2026 Schedule

	DATE	LOCATION	LAUNCH	TIME
1	March 29, 2026	ROANOKE RIVER	Shipyard Landing (Cashoke)	7:30-3:30
2	April 25-26, 2026	CHOWAN RIVER	Cannon's Ferry	6:30-2:30
3	May 9-10, 2026	KERR LAKE	Bullocksville	TBD
4	June 13, 2026	NEUSE RIVER	Cool Springs Landing	TBD
5	July 11/18, 2026	OPTIONAL		TBD
6	Aug 1, 2026	TAR RIVER - BIG FISH	Mason's Landing	6-12
7	Sept 19, 2026	TAR RIVER	Mason's Landing	TBD
8	Oct 10-11, 2026	ROANOKE RIVER	Water Street	TBD
9	Nov 28, 2026	PAMLICO RIVER	Haven's Garden	TBD
10	Dec 5, 2026	TAR RIVER	Mason's Landing	TBD

CHOWAN RIVER

The Chowan River is a blackwater river formed with the merging of Virginia's Blackwater and Nottoway rivers near the stateline between Virginia and North Carolina. According to the USGS a variant name is Choan River. Flowing for approximately 50 miles before ending in the Albemarle Sound on North Carolina's coast, the river drains about 4,800 square miles of land in North Carolina and Virginia. Flowing through mostly swamp land with occasional high ground, the Chowan River grows to nearly two miles wide at its opening to the Albemarle Sound. The river offers excellent fishing for catfish and largemouth bass. While tidal, the variation in tide heights in the Chowan River are normally less than one foot between high and low tide. The average depth is 16 feet and the maximum depth is 40 feet around Holiday Island.

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Ken Hudnell	4	8.26
2	Steve Hedgepeth	5	8.02
3	Renee Owens	4	5.96
4	Bill Cooper	2	5.28
5	Gary Snyder	3	5.28
6	Randall Harris	2	4.72
7	Vick Tart	2	3.92
8	Dan Beachum	2	3.12
9	Curtis Owens	2	2.5

Big Fish: Bill Cooper/Randall Harris (2.78)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Ken Hudnell	3	4.88
2	Bill Cooper	2	3.24
3	Curtis Owens	2	2.9
4	Steve Hedgepeth	1	1.66
5	Dan Beachum	1	1.44

Big Fish: Bill Cooper (1.80)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Bill Cooper	4	10.57
2	Steve Hedgepeth	3	6.94
3	Dan Beachum	3	6.17
4	Ken Hudnell	3	4.43
5	Randall Harris	2	3.95
6	John Beach	1	1.97
7	Gary Snyder	1	1.74
8	Ben Beachum	1	1.47
9	Randy Hobgood	0	0.00

Big Fish: Bill Cooper (5.08)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Gary Snyder	5	9.77
2	Andrew Pittman	5	8.53
3	Ken Hudnell	4	7.32
4	Bill Cooper	3	6.75
5	Vick Tart	3	4.65
6	John Beach	1	1.74

Big Fish: Ken Hudnell (2.84)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Andrew Pittman	5	11.98
2	Steve Hedgepeth	5	11.62
3	Gary Snyder	3	6.02
4	Bill Cooper	2	4.00
5	Ken Hudnell	2	3.44
6	Dan Beachum	1	2.2

Big Fish: Andrew Pittman (3.62)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Vick Tart	2	6.33
2	Randall Harris	1	3.66
3	Bill Cooper	1	1.49
4	Ben Beachum	1	1.17
5	John Beach	0	0
5	Dan Beachum	0	0
5	Steve Hedgepeth	0	0
5	Ken Hudnell	0	0
5	Gary Snyder	0	0
5	Jamie Whitley	0	0

Big Fish: Vick Tart (4.81)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Ken Hudnell	5	16.3
2	Craig Krupa	3	8.5
3	Dan Beachum	3	7.68
4	Vick Tart	3	4.42
5	Gary Snyder	2	3.12
6	Steve Hedgepeth	1	2.12
7	Curtis Owens	1	1.26
8	Bill Cooper	1	1.24

