Summary Carolina Kayak Anglers’ 10th anniversary season kicked off with great weather and an even better turnout for the season’s inaugural event on Lake Norman presented by Sunshine Realty and Powered by Dakota Lithium Batteries. And with the return of mandatory check-ins after a multi-year break, the sense of community was strong as anglers socialized and applauded the winners in the lot of Carolina Fishing Tackle in Mooresville, N.C. With 56 paid anglers, CKA paid out five spots overall. Enhanced sponsor prizes, combined with the lack of a fee for…
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CKA Launches its 10th Anniversary Season on Lake Norman!
CKA 2023 10th Anniversary Season Tournament 1: Lake Norman Presented by Sunshine Realty & Property Management Carolina Kayak Anglers was founded in 2013 with a small team-based tournament on Randleman Reservoir. Over the ensuing decade, CKA became the cornerstone of North Carolina’s booming kayak fishing scene. Through it all, one thing never changed -CKA remained North Carolina based, by and for its anglers. And now, it’s time to fish! In 2023, CKA begins a new chapter in its history. We invite all past, present and future CKA anglers to join…
Read MoreTournament of Champions Recap
CKA Tournament 9 Tournament of Champions Lake Norman October 21-22, 2017 The Tournament of Champions marks the end of the CKA tournament season. CKA established the Tournament of Champions to reward the top 25 anglers in the AOY standings with an opportunity to fish for one last prize – a winner take all event. The 2016 edition was a single day event won by Denny Romero on the Yadkin River. Similar to last year’s attendance of 19 anglers, the 2017 edition drew 18 of the top 25 anglers (a few…
Read MoreThe CKA 2017 Tournament of Champions
Tournament of Champions October 21-22, 2017 Lake Norman The Tournament of Champions pits the top 25 anglers in the CKA final regular season standings against each other to determine a winner in this final tournament round of the season. Last year’s championship tournament crowned Denny Romero the winner, and like that event, this is a winner-take-all event: the 1st place finisher will win the entire prize purse. Yes, 2nd and 3rd place will also win prizes, but there is only one cash purse to win and it is the total…
Read MoreCKA 2017 Tournament Photo Gallery
We have posted a gallery set from the 1st CKA tournament at Lake Norman. We will periodically update the 2017 galleries as we receive photo submissions, but in the meantime browse the gallery for post-tournament photographs from last Saturday. We have not posted photos of fish submissions. Unfortunately, the TourneyX site is currently down for maintenance as the company prepares to launch its new web design. Your catches will once again available on that site when the new Tourneyx site launches in the coming days. Later this afternoon we will…
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