Tag: On the Water Innovations

Recap: Lambert Wins at Falls, CKA Points Race Heats Up in June

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Recap: Lambert Wins at Falls, CKA Points Race Heats Up in June

The weather held off, just long enough. Saturday, the fourth of May, 2024, saw a big crowd of North Carolina’s kayak anglers descend on Falls Lake for the third event of the 2024 CKA season. The sky threatened rain all day, but rarely delivered more than a sprinkle. The hesitant weather made for a great topwater bite in some areas at the combined event that took place alongside CKA’s tournament; the Carolina Classic grew in its second year, with competitors from Foothills Kayak Anglers and the host, Central Carolina Kayak…

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A Preview of the 2024 Carolina Classic

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A Preview of the 2024 Carolina Classic

CKA Tournament 3  Falls Lake May 4th, 2024 Presented by On the Water Innovations For the third event of the 2024 season powered by Dakota Lithium Batteries, CKA returns to Falls Lake for the first time in more than two years. Currently, our club has an amazing early season points race brewing for Angler of the Year. Additionally, we have been lucky so far with weather forecasts for our events – CKA has hit on all the best weekends of the season to date (and based on current models, Falls…

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Welcome CKA’s 2023 Sponsors

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Welcome CKA’s 2023 Sponsors

Please extend a warm CKA welcome to your club’s 2023 sponsors! The businesses listed below have donated generously to support CKA’s 10th anniversary season powered by Dakota Lithium Batteries. Please follow them, share their posts on social media, and post your prizes when you win! Thanks to our sponsors, CKA anglers will benefit from 100% payout at events (no hold back!) Additionally, Vance County has again pledged $500 to the Battle on the Border, too – that cash supplements the prize payout as well!. Additional prizes include: Angler of the…

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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 2020 Tournament #6 The Cape Fear River

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CKA 2020 Tournament #6 The Cape Fear River

Cape Fear – from Jordan Dam through Fayeteville, to Wilmington and out to the Atlantic Ocean, the river echoes with American history and culture. After successfully scouting the river in 2019, CKA tournament directors decided it was time for a river event. And now the time has come. “Counselor!!!!” The Cape Fear River begins in Chatham County where the Deep River and haw River meet at Mermaid’s Point. From there, it flows to the Atlantic Ocean, passing state parks, military bases and historic towns along the way. Loaded with many…

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