Sooner Lake Recap: Aryan Sends Standings to the Moon

The Oklahoma Kayak Anglers have completed the first event of the 2020 season, the Fundraiser at Sooner Lake. The fundraising event was wildly successful with 40 anglers competing, raising a total of $1,600 for the 2020 season. As stated earlier items that will be purchased with these funds will be: tournament banners, trophies, lake tournament application fees, and the Angler of the Year prize of $1,000. The OKA is now able to raise the tournament payout from 65% to 80% which is outstanding and exciting news. Anglers who place in the top 3 of an event will now have the chance at good payouts for well attended events.

The Fundraiser at Sooner Lake was not only a record breaking event on the fundraising side but for the fishing as well. OKA angler and current # 1 ranked Luke Aryan sent the competition a message by dropping 105.25" on the field. While the rest of the anglers were struggling to catch a keeper, Aryan set a new OKA single day stringer for a live event. Aryan caught only 5 fish but all fish came in a specific feeding window on a specific place. "I caught all my fish on an Alabama rig in about 10-20ft of water on rocks around 12 ft." This stringer may of come as a surprise to many but the capability of Sooner Lake coupled with the proximity to the full moon laid the ground work for Aryan to do what he did!

As the fishing season starts to near the OKA and anglers are excited as ever for the 2020 season to begin. Listening, talking, and hearing anglers at the boat ramp this weekend is a big part of the excitement. Seeing new and old faces, talking strategies and new ideas, hearing new techniques and old standbys shows that OKA anglers are ready for 2020.

Placers:

1st Place: Luke Aryan - 105.25"

2nd Place: Jeff Her - 38.75"

3rd Place: Houa Xiong - 30.50"
Big Bass: Luke Aryan - 24.25"

Luke Aryans Big Bass

Luke Aryans Big Bass # 2

Jeff Her Big Bass

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