2026 Schedule

DATE LOCATION LAUNCH TIME RESULT
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.