Skip to main content

The Path to State: How to Qualify for the OKA State Championship

This October, 17th and 18th 2020, the Oklahoma Kayak Anglers will be hosting the annual State Championship on giant Lake Texoma. Tourney Tag will be the title sponsor for the event supplying: Tourney Tag sleeves, coozies, and decals for every qualifying angler. The State Championship is the event that every competitive kayak angler in the state of Oklahoma wants to qualify for. The State championship is an invitational event hosted at the end of the season for 50 of Oklahoma's best kayak anglers. This will be second year the OKA has hosted a 2 - day championship event. This article will lay out several different paths to qualify for the OKA State Championship at Lake Texoma.

Thie first way an angler would qualify for the SC is to finish the trail season in the top 40 of the Angler of the Year standings. The final AOY standings will be released Sunday, September 20th the day after OKA Event # 8 at Lake Tenkiller Presented by Nabatak, Inc. After the final AOY standings are released and anglers are invited to the State Championship. Qualified anglers will then have one week to accept or decline their invitation. If an angler chooses to decline their invitation, additional invites will be given by rolling down the AOY standings to 50th place. Once 50th place is reached no more invitations will be given. For an angler to o the AOY standings, an anglers top 5 events will be scored with 4 trail events combined with only 1 online event, or just 5 trail events.

Anglers other options for qualification would be to place in the top 5 AOY of a kayak jackpot series. Current OKA affiliated jackpots are the Tulsa Kayak Bass- a - thon operated by William Vest and the OKC Kayak Fishing Club operated by Tom Hins and Jon Queen. These jackpot series will began in early April and run through August/September depending on turnout and weather. These jackpots are held on weekday evenings or occasionally on a non OKA tournament Saturday. These series have Facebook pages and event pages.

The annual OKA State Championship is an event you will not want to miss. The payout for this event will be 100% of entry fees of a 2-day event. The awards will be he held at Kc Roadhouse Bar and Grill and which is located in the unique downtown district of Durant. Door prizes, AOY Trophy and cash prize, NOY Plaque and $500 gift card to Oklahoma Kayak, Dobyns Rods, and cash prizes to the winners will be given out at the awards. The OKA will also announce the qualifiers to the 2021 KBF National Championship and All-American Classic. If Kayak Fishing is your passion then your attendance is requested! Tight Lines!   



     State Championship at Lake Texoma

        Top 40 in the OKA Angler of the Year

 Top 5 in the Tulsa Kayak Bass - A - Thon AOY

     Top 5 in the OKC Kayak Fishing Club AOY




     2019 State Champion Russell Kendrick


Awards at the Silver Dollar Cafe for the 2019 State championship 



                         





Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Lakes and Regions of Oklahoma

If you have ever traveled more than 2 hours to fish in the state of Oklahoma chances are you have crossed through, in, and out of several distinct regions of this great state. Oklahoma has 10 ecological regions that include: The Gypsum Hills, Wichita Mountains, Red Bed Plains, Sandstone Hills, Arbuckle Mountains, Red River Plains, Ouachita Mountains, and the Ozark Plateau. Each one of the ecological regions have different climates, annual rainfalls, soil, and landscapes that can and do effect the way we fish lakes in each region. Oklahoma has 52 major lakes that are 1,000 acres or more in size. Additionally, there are over 3,000 lakes and ponds that are 10 acres or greater in size, containing a total of 1,049 square miles of water and 10,384 miles of shoreline. Moreover, these waters are separated into Watershed Planning Regions. These regions are as follows: Panhandle, West Central, Southwest, Beaver - Cache, Central, Lower Washita, Blue - Boggy, Eufaula, Lower Arkansas, Grand, Midd...
Post a Comment
Read more

2021 OKA POWER Rankings, AOY, NOY and Much More

The 2021 OKA season is upon us and if you thought the 2020 trail events were a big deal just wait until you see what we got going on in 2021! As normal the OKA trail will crisscross the great regions of this state with a large pool of talented anglers in tow. Last season the OKA came out with its inaugural Power Rankings listing the top 15 anglers who are on the rise for the upcoming season. With the record attendance of 2020 the OKA has decided to expand the PWR Rankings to the top 25. These 25 anglers are expected to fill the top of leaderboards, challenge for AOY, SPOY, KBF, and BASS Qualifications throughout the OKA trail season.  The top 25 will be at the bottom of this article but before you scroll past make sure to check out what else we have going on for 2021!  AOY Champion Jason Ray Angler of the Year Competitors top 5 finishes will be compiled and the angler with the highest score will be the 2021 Angler of the Year Champion. The AOY Champ will receive: $1,000 paymen...
Post a Comment
Read more

HOW and Why

Last weekend the Oklahoma Kayak Anglers hosted a 2-day online charity tournament named the Freedom Fighters online charity fundraiser. This event was a benefit tournament with all proceeds donated to Heroes on the Water Northeastern Oklahoma Chapter. The OKA donated $585 to HOW NEO Chapter. "We are very appreciative of the donation to our chapter. It will be used to update gear and chapter operations" - Casey Fugett - Chapter Coordinator.  Heroes on the Water is a veterans and first responder organization whose mission is to help warriors relax, rehabilitate and reintegrate through kayak fishing and the outdoors . HOW  has chapters all across the United States, as well as Australia and the United Kingdom. When choosing to partner with HOW Northeastern Oklahoma Chapter, veteran and OKA board member Luke Aryan had this to say: "I have spent my entire life fishing in some way shape or form, and it helped me and continues to help me cope with stress and day to day life....
Post a Comment
Read more