There’s still time to register for the 15th Annual North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) Red Drum Tournament

The fifteenth annual North Carolina Seashore Buggy Affiliation (NCBBA) Crimson Drum Match is scheduled for October 23 to October 26, 2024, and event organizers state that the five hundred out there spots are already filling up quick for this widespread annual occasion.

“Registration is forward of earlier years so far, and if you wish to benefit from the competitors and 60 hours of extensive open fishing, it will be sensible to register now,” said the NCBBA in an replace.

Members should additionally join by Monday, September 23, to obtain a event T-shirt. “That is the newest that we are able to order T-shirts and have them in time for the event,” said the NCBBA. “We might have some additional shirts on the market, however no assure of accessible sizes.”

The 2023 NCBBA Match featured a file 455 anglers, with 120 purple drum caught and launched.

The annual event presents miles of naturally remoted fishing grounds alongside the Cape Hatteras Nationwide Seashore, and anglers fish from ORV Ramp 23 to Ramp 45, if availability permits.

“Due to a King Tide and seashore erosion we needed to make some modifications within the ramps that we have been utilizing for the 2023 event,” said the NCBBA. “The addition of ramp 45 was nicely acquired and was extremely popular. We are going to preserve that ramp as a part of this 12 months‘s event [and] we hope to have all of the earlier ramps out there to us as nicely.”

Throughout the 60 hours of wide-open fishing, anglers might fish the place and once they want, with no assigned stations, if the realm is accessible by automobile from midnight on Wednesday to midday on Saturday.

Judges are nonetheless wanted for the event, and all are welcome to use. In the event you select to guage two 6-hour periods, your entry payment is refunded and you may be eligible for a $1,000 money prize within the “judges solely” class, whereas additionally vying for all the extra prizes which totaled over $13,000 in worth in 2023.

For questions on judging please contact Al Adam at [email protected]. For extra info on the event and to safe a spot now earlier than time runs out, go to https://www.ncbba.org/red-drum-tournament/.