Online Catfishing Tournaments

Let Ai take a Crack at summarizing the event. Any errors let me know. But seems accurate.

🎣🏆 REEL N DEAL BAIT AND TACKLE — FINAL EVENT RECAP 🏆🎣

What a weekend it was for the Reel N Deal Bait and Tackle Bank Anglers Only Length Tournament!

From the first fish submitted Friday evening to the final results Sunday night, anglers battled it out across public inland waters throughout Ohio, chasing the longest possible combination of catfish and carp.

With a $25 entry fee, length-based scoring, and anglers competing strictly from the bank, this event came down to finding quality fish and putting together the best five-fish total possible.

🔥 DAY 1
The tournament opened with Brian Poling jumping out to an early lead with 94.75 inches, including the first Big Fish lead at 33.75 inches.
William Seagraves held second at 24.25 inches, while Colton Cosgrove sat in third with 21.25 inches. But there was still a LOT of fishing left.

🔥 DAY 2
By the second day, the leaderboard had changed dramatically.
Brian Poling continued to dominate, building his total to an impressive 159.25 inches.
Right behind him came Colton Cosgrove with 133.25 inches, while Benjamin Allen made a huge move into third with 130.75 inches.
William Seagraves remained in the hunt at 24.25 inches.

And the Big Fish race was getting serious, with Benjamin Allen putting a 36.75-inch flathead catfish on the board to take over the Big Fish lead.

🏁 FINAL RESULTS
When the clock finally hit the end of the tournament Sunday night, the final leaderboard was set:

🥇 1st — Brian Poling — 159.25 inches
🥈 2nd — Benjamin Allen — 158.75 inches
🥉 3rd — Colton Cosgrove — 144.75 inches
4️⃣ Craig Dunn — 108.50 inches
5️⃣ William Seagraves — 52.00 inches
6️⃣ Lance Barnes — 20.00 inches
7️⃣ Matt Unger — 19.00 inches

🔥 FINAL BIG FISH
The Big Fish battle produced some excellent catches as well:
🥇 Benjamin Allen — 36.75" Flathead Catfish
🥈 Brian Poling — 36.50" Blue Catfish
🥉 Colton Cosgrove — 33.50" Common Carp
4️⃣ William Seagraves — 27.75" Flathead Catfish
5️⃣ Craig Dunn — 22.75" Channel Catfish
6️⃣ Lance Barnes — 20.00" Channel Catfish
7️⃣ Matt Unger — 19.00" Channel Catfish

🏆 A HUGE CONGRATULATIONS TO BRIAN POLING!
Brian led from the opening day and managed to hold off a furious late push from Benjamin Allen. The final margin was only 0.50 inches!
Benjamin's late surge was especially impressive, moving all the way into second place and capturing Big Fish honors with his 36.75-inch flathead.

And congratulations to Colton Cosgrove for a strong third-place finish, as well as Craig Dunn, William Seagraves, Lance Barnes, and Matt Unger for battling it out through the entire weekend.

A special shoutout goes to everyone who got on the bank, found some fish, and submitted their catches. 👏🎣

Reel N Deal Bait and Tackle once again delivered a fun, competitive weekend of bank fishing, and this tournament proved that every inch matters — right down to the final half-inch!
Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make the event a success.

🎣 REEL N DEAL BAIT AND TACKLE
BANK ANGLERS ONLY • LENGTH TOURNAMENT
CATFISH & CARP
Congratulations to all of our anglers! 🏆🇺🇸🎣

Day 2 of REEL N DEAL weekend long Catfish and Carp event. Sorry I cant type up a great recap we are about to get hammered with a lightning storm.

Full leaderboard: https://share.fishingchaos.com/tournament/T3Rr4SMvfztc8PBEAySK

The REEL N DEAL Bank Fishing event this weekend is off and running as of about 3 hours about. Brian Poling out to a hot start and representing multiple fish species.

Live leader board here: https://share.fishingchaos.com/tournament/T3Rr4SMvfztc8PBEAySK

Congratulation to Colton Cosgrove for winning the REEL N DEAL Bank Fishing Event on the Muskingum River this past weekend with a 5 fish bag of 139.75 inches. He also landed big fish with a 39.00 inch Blue. Chasing Colton all weekend was Gage Smith, taking 2nd with a 129.50 inch bag. Rounding out the top 3 was Serenity Cottrill with 5 carp at 119.75 inches. Including Carp & Buffalo has been a great idea by Reel N Deal owner Alva Jones. Nearly every species was represented on the final leaderboard for this event.

Like/Follow the Online Catfishing Tournaments Social media as well. Reel N Deal has 3 more events coming over the next few months for Bank Anglers.

Congratulations to John Hagans for winning Raccoon Creek Outfitters Regional Month Long event in July. July's event was your 5 longest fish. He held big fish with a 44.25 inch Flathead and an overall score of 180.00 inches.

3 events finished up this weekend while Kayak Mike was traveling back from PA. Like/follow the page as we get those results posted over the next few days. If you were in an event in which this was your first time cashing. Kayak Mike will be reaching out to you for your PayPal information, plan is to complete all 3 event payouts tomorrow.

First up is the Fleagle Electric, LLC. Monthly Slot series. It was a fantastic battle up top with multiple leaders throughout the month of July. Texas, Kansas, and Ohio traded spots up top all month. Ohioan Robert Biehler just barely edged out Kansan Dylan Blevins for 1st place. With Texan Joshua Bunch rounding out the top 3. Owner of Fleagle Electric Adam Fleagle will have a plaque created for the 1st place finisher of this event. Adam also sponsors the plaques for the Raccoon Creek Outfitters National Kayak Catfishing Trail. Thank you Adam for the great trophies. And we are doing something unique for the National plaques. We are customizing them for individuals personally. So those will be mailed or presented after-the-fact as well.

I apparently was in a dead zone in PA when I tried posting this earlier. This was the standings at around noon. Finishing this drive off, might not be able to make the results completely final till tomorrow pending how the remainder of the drive goes.

Live leaderboard here: https://share.fishingchaos.com/tournament/8MAkbvYS8C96uDw2iPL7

Congrats to Colton Cosgrove for hitting both Big and Small fish of the REEL N DEAL Muskingum River bank fishing event this weekend. Theres about 25 hours to go. Lets see what else the Muskingum can produce.

Live leaderboard: https://share.fishingchaos.com/tournament/8MAkbvYS8C96uDw2iPL7