{"id":2576,"date":"2017-10-07T18:00:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T23:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolinakayakanglers.com\/?p=2576"},"modified":"2017-10-13T11:12:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T16:12:34","slug":"the-cka-2017-tournament-of-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carolinakayakanglers.com\/?p=2576","title":{"rendered":"The CKA 2017 Tournament of Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tournament of Champions<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

October 21-22, 2017<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

Lake Norman<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

The Tournament of Ch<\/span>ampions 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\u2019s championship tournament crowned Denny Romero<\/a> the winner, and like that event, this is a winner-take-all event: the 1st<\/sup> place finisher will win the entire prize purse. Yes, 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup> place will also win prizes, but there is only one cash purse to win and it is the total sum of all entry fees minus the big bass pot. This year\u2019s Tournament of Champions will take place on Lake Norman, and so the 2017 CKA season will come full circle to end where it began.<\/p>\n

About the lake:<\/p>\n

For those who did not fish the February CKA event, Lake Norman is fed from the north by the Catawba River, and its 520 miles of shoreline with average depths of 33 ft. and clear water will present a dynamic challenge for anglers. The upper end (where we will launch) has many structural features such as boat docks, submerged brushpiles, rock piles and long points that invite many different styles of fishing. Since this is a fall event, bass will be following different feeding patterns than those we encountered at our late winter event. In short \u2013 whether you fish for schooling bass chasing shad or bass gravitating to structure, the entire lake will present diverse fishing options.<\/p>\n

Notes about the format: <\/p>\n