06/16/2025
53rd Fritz Boyden Memorial Youth Tournament
June 11, 2025
The Nags Head Surf Fishing Club held its 53rd Annual Fritz Boyden Memorial Youth Tournament on Wednesday June 11, 2025. There were 325 participants from eight different states as well as the surrounding area. The eight different states were Texas, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, South Carolina, Ohio, Maryland and Alabama.
In the 4 to 9 age group there were 127 anglers which consisted of 80 male anglers and 47 female anglers.
In the 10 to 16 age group there were 198 anglers which consisted of 150 male anglers and 48 female anglers.
Overall there were 230 male anglers and 95 female anglers.
There were 143 local anglers and 182 anglers that were visitors from out of the area.
Avalon pier had 69 anglers
Nags Head pier had 47 anglers
Jennette’s pier had 165 anglers
Outer Banks pier had 44 anglers
Wednesday was a great day fishing with nice cloudy weather and no rain with a slight breeze and temperatures in the mid 70’s. The morning started off with a low tide that slowly worked its way to a good incoming tide that brought lots of fish to all the piers. When the kids registered at the piers they got a free t shirt ( with a new design this year ) and a free package of Fish Bites donated by Fish Bites Inc.
When the fishing ended at 12 High Noon everyone started heading upstairs at Jennette’s pier for the Awards Ceremony. Kelly’s Hospitality Group served all the kids and their family members with hotdogs (480), potato chips, cookies, soft drinks, tea and water.
At the Awards Ceremony we gave away 50 tackle boxes as door prizes which contained a total of $1000 in cash. The boxes had denominations from $10 to a $100 inside of them. Each tackle box also included a $20 gift certificate from one of the five local tackle shops, for a total of $1000 in gift certificates.
Our new Awards Ceremony Banner looked Awesome and was a great background for all of the winners pictures!
53rd Annual WINNERS
4 to 9 Age Group
Name Pier S*x Fish
Jackson Bair Avalon Male Bluefish
14 inch
Lydia Harris Outer Banks Female Flounder 16 3/4 inch
Duke Wharton Jennette’s Male Sea Mullet 10 3/4 inch
Keith Locke Jennette’s Male Croaker 10 inch
Madalynn Remsburg Jennette’s Female Spot 9 3/4 inch
Raeyln Kelly Nags Head Female Spade 11 1/2 inch
Carson Spicer Jennette’s Male Pig Fish 8 1/2 inch
Largest Fish Male
Uriah Brooks Nags Head Male Flounder 15 inch
Largest Fish Female
Lydia Harris Outer Banks Female Flounder 16 3/4 inch
Exemplary Catch Not A Scoring Fish
Simon Wilson Jennette’s Male Sea Bass 5 3/4 inch
Rex Hrupsa Jennette’s Male Sea Bass 5 3/4 inch
Elizabeth Causta Jennette’s Female Sand Perch 7 1/4 inch
Amelia Gregory Jennette’s Female Horseshoe Crab 12 inch
10 to 16 Age Group
Name Pier S*x Fish
Brody Doyle Avalon Male Spanish 23 inch
Daniel Jarvis Outer Banks Male Bluefish 16 inch
Mackenzie Santullo Outer Banks Female Flounder 17 1/4 inch
Thomas Wilsoncroft Nags Head Male Sea Mullet 10 1/4 inch
Liam Obriant Outer Banks Male Croaker 10 3/4 inch
Vax Broughton Avalon Male Spot 8 3/4 inch
Zane Riddick Jennette’s Male Pig Fish 8 1/2 inch
Largest Fish Male
Brody Doyle Avalon Male Spanish Mackerel 23 inch
Largest Fish Female
Mackenzie Santullo Outer Banks Female Flounder 17 1/4 inch
Exemplary Catch Not A Scoring Fish
Zane Ransom Outer Banks Male Ramona 16 inch
Reece Feyer Avalon Male Bonita 18 1/2 inch
Gavin Freggans Avalon Male Red Fin Shad 7 inch
Largest Fish Overall
Brody Doyle Avalon Male Spanish Mackerel 23 inch
I would like to thank the following organizations and individuals who helped make this Youth Tournament a very very huge success.
