Hi everyone, We updated our 2019 gallery page with photos from the March 9th tournament. We also went into the archive of photos and created a Big Bass Gallery for the 24″ Largemouth bass caught in CKA competition over the years. Check them out here! 2019 Gallery: https://www.carolinakayakanglers.com/?page_id=3890 Big Bass: https://www.carolinakayakanglers.com/?page_id=3825
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Former CKA director Larry Anderson left us a real gift last year when he came up with the idea for this event: 4 lakes, 5 launches, all within a few miles of each other and 3 of them new to the series. If you look at a map, all four lakes release water into the Haw River within only a few miles of one another. Geographically, it was the ideal watershed for a CKA event. The 1st CKA event of the season surpassed last year’s numbers at Hyco, and while…
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To win a CKA tournament is no small feat, and to win one of the year round prizes or events is even harder – the competition is fierce, the season is long and the pressure is high. CKA anglers have gone on to national prominence in the sport and it all begins with a record of sustained dominance in competition within our series. And so to honor the 2018 anglers who won the major seasonal awards, CKA worked with artist Ross Myers at Bass Trophies Online to present the anglers…
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Do you have a regulation Personal Flotation Device (PFD)? Do you have a valid North Carolina fishing license? Did you print out multiple identifier cards (the card sheet is in your Tourneyx dashboard), and put a spare (with a sharpie) in your kayak in case you lose one? Do you have a regulation measuring board (Hawg Trough, Ketch Board, Yakgear FishStik)? If using a motor, is your vessel registration current? Are your location settings turned On in both the “Privacy” settings and web browser settings on your smart phone? (This…
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One of CKA’s core principals is to support independent and local businesses. In 2015, Thomasville, North Carolina based Boonedox donated a T-Bone prize package to our Tournament of Champions event on the Yadkin River. In the years since, CKA and Boonedox crossed paths and continued to work together on occasion. 2019 marks the beginning of a new era: Boonedox has become an official sponsor of CKA and has generously donated giveaway prizes to each event and to the AOY prize package. And there is more…. CKA’s 3rd event of the…
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