The CKA 2017 Tournament of Champions

The CKA 2017 Tournament of Champions

Tournament of Champions October 21-22, 2017 Lake Norman The Tournament of Champions pits the top 25 anglers in the CKA final regular season standings against each other to determine a winner in this final tournament round of the season. Last year’s championship tournament crowned Denny Romero the winner, and like that event, this is a winner-take-all event: the 1st place finisher will win the entire prize purse. Yes, 2nd and 3rd place will also win prizes, but there is only one cash purse to win and it is the total…

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CKA Tournament 5: Lake Badin

CKA Tournament 5: Lake Badin

CKA Event #5 Lake Badin, NC June 3, 2017   CKA welcomes Anglers to Event #5 on Badin Lake (last visited by us in 2014). It’s the Southernmost Lake on the Yadkin/Pee-Dee river chain and one of the oldest impounded lakes in North Carolina. Badin contains 5,350 surface acres of water, 115 miles of shoreline, and an average depth of 90 feet with a maximum depth of 190 feet. This diverse fishery hosts all three major Black Bass species (Largemouth bass, Smallmouth bass, and Spotted Bass) as well as Striped Bass…

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CKA Tournament #4: Lake Hickory

CKA Tournament #4: Lake Hickory

CKA Event #4 Lake Hickory, NC May 13, 2017 CKA welcomes anglers to Event #4 on the naturally beautiful Lake Hickory.  CKA moves operations to the western side of North Carolina for its first ever visit to this 4200 acre gem on the upper end of the Catawba River chain. Crystal clear waters, steady water levels and sandy bottom will have anglers fishing docks, points and natural shorelines. This will be a single launch event from the Wittenburg Landing Access area. Anglers will also check back into this same area…

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CKA Tournament #3: Jordan Lake Multi-Launch

CKA Tournament #3: Jordan Lake Multi-Launch

CKA Event #3 B. Everett Jordan Lake, NC April 8, 2017 The CKA is pleased to announce a multi-launch format for event #3 on Jordan Lake. We invite all kayak bass anglers to join us on the entire Jordan Lake Recreation Area for this  event! About the lake: Jordan Lake is fed by several large, fish-filled tributaries, primarily from the Haw River to the west and New Hope Creek from the northeast. Standing timber, channels and flats form much of the lake’s north and middle sections while the Haw River…

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CKA 2017 Photo Gallery Falls Lake

CKA 2017 Photo Gallery Falls Lake

We’ve added photographs to our 2017 gallery from the Falls Lake events on Saturday, March 11th as well as shots from the Captains’ Meeting on March 10. Quick recap: Congratulations to Rick Rowland and Brandon Jessup on their wins today. Rick took the win for the KBF Trail event and H.O.W. Big Bass while Brandon took the CKA win today. Brad Crater took home the CKA big bass honors today with a 24″ monster (see the photo in our gallery)! Congrats to everyone who placed and thank you to everyone…

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