NHSFC Club and members
Dave Masters Jr our club President and Master of Ceremonies for our tournament and his wife Paula Masters who helped set up and take down the banquet room. Also bringing the chips, cookies, sodas and water, putting out posters, getting the t shirts and organizing the totes used by the pier captains. Putting the money and gift certificates in the tackle boxes in which Dave had gone out to five different tackle shops and got fifty $20 gift certificates. They did a great job taking pictures of all of the tournament kids fishing on all the piers.
Rose Lay for being Pier Captain at the Nags Head Pier and also being the Chief Scorer for the tournament. Another great job she does behind the scene is preparing and organizing all of the Pier Captains tournament books.
Allison Rucker for getting our youth tournament trophies, helping out at Nags Head Pier and helping Rose with the score sheets to determine the winners.
Katherine Mitchell for getting our new metal scoring ruler’s from last year laser engraved.
Bobby Halstead with Garret Lee for being pier captain at the Outer Banks Pier and also for helping out setting up and taking down the tables and chairs at the banquet room.
Candi George getting the $1000 for the fifty tackle boxes and being a great help at Jennette’s Pier registering all of those anglers.
Rob Crawford setting up and taking down the tables and chairs in the banquet room.
Jon Worthington for being pier captain at Jennette’s pier and helping out during the Awards Ceremony.
NCBBA
Carol Mowers pier captain at the Avalon Pier and her club $1000 donation
OUTER BANKS ANGLERS CLUB
Bill Blevins for putting out posters and organizing club members for the work at Jennette’s Pier
Jonathan MacDonald (President of the club) for helping out at Jennette’s Pier which was a huge success for us and their $1000 donation.
N C SEA HAGS
Glenda Gaskil for helping out at the Avalon Pier and their $80 donation.
OUTER BANKS VISITORS BUREAU
$1500 Grant
DOMINION ENERGY N. C.
Winnie Wade who assisted in providing volunteers from Dominion and also for the $500 donation.
FISH BITES INC
Furnished 350 sample packs of fish bites for all of the kids during registration.
KELLY HOSPITALITY GROUP
Mike Kelly who furnished and served 480 hotdogs with buns, napkins, plates, drinks and condiments.
OCEAN EAST BAIT AND TACKLE
Jimmy Hillsman who gave us huge discounts on tackle bags and backpack and fishing tackle.
T W’s BAIT AND TACKLE (Kitty Hawk Store)
Justin Stewart who gave us huge discounts on the award rod and reel combo’s.
TW’s BAIT AND TACKLE (Nags Head Store)
Chris Greening donated soft tackle boxes, lures and a Penn reel.
TIDE CHASERS BAIT AND TACKLE
Dean Hollinbach donated $200 worth of gift cards at 50% off and asked us to give the $100 to the kids, which was part of the last door prize.
WALMART (Kitty Hawk Store)
Jennifer Beamon for her help in getting a donation of 40 tackle boxes
J K DESIGNS
For laser engraving 10 metal scoring rulers (Purchased last year 2024)
Tom Zamaria for his $500 donation
JENNETTE’S PIER
Jenny Ash for coordinating the facility and working with us for the awards ceremony. Darrell Law for assisting set up for registration, pictures and publicity.
ALL THE PIER OWNERS AND THEIR STAFF WHO MAKE THIS YOUTH TOURNAMENT A HUGE SUCCESS!!!!!
A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS THAT BROUGHT THESE KIDS TO THE YOUTH TOURNAMENT
This year’s 53rd Fritz Boyden Memorial Youth Tournament was a huge success and brought so much excitement and joy to all of the kids and families, as reflected in their eyes and the sound of their laughter which brought many smiles upon their faces. A lot of memories were made that will last a lifetime. All of this could not be possible if it was not for the many volunteers and sponsors who contributed so much to this tournament making it the Greatest Youth Fishing Tournament on the East Coast.
Looking forward to next year’s tournament on Wednesday June 10, 2026.
Youth Tournament Director
Tony S Garrett Sr
