Carolina Kayak Anglers normally awards two top prizes every season. In 2023, we will add two more. One of them is a once-in-a-decade achievement award, too! But first, let’s review the two standard, classic awards. The list CKA Angler of the Year champions is short – in 9 previous seasons, a total of 6 anglers have won the AOY title. That list includes some of the top anglers in the history of kayak bass fishing in the Old North State. The list of Rookie of the Year Champions is an…
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Mid Season Update!
CKA Mid-Season Update First, we want to begin by thanking each and every angler who has fished with us this season. It has been a wild, unpredictable and dangerous spring and we didn’t know if anglers would take the risk of heading out. So it’s with great pride that we tell you our attendance is up this season, and it’s with tremendous gratitude that we thank you. In the second place, this is where things get real. With four events to go, anything can happen. One good or bad event…
Read More2018 CKA Rookie of the Year Announcement
We are proud to announce, for the first time in CKA’s 5-year history, that we will crown a 2018 CKA Rookie of the Year (ROY) at season’s end. As kayak angling continues to grow (in particular kayak bass fishing), we devised the ROY as a way to welcome and reward newcomers to our series who fish throughout the season with us. And so: The Rookie who achieves the four highest event point totals at the conclusion of the 2018 season (Gate City Kayak Classic) will be our first ever…
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