09/24/2026
#2 Matt Ball: This man is a friend and big time encourager for me! I love his testimony for Jesus and his heart for people! Congratulations Matt!
# WEST VIRGINIA’S TOP 25 MOST INFLUENTIAL KAYAK ANGLERS — PAST & PRESENT
# # 2016–2025 • A Ten-Year Retrospective
# # # ** #2 — Matt Ball**
As our retrospective reaches the final two, the standard becomes extraordinarily difficult.
At this level, we are no longer evaluating a few tournament victories or one exceptional season. We are looking at the complete body of work: **historic accomplishments, national and international competition, championship performance, longevity, consistency, industry representation, publications, education, media exposure, trade-show involvement, community contribution and continued relevance throughout the entire ten-year period.**
At ** #2 is Matt Ball**.
Matt was **born and raised in Grafton, West Virginia**, later relocating to Little Hocking, Ohio. His competitive roots remain closely tied to West Virginia through **Mountain State Kayak Anglers, West Virginia Kayak Anglers and the rivers and fisheries where he learned to fish**. Fishing Online and KBF both document those West Virginia roots and his continued connection to MSKA and WVKA. ([Fishing Online][1])
Matt’s résumé contains something no other angler can ever duplicate:
# **HE WAS THE FIRST KBF NATIONAL CHAMPION.**
But the reason Matt reaches #2 is not simply what happened in 2016.
It is what he accomplished afterward.
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# 2014 — COMPETITIVE ROOTS WITH MSKA
Matt’s competitive kayak-fishing history actually began before our official ranking window.
In a 2018 angler profile, Matt stated that he began competitive kayak fishing in **2014 at an MSKA New River tournament**. The same profile identifies him as having grown up in Grafton, West Virginia and documents his strong connection to both MSKA and WVKA. ([website][2])
That history matters because when Matt later reached the national stage, he did so with roots firmly established in the West Virginia kayak-fishing community.
The 2014 season receives no direct ranking weight because this project covers 2016–2025.
But it explains where the story began.
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# 🏆 2016 — THE FIRST KBF NATIONAL CHAMPION
Then came the accomplishment that permanently placed Matt Ball into kayak-fishing history.
In 2016, Kayak Bass Fishing held its inaugural National Championship.
The winner was:
# 🏆 **MATT BALL**
KBF’s own professional profile identifies Matt as the:
# # # **FIRST-EVER KAYAK BASS FISHING NATIONAL CHAMPION**
and Fishing Online independently preserves the same distinction. ([KBF][3])
That word matters:
# # **FIRST.**
There can be additional National Champions.
There can be multiple-time champions.
But there will only ever be one person who won the first KBF National Championship.
And that person came from the West Virginia kayak-fishing community.
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# 🏆 2016 — KBF BEST OF THE BEST CHAMPION
Matt did not stop with the National Championship.
KBF’s surviving profile also lists him as the:
# **2016 KBF BEST OF THE BEST SHOOTOUT WINNER**. ([KBF][3])
That result helped establish immediately that the National Championship was not simply one remarkable weekend.
# # # Matt continued winning.
That distinction is important in this ranking.
One title can define a moment.
Repeated results begin defining a career.
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# 2017 — CONTINUING TO WIN
The surviving TourneyX tournament archive preserves another Matt Ball victory from February 2017.
The archive identifies Matt as the winner of a **KBF Bonus Bucks “Best of…” event in Wetumpka, Alabama**. The original tournament title is truncated in the surviving archive, so we preserve the result without attempting to reconstruct wording that is no longer fully visible. ([tourneyX.com][4])
This is exactly why our research methodology relies on multiple sources.
Older tournament platforms sometimes preserve the result while losing portions of the original presentation.
The result still tells us something important:
# # # Matt continued producing victories after becoming National Champion.
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# 📰 2018 — FROM CHAMPION TO EDUCATOR
By 2018, Matt’s influence had moved beyond tournament leaderboards.
**Bass Fishing magazine**, then published through FLW, featured an article written by Matt titled:
# **“4 Tips for Fighting Fish From a Kayak”**
The feature presented Matt as a former National Champion teaching anglers how to improve their landing percentage from a kayak. ([Major League Fishing][5])
Only a few months later, the publication featured another Matt Ball article:
# **“The Rise of Motorized Kayaks”**
examining the advantages, controversy and practical use of electric motors in competitive kayak fishing. ([Major League Fishing][6])
Later, another Bass Fishing article authored by Matt explained:
# **“How Kayak Tournaments Work”**
including CPR scoring, measuring boards and tournament identifiers. ([Major League Fishing][7])
That progression is significant.
Matt was no longer simply being covered because he won.
# # # National fishing media was using his experience to educate anglers about the sport itself.
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# 2018 — NATIONAL COMPETITION CONTINUES
Dakota Lithium’s professional profile lists Matt as a **KBF THE TEN competitor** during this period. ([Dakota Lithium Batteries][8])
As we have consistently stated throughout this ranking, merely qualifying for an invitational or championship receives less weight than actual performance.
The more important point is that Matt remained involved with KBF’s upper competitive tier after winning the National Championship rather than disappearing after his historic 2016 season.
And 2019 would prove that dramatically.
