobby Clarke
Chase Clarke
0.00
47 David Vardaro
Cody Hewitt
0.00
47 Jason Pittman
Braxton Bridgers
0.00
47 Allen Eure
Caroll Askew
0.00
47 Joe Sholar
Seth Sholar
0.00
47 Paul King
Brad Stain
0.00

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