Author: Hank

Tsiolkas Continues Hot Streak with Gaston Win

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Tsiolkas Continues Hot Streak with Gaston Win

Intro Carolina Kayak Anglers (CKA) held its third tournament of the 2023 season this weekend at Lake Gaston. Sponsored by Greensboro Gardens and Powered by Dakota Lithium, the event also featured the Str8UpMounts Big Bass prize, making for a trifecta of excellent top prizes. Additionally, CKA delivered on a raft of other prizes for the more than forty anglers who braved difficult weather to explore a new lake and grind out points toward the Angler of the Year title. Blair Heats Up, Wins Tie-Breaker Gaston is literally an outlier because…

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New CKA Gear is on the Way!

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New CKA Gear is on the Way!

If you love new gear, CKA has some news for you! First, our new hats are on order. We will be re-stocking the popular green hats, plus we also have a limited number of black and gray hats (with black and gray logo) and also black and gray hats (with color logo) coming in! To pre-order, go to Shop CKA and click on “BUY NOW” next to the hats. Tell us the color you want in the payment info line. The cost is $20 (we do not ship!), and we…

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Get Ready for Lake Gaston!

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Get Ready for Lake Gaston!

CKA Tournament 3 Tournament 3: Lake Gaston Sponsored by Greensboro Gardens Carolina Kayak Anglers has never fished the same schedule two years in a row. There are simply too many great fisheries in North Carolina, and we want to fish them all. Take a look at the lakes and rivers that are eligible water for the 20 for 23 series on the Carolina Kayak Anglers website, and you will see over 40 of them listed. That’s unique among fishing clubs and trails that use any type of vessel – power…

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Clay Lanier wins at Harris, 20 for 23 heats up

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Clay Lanier wins at Harris, 20 for 23 heats up

Kayak fishing – it’s good exercise and it’s fun. Fishing with family is also fun. But competitively? That’s rare. When family members register for events it is often a father-son team (the Bells, the Chavis’s, the Griecos come to mind). We rarely see siblings compete together on the water. The name Brooks Lanier is a familiar one to CKA competitors. He’s been a force in our club for many years, no stranger to the stage and he is always a threat to cash a check. One could reasonably argue that…

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CKA returns to Shearon Harris at peak spawn!

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CKA returns to Shearon Harris at peak spawn!

CKA 2023 10th Anniversary Season Tournament 2: Shearon Harris Reservoir Presented by Carolina Waters and Ketch Outdoors Our 10th anniversary celebration continues ! CKA held its first ever regular season tournament on Shearon Harris in 2014, but it’s been a long time since we last held a tournament on Harris during the prime spring bite. The wait is over – we will fish the lake just as its monster bass move shallow to spawn. Shearon Harris is a small lake that fishes big. Many of you know it well and…

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