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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CKA Tournament 1: Lake Hyco
CKA Tournament #1 February 24, 2018 Lake Hyco Season Five of the Carolina Kayak Anglers tournament trail begins on Lake Hyco, a new lake to the CKA Trail. Located in the northern central Piedmont, Hyco is a large power company reservoir covering 3,500 acres. Its 160 miles of shore line are dotted with docks as well as natural structure, supporting a fishery known for many freshwater species. This will be a Black Bass Tournament but Hyco recently made the news for a most unusual reason: because of its warm, calcium-rich…
Read MoreCKA Anglers in 2017 KBF Open & Trail Events
CKA Anglers in 2017 KBF Open& Trail Events This is the last of three posts reviewing CKA anglers in national competition. The first post reviewed CKA results at the National Championship, while the second reviewed on line Challenge tournaments. Where the National Championship is currently the largest and potentially most lucrative tournament event in the country, and the on-line events are longer yet pay out less, the Open and Trail events are intermediate between them: they pay out more, tend to be large regional events and also earn more AOY…
Read MoreCKA Anglers in 2017 KBF Challenge Events
CKA Anglers in 2017 KBF Online Events Dozens of CKA anglers are KBF members, and as members they can compete in select online tournament events. For them, 2017 was a landmark year, as CKA anglers competed at a high level in nearly every one of the season’s KBF “Challenge” events. This post recognizes their hard work and celebrates their achievements. Kayak Bass Fishing holds two categories of “Challenge” events every season. First, there are the popular KBF Monthly Challenges, which are organized by state. Second, there are the nationwide “Special…
Read MoreComplete 2017 CKA Photo Gallery
We have updated the 2017 photo gallery so that photos from all CKA events can now be viewed in chronological order from the early meetings of January, 2017 through the October Tournament of Champions. We will also be updating the “CKA at KBF” gallery once our anglers return from Toledo Bend later this week! We want to thank all the anglers who sent and shared photos to the gallery. Our photo galleries provide a visual record of our tournament series, and also a serve as a reminder of good times….
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