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Ketch Boards, Cheetos and Snow: A Look Back at the 2018 Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship

Ketch Boards, Cheetos and Snow: A Look Back at the 2018 Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship

by Hank Veggian | Mar 23, 2023 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC

The 2018 KBF National Championship was a landmark event for its payouts, the new products that were showcased and the number of anglers in attendance.

Recap: The 2022 Yak Attack Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship

Recap: The 2022 Yak Attack Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship

by Hank Veggian | Oct 22, 2022 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC, KBF Tournament News

Recap: The 2022 Yak Attack KBF National Championship Powered by Dakota Lithium  “The [KBF] National Championship was always intended to belong to the sport of kayak fishing.” That is how Chad Hoover described the biggest event in kayak fishing in a recent live video....

Trophy Case: Big Bass Back Stories from the KBF National Championships

Trophy Case: Big Bass Back Stories from the KBF National Championships

by Hank Veggian | Sep 4, 2022 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC

by Hank Veggian (with Chad Hoover) Caddo. Guntersville. Kentucky Lake. Kayak Bass Fishing (KBF) has held its annual national championship event on lakes loaded with bass fishing history. They are also lakes loaded with bass. “Bucket list” lakes - they are the waters...

Kentucky Lake 2.0: A Look Back at the 2017 Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship

Kentucky Lake 2.0: A Look Back at the 2017 Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship

by Hank Veggian | Mar 25, 2022 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC

“When I say bit I mean you had a Kentucky Lake bruiser on the end of the line and you two were playing tug of war.” – Rick Rowland

2021 KBF Championships: Recap

2021 KBF Championships: Recap

by Hank Veggian | Oct 17, 2021 | Chad's Blog, Industry News, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC, KBF Tournament News

In the days prior to the KBF Championships in Shreveport, the big story was the big fish that were being caught during practice. Beginning on October 9th, KBF held a “Pre Fish Big Fish” event where anglers could post their biggest catch of the practice period. In all,...

Kayak Bass Fishing Championships: 2021 Preview

Kayak Bass Fishing Championships: 2021 Preview

by Hank Veggian | Sep 30, 2021 | Chad's Blog, Industry News, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC

KBF breaks down the upcoming 2021 championship events in Shreveport-Bossier-City

The First Big Stage: A Look Back At The 2016 Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship

The First Big Stage: A Look Back At The 2016 Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship

by Hank Veggian | Mar 19, 2021 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC, KBF Tournament News, Uncategorized

We all learned that week that if we were going to build a national sport, we were going to do so without Mother Nature’s help.

2020 Kayak Bass Fishing National Champion Matthew Conant

2020 Kayak Bass Fishing National Champion Matthew Conant

by Hank Veggian | Dec 29, 2020 | Chad's Blog, Industry News, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC, Uncategorized

by Henry Veggian On the evening of October 8th, 2020, competitors were listening to music outside the Lodge at Lake Guntersville State Park, eating food and admiring the view. Some who didn’t make the cut for day 3 of the YakAttack KBF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP presented...

The KBF Big Bass Challenge at Guntersville Lake

The KBF Big Bass Challenge at Guntersville Lake

by Hank Veggian | Oct 3, 2020 | Chad's Blog, KBF Blog Post, KBF NC

The Kayak Bass Fishing Big Bass Challenge is a week-long big bass tournament from October 2nd - October 9th. Qualified anglers fishing on Lake Guntersville in the National Championship, Trail Series Championship and Challenge Series Championship may all compete. Entry...

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Eligible Water Criteria

KBF classifies Eligible Water as fishing areas meeting four criteria: (a.) Open, that is, in-season and during access hours; (b.) within boundaries established for the competitive event; (c.) Unrestricted; equally accessible by everyone with non-discriminatory user requirements, and (d.) able to launch from an unrestricted, “equal-opportunity” public-access point.

Eligible Water

To be eligible, the body of water must satisfy all four of these conditions.

  1. It must be public-use waters, where the general public is permitted to fish by the controlling authority (e.g., state, county, municipality, business, private individual, residential development association or property management group). Water posted “KEEP OUT,” “Off Limits” or “No Fishing” by the property owner or by municipal, state or federal agencies is most likely ineligible. However, if permission to fish a body of water is granted, without prejudice or bias, to anyone who meet’s the controlling authority’s terms and conditions, then the water is considered “public use” and is, therefore, eligible. If the controlling authority for a pay-to-fish lake does not discriminate so that any member of the public may pay the user fee to fish it, that’s considered eligible water, too.
  2. It must be within the event’s competition area boundaries established for each event by the Tournament Director. That may be state boundaries, or a certain number of nautical miles up- and down-river from a fixed point, or a set radius from a fixed point, or water up to a landmark. An event may also include as eligible water any sloughs, coves, backwaters, or adjoining ponds that are contiguous to the main body of water and that can be reached by paddling and floating. Or, for another event, a Tournament Director may define eligible water to include smaller bodies of water temporarily or permanently separated from the main body by a gravel bar, swamp, levy, berm, road bed or other land form, that can be reached by dragging or portage.
  3. It must publicly accessible. Competitors may not cross restricted property to reach it but must be able to access the water from or across publicly-accessible areas or right-of-ways. If a community pond is posted and reserved for residents only so that one must trespass in order to reach it, then it is not publicly-accessible and is, therefore, ineligible. For example, if a community or homeowner’s association provides an unrestricted, public access launch area for its public-use lake, even though it’s otherwise surrounded by private property, then it’s eligible. The requirement to pay a launch fee makes no difference; if anyone may pay the launch fee and thereby gain access to the public water, then it’s publicly accessible.
  4. It must not be restricted by date or time. if a lake has posted use or access times or fishing is allowed only during certain seasons, it is considered eligible only during the dates and hours permitted by the controlling authority.

Water that does not meet those four conditions is ineligible, even if one is not physically prevented from driving to it and launching. Permission by a home-owner for a kayak angler or even a small group of them to use private lakes or ponds or cross private property does not make that water eligible.