Flounder Bowl Champions

The Flounder Bowl will be held on June 27 this year. The best flounder fishing teams in the state will gather to eat, drink and to determine who gets to be called the champion for the year.

The 2014 Flounder Bowl was won by the Look-N-Hook, captained by Aubrey Williams, III. They weighed in a 3-fish stringer of 17.68 pounds winning a Flounder Bowl record payout of $13,400!

The heaviest 3-fish Flounder Bowl stringer record belongs to Brian Hogge and the Hogchoker team. They won the 2010 Flounder Bowl with a weight of 26.03 pounds. Brian also won the 2013 Flounder Bowl making him the only captain to repeat as champion.

The heaviest single flounder that has been weighed in the Flounder Bowl was a 12.24 pound flounder, caught by Hunter Gray while fishing on the Paige II with Capt. Craig Paige, during the 2011 Flounder Bowl. The second largest flounder was also caught during the 2011 Flounder Bowl. The 11.59 pound flounder was caught on the Healthy Grin by Ken Neill. The third largest flounder ever weighed in was 10.84 pounds, caught on the Hell Bent captained by Rudy Levasseur, during the 2010 Flounder Bowl.

The winning captains of the Flounder Bowl are: 2009-Kenny Jarvis, 2010-Brian Hogge, 2011-Craig Paige, 2012-Jim Davis, 2013-Brian Hogge, 2014-Aubrey Williams,III..

It takes an impressive 3-fish combined weight to win the Flounder Bowl:

2014

1^st Place: Look-N-Hook: 17.68 pounds

2^nd Place: Rest Time: 14.89 pounds

3^rd Place: Bunker Down: 14.53 pounds

2013

1^st Place: Hogchoker: 15.85 pounds

2^nd Place: Hounddog: 13.31 pounds

3^rd Place: Fatty Flatty: 12.62 pounds

2012

1^st Place: Wired Out: 18.43 pounds

2^nd Place: Fatty Flatty: 16.97 pounds

3^rd Place: T-Mo Express: 16.05 pounds

2011

1^st Place: Paige II: 25.23 pounds

2^nd Place: Healthy Grin: 21.28 pounds

3^rd Place: High Point: 19.82 pounds

2010

1^st Place: Hogchoker: 26.03 pounds

2^nd Place: Donald Bowers: 24.20 pounds

3^rd Place: Hell Bent: 23.72 pounds

2009

1^st Place: Reelentless Charters: 16.16 pounds

2^nd Place: Above Average: 14.49 pounds

3^rd Place: Paige II: 14.14 pounds

We will see what it takes to win this year.

Tournament sponsors compete against each year to win the Sponsors Challenge Trophy. They keep the trophy until another sponsor wins it from them at the next Flounder Bowl. Sponsors Challenge winners are: 2009-Paige II Charters, 2010-Grafton Fishing Supply, 2011-Dr. K. E. Neill, 2012-Paige II Charters, 2013-Just Plumbing, 2014-M & M Custom Painting.

The Flounder Bowl is brought to you by:

2015 Flounder Bowl Sponsors

Platinum

Dare Marina & Yacht Sales

www.daremarina.com

Multi-Print Inc.

www.multiprintinc.com

Thomas E Wilson Insurance Agency/Rachel Nelson, Associate Agent

(757) 283-6351

Gold

Pomoco Auto Group

www.pomoco.com