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KBF and FishUSA Sponsor CKA on-line series for 2023!

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KBF and FishUSA Sponsor CKA on-line series for 2023!

We are excited to announce that Kayak Bass Fishing, in partnership with FishUSA, are the new sponsors of CKA’s 20 for 23 online tournament series! If an angler wins BOTH the North Carolina KBF State Challenge Series and also the CKA 20 for 23 on line challenge for the same month, the winner will receive a$50  FishUSA gift card and also a $50 entry fee for the next month’s KBF Challenge Series event. This partnership is brought to CKA anglers courtesy of our longstanding cooperation as a KBF AmBASSador Series…

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CKA’s 10th Anniversary Season: A Preview

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CKA’s 10th Anniversary Season: A Preview

2023 marks CKA’s 10th anniversary season. We will celebrate our anglers and the club’s pioneering role in growing the sport of kayak fishing in North Carolina. First, some highlights of our 2023 season, which is again powered by Dakota Lithium! A “greatest hits” schedule packed with some of the most popular bass fisheries in North Carolina The new “20 for 23” online series An “Angler of the Decade”title (in addition to the usual AOY and ROY titles) The new Str8UpMounts Big Bass Award New sponsors and prize opportunities A return…

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CKA 2022: The Year in Review

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CKA 2022: The Year in Review

The 9th regular season of the CKA Trail series began on Falls Lake in March. The wind was strong that day but the turnout was stronger, and the trend continued over a busy season that concluded on Lake Tillery in November at the Tournament of Champions. Over the course of nearly eight months, CKA anglers travelled and fished North Carolina’s best bass fisheries. Along the way, a veteran angler captured his first title, a Virginia angler captured the Rookie of the Year, and CKA anglers had strong showings at both…

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CKA Anglers place at the 2022 NC BASS Kayak Nation State Championship

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CKA Anglers place at the 2022 NC BASS Kayak Nation State Championship

When B.A.S.S. announced its Bassmaster Nation Kayak Series in 2019, the American kayak tournament fishing scene was booming. For context: Kayak Bass Fishing had recently partnered in the first tournament with a major bass fishing trail (the FLW Cup), CKA and its partner KBF had already brought several large KBF Trail events to the state, and Hobie B.O.S., still a young trail, was making strides and growing into a major nation series (Hobie would hold an event at Lake Norman the following year). It seemed as though there would be…

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The 2022 Gate City Classic Raffle Prizes

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The 2022 Gate City Classic Raffle Prizes

Carolina Kayak Anglers will raffle a host of great items at the post-event gathering for this year’s Gate City Classic on September 24, 2022. Prizes include: A free membership for CKA’s 10th anniversary season in 2023 A Dakota Lithium 18 ah Battery New CKA Shirts/Hoodies Grand Prize: A custom CKA fishing rod by Chris Linville of The Rod Shop Also – the 2nd place finisher will win a custom rod tube by On the Water Innovations! About the Rod Chris Linville of The Rod Shop has once again provided our…

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