Big Fish: Ken Hudnell (6.06)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Vick Tart	2	5.6
2	Gary Snyder	1	4.25
3	Bill Cooper	1	1.39

Big Fish: Gary Snyder (4.25)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Gary Snyder	5	14.04
2	Steve Hedgepeth	5	10.91
3	Ken Hudnell	5	9.31
4	Bill Cooper	5	8.68
5	Vic Tart	5	8.36
6	Dan Beachum	3	4.63

Big Fish: Gary Snyder (4.84)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Steve Hedgepeth	3	7.47
2	Vick Tart	2	4.63
3	Gary Snyder	2	2.76
4	John Beach	1	1.76
5	Dan Beachum	1	1.21

Big Fish: Steve Hedgepeth (4.25)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Bill Cooper	10	25.68
2	Ken Hudnell	7	15.04
3	Mike Snyder	5	12.06
4	Steve Hedgepeth	6	11.7
5	Curtis Owens	7	10.46
6	Gary Snyder	3	4.98
7	Bryan Alexander	1	4.00
8	Vick Tart	2	3.68
9	Randall Harris	2	3.54
10	Travis King	1	3.36

Big Fish #1: Bryan Alexander (4.00)
Big Fish #2: Bill Cooper (3.46)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Gary Snyder	10	17.28
2	Steve Hedgepeth	6	11.84
3	Vick Tart	6	10.32
4	Ken Hudnell	6	8.54
5	Bill Cooper	5	7.14
6	Curtis Owens	4	6.22
7	Tim Williams	2	2.92

Big Fish #1: Gary Snyder (2.92)
Big Fish #2: Gary Snyder (2.22)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Andrew Pittman	10	20.54
2	Gary Snyder	7	15.40
3	Vick Tart	7	13.26
4	Ken Hudnell	6	9.92
5	Steve Hedgepeth	3	6.32
6	Danny Tart	3	6.28
7	Bill Cooper	3	5.28
8	Mike Snyder	1	2.32

Big Fish #1: Vick Tart (2.66)
Big Fish #2: Andrew Pittman (5.72)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Ken Hudnell	10	28.4
2	Bill Cooper	7	18.66
3	Steve Hedgepeth	6	14.3
4	Gary Snyder	7	14.26
5	Vick Tart	6	11.34
6	Curtis Owens	4	7.1
7	Drew Daniels	1	1.26

Big Fish #1: Ken Hudnell (6.48)
Big Fish #2: Bill Cooper (8.36)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Vick Tart	6	11.90
2	Bill Cooper	7	11.74
3	Steve Hedgepeth	4	9.42
4	Ken Hudnell	4	7.26
5	Gary Snyder	4	6.54
6	John Beach	2	3.38

Big Fish #1: Steve Hedgepeth (3.06)
Big Fish #2: Steve Hedgepeth (2.54)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Gary Snyder	5	10.80
2	Ken Hudnell	4	6.68
3	Curtis Owens	3	5.46
4	Andrew Pittman	3	5.12
5	Bill Cooper	1	1.54
6	Drew Daniels	1	1.42

Big Fish: Curtis Owens (2.86)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Gary Snyder	5	14.58
2	Vick Tart	4	10.18
3	Steve Hedgepeth	1	1.60
4	John Beach	1	1.54
5	Ken Hudnell	1	1.20

Big Fish: Gary Snyder (3.74)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Bill Cooper	1	2.80
2	Ken Hudnell	1	2.30
3	Randy Hobgood	1	1.76
4	Gary Snyder	1	1.26

Big Fish: Bill Cooper (2.80)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Andrew Pittman	5	8.86
2	Gary Snyder	4	8.60
3	Bill Cooper	4	8.58
4	Ken Hudnell	5	7.76
5	Vick Tart	3	6.94
6	Drew Daniels	2	4.78
7	Tim Williams	1	2.03
8	John Beach	1	1.68
9	Bryan Alexander	1	1.52
10	Dan Beachum	1	1.48
11	Steve Hedgepeth	1	1.34

