Year: 2020

Visit the New CKA Hall of Champions

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Visit the New CKA Hall of Champions

The CKA website has received an average of 30,000 views per year over the past 4 seasons. Through it, our anglers, sponsors and prospective competitors learn about the club, events and support our sponsors. Our website is also a history of the club, including its KBF Partner work, its charity work and the history of the AOY/ROY races. We have added a new feature: the CKA Hall of Champions. It is a near-complete list of every 1st place event winner. It includes notable statistics from the club’s history, too, and…

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CKA & KBF Recap 2020

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CKA & KBF Recap 2020

Beginning with Marcus Smith’s win at Santee-Cooper and ending with Cory Dreyer’s top 10 finish at Guntersville Lake in the KBF National Championship, the 2020 season produced many highlights for CKA anglers in KBF competition, including an RAOY title and yet another State Challenge Series points champion. For a complete overview of the CKA/KBF 2020 year in review, click here For an updated photo gallery, click here: https://www.carolinakayakanglers.com/?page_id=1125

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The Blair Fish Project

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The Blair Fish Project

  A Charity Event for Drew Blair On October 25th, 2020, Drew Blair woke up and headed outside to his truck. As usual, he was planning on spending the day at Shearon Harris reservoir catching bass on his beloved frog pattern. Only his truck, kayak, fishing gear and rods were not in his driveway. His kayak was recovered, but his other fishing gear was a total loss. So was his pedal drive. Drew is a CKA angler, a friend, a brother and a fellow competitor. CKA is asking the North…

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CKA 2020: The Year in Review

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CKA 2020: The Year in Review

2020 has been a year like no other, and it presented unique challenges to CKA’s tournament plans. But innovation and adaptation prevailed, and CKA developed a safe plan for tournament management and proceeded with our schedule as planned.  CKA anglers confronted history head on; some also made history. Highlights Larry Moua landed the longest bass ever posted in CKA competition, a 24.25” battleship he caught at the Shearon Harris tournament. It has been added to the CKA Big Bass Gallery. For the 1st time ever, an angler (Charles Crews) won…

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CKA-VKBC-CCKF Battle on the Border 2020

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CKA-VKBC-CCKF Battle on the Border 2020

CKA-VKBC-CCKF Kerr Lake (Bugg’s Island), NC/VA The 2020 Battle on the Border  Overview In 2019, CKA paired up with Virginia Kayak Bass Challenge for a friendly border war.  We called it the Battle on the Border, and nearly 100 kayak anglers fished the event. On a beautiful sunny day, Tim Sabella (SC) lifted the 1st place trophy. Who will win it this year? The 2020 Battle on the Border will take place at Kerr Lake. This year, a new club joins the event – the Central Carolina Kayak Fishing Club…

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