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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CKA 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 MoreTournament of Champions Recap
CKA Tournament 9 Tournament of Champions Lake Norman October 21-22, 2017 The Tournament of Champions marks the end of the CKA tournament season. CKA established the Tournament of Champions to reward the top 25 anglers in the AOY standings with an opportunity to fish for one last prize – a winner take all event. The 2016 edition was a single day event won by Denny Romero on the Yadkin River. Similar to last year’s attendance of 19 anglers, the 2017 edition drew 18 of the top 25 anglers (a few…
Read MoreThe CKA AOY, Top 25 and Complete Standings
First of all, we extend congratulations to P.C. Hawj, the 2017 Angler of the Year! By winning two consecutive events in June and July, P.C. won the A.O.Y. title and prizes, which included a new Jackson Cuda HD, a new Bending Branches Ace paddle, a new YakAttack BlackPak, and a $500 Get Outdoors gift card. For more information about his season follow the link to the AOY 2017 page on our website. Congratulations also to the anglers who qualified for the Tournament of Champions at Lake Norman! (We will post…
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