Big Fish: Bill Cooper (3.42)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Mike Snyder	5	13.58
2	Vick Tart	4	9.46
3	Gary Snyder	5	9.33
4	Ken Hudnell	3	8.75
5	Steve Hedgepeth	2	5.18
6	Bill Cooper	2	3.77
7	John Beach	1	3.15
8	Randy Hobgood	1	1.16

Big Fish: Ken Hudnell (5.18)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Vick Tart	4	11.45
2	Bill Cooper	5	9.99
3	Ken Hudnell	3	9.31
4	Steve Hedgepeth	2	4.72
5	Gary Snyder	2	4.27
6	Dan Beachum	2	4.22
7	Ben Beachum	2	3.74
8	Jamie Whitley	0	0.00

Big Fish: Ken Hudnell (5.98)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Gary Snyder	5	8.80
2	Dan Beachum	2	3.98
3	Ken Hudnell	1	1.65

Big Fish: Dan Beachum (1.96)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Bill Cooper	3	10.66
2	Ken Hudnell	4	9.44
3	Gary Snyder	4	8.89
4	Steve Hedgepeth	4	8.50
5	Vick Tart	3	5.71

Big Fish: Bill Cooper (6.76)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Mike Snyder	?	18.36
2	Bill Cooper	?	17.40
3	Gary Snyder	?	13.88
4	Ken Hudnell	5	9.08
5	Steve Hedgepeth	?	6.98
6	Vick Tart	?	6.62

Big Fish 1: Bill Cooper (3.10)
Big Fish 2: Mike Snyder (3.60)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Steve Hedgepeth	9	23.45
2	Bill Cooper	10	19.50
3	Gary Snyder	8	19.13
4	Ken Hudnell	8	19.00
5	Vick Tart	7	18.09
6	Danny Tart	8	16.84

Big Fish 1: Steve Hedgepeth (5.32)
Big Fish 2: Vick Tart (5.73)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Vic Tart	6	15.98
2	Bill Cooper	5	8.98
3	Jamie Whitley	3	5.08
4	Gary Snyder	1	1.82
5	Dan Beachum	0	0.00
6	Ken Hudnell	0	0.00

Big Fish 1: Vic Tart (4.34)
Big Fish 2: Vic Tart (2.2)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Bill Cooper	6	11.83
2	Mike Snyder	3	6.23
3	Gary Snyder	2	4.28
4	Vick Tart	2	3.57
5	Randy Hobgood	1	1.77
6	Steve Hedgepeth	0	0
7	Ken Hudnell	0	0

Big Fish 1: Bill Cooper (2.54)
Big Fish 2: Mike Snyder (2.24)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Bill Cooper	10	31.89
2	Gary Snyder	10	25.39
3	Vick Tart	8	16.66
4	Ken Hudnell	7	13.15

Big Fish 1: Bill Cooper (6.21)
Big Fish 2: Gary Snyder (4.27)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Ken Hudnell	5	13.24
2	Vick Tart	5	10.64
3	Steve Hedgepeth	4	8.78
4	Gary Snyder	4	8.38
5	Mike Snyder	4	8.16
6	Dan Beachum	2	4.12

Big Fish: Gary Snyder (3.74)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Gary Snyder	5	10.86
2	Thom King	2	7.34
3	Travis King	2	6.26
4	Bill Cooper	2	6.02
5	Steve Hedgepeth	2	4.78
6	Vick Tart	2	4.44
7	Alan Miller	1	2.06

Big Fish: Bill Cooper (4.22)

	Angler	Fish	Weight
1	Gary Snyder	5	10.38
2	Mike Snyder	3	6.46
3	Ken Hudnell	3	6.02
4	Tim Williams	1	2.5
5	Bill Cooper	1	1.44

Big Fish: Tim Williams (2.5)