Tag: Sammy Wilson

Tournament Recap: Wilson wins CKA season opener

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Tournament Recap: Wilson wins CKA season opener

NCRWC Biologist Seth Mycko didn’t predict big bags from Belews for the CKA opener. While showing a graph of an NC Wildlife electro shock survey of the lake, he noted the vast majority of fish were in the 14”-16” range. “Alabama Bass have colonized 90% of the lake,” he said, and he said it grimly. When 2025 CKA Angler of the Year Brian Tsiolkas came on the show, he said the lake contained Largemouth Bass and that those fish would be the difference. Mycko and Tsiolkas were both right. The…

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Tuckertown Preview

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Tuckertown Preview

CKA enters the final quarter of its season with a ton of prize opportunities and qualifying chances on the line. In fact, the races have not been this wide open in a few years, so everything sets up for an exciting finish at event 6 on Tuckertown, presented by Yadkin River Crappie Trail and powered by Dakota Lithium Batteries! What’s at Stake Tuckertown Reservoir is a small fishery that puts up big numbers. This year, those numbers won’t just translated into prizes for CKA anglers. There is a lot more…

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Clay Lanier wins at Harris, 20 for 23 heats up

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Clay Lanier wins at Harris, 20 for 23 heats up

Kayak fishing – it’s good exercise and it’s fun. Fishing with family is also fun. But competitively? That’s rare. When family members register for events it is often a father-son team (the Bells, the Chavis’s, the Griecos come to mind). We rarely see siblings compete together on the water. The name Brooks Lanier is a familiar one to CKA competitors. He’s been a force in our club for many years, no stranger to the stage and he is always a threat to cash a check. One could reasonably argue that…

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The 2019 CKA Season

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The 2019 CKA Season

The 2019 Season and Gate City Classic The CKA 2019 Tournament season came full circle on September 28th when we held our final check in at Get Outdoors Paddlesports in Greensboro, North Carolina. We ended our season where it began with the Burlington Bash, when the seasonal grind began on a cold March day. Over the course of the year Will Seely and the store staff fixed our boats, offered us member discounts and hosted two tournament check-ins. Yesterday he provided the generous gift cards for the Angler of the…

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