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# 🇺🇸 2019 — 7TH AT THE KBF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Three years after becoming the inaugural National Champion, Matt returned to the KBF National Championship and again finished near the top.
Torqeedo’s official championship recap records:
# **7TH PLACE — MATT BALL**
at the **2019 KBF National Championship**. ([Torqeedo][9])
Jackson Kayak’s championship recap independently congratulated Matt for another National Championship **Top-10 finish**. ([Jackson Kayak Hub][10])
That result carries enormous value within our methodology.
# # # 2016 was not the end of the competitive story.
Three years after winning the first National Championship, Matt was still inside the Top 10 at the sport’s biggest KBF event.
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# 🇺🇸 2019 — TEAM USA
Then came another major step.
Matt was selected to represent the United States at the inaugural **Kayak Pan American Championship** at Center Hill Lake in Tennessee.
USAngling’s official championship page lists Matt Ball on the **USA Bass Team roster**. ([USAngling][11])
And Dakota Lithium’s contemporary professional profile documents what happened next:
# 🥇 **PAN AMERICAN GOLD — TEAM USA**
# 🥇 **PAN AMERICAN GOLD — THREE-MAN TEAM**
Matt left the championship with:
# **TWO GOLD MEDALS FOR THE UNITED STATES.** ([Dakota Lithium Batteries][8])
That represents an entirely different category of accomplishment.
A West Virginia-born kayak angler had progressed from local club competition...
to National Champion...
to:
# **REPRESENTING THE UNITED STATES IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.**
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# 2019 — THE INAUGURAL FLW/KBF CUP
Matt’s 2019 season also included another historically significant national event.
Major League Fishing’s official coverage of the inaugural **Dee Zee FLW/KBF Cup presented by YakAttack** records Matt finishing:
# **9TH PLACE — 139.5"**. ([Major League Fishing][12])
The event brought kayak competition onto an FLW stage at Lake Ouachita and Lake Hamilton.
Matt was fourth after the opening day and ultimately earned a place among the Top 10 who advanced to the final stage. ([Major League Fishing][13])
So within 2019 alone, Matt produced:
# # # **7TH — KBF NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP**
# # # **TWO PAN AMERICAN GOLD MEDALS**
# # # **9TH — INAUGURAL FLW/KBF CUP**
That is an exceptional national and international season.
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# 🙏 KBF CHAPLAIN — COMMUNITY INFLUENCE
Matt’s contribution during this period also extended beyond competition.
Dakota Lithium’s profile identifies him as serving as:
# **KBF CHAPLAIN**
and describes his role supporting members of the kayak-fishing community through prayer and encouragement. ([Dakota Lithium Batteries][8])
This contribution does not add tournament points.
It belongs instead in our **Community, Leadership and Service** category.
An influence ranking cannot be limited exclusively to what appears on a leaderboard.
The ways anglers support the community around the sport matter as well.
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# 🤝 INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION
Matt’s national success produced one of the broader industry résumés in this project.
KBF’s professional profile documents relationships with:
**Jackson Kayak
Torqeedo
NRS
Fishing Online
YakAttack
Bending Branches
412 Bait Co.
13 Fishing
Cal Coast Fishing
Ge**er Gear
West Virginia Outdoors**. ([KBF][3])
Fishing Online independently identifies Matt with **Jackson Kayak, 412 Bait Company and All Pro Rods**, while his 2018 profile documents an even broader group of national fishing-industry relationships. ([website][2])
That breadth matters.
Matt’s accomplishments were repeatedly distributed through:
**manufacturer websites, professional-team pages, social channels, retailer content, tournament coverage and national publications.**
His reach therefore extended well beyond his own personal social-media audience.
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# TRADE SHOWS AND INDUSTRY EVENTS
Our broader project record also documents Matt’s participation in **state and regional outdoor shows, fishing-industry events and ICAST-related activity** during his career.
Not every older trade-show appearance remains independently indexed online today, so we do not assign specific dates or event claims where a surviving company page cannot be recovered.
But the industry record clearly demonstrates that Matt’s role went beyond simply wearing sponsor logos at tournaments.
He represented nationally recognized brands within a rapidly growing fishing segment and became one of the recognizable early professional ambassadors for competitive kayak fishing.
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# 📰 NATIONAL PUBLICATION AND EDUCATIONAL INFLUENCE
Matt’s publication résumé deserves particular emphasis.
His Bass Fishing magazine contributions addressed:
**fighting and landing bass from a kayak**
**electric motor use**
and
**how CPR kayak tournaments function**. ([Major League Fishing][5])
Fishing Online later devoted a complete **Pro Staff Spotlight** to Matt, discussing his National Championship, tournament career, techniques, equipment and approach to competing around the country. ([Fishing Online][14])
This was another important transition in his career.
# # # Matt’s experience had become useful not only for winning tournaments, but for teaching the growing kayak-fishing audience.
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# 🏆 2020 — HOBIE B.O.S. SUSQUEHANNA
Matt’s ability to compete across multiple national organizations became even clearer in 2020.
At the **Hobie Bass Open Series Susquehanna River event**, a field of **112 anglers** competed on one of the country’s premier smallmouth fisheries.
The field included Jody Queen, Cody Milton, Drew Gregory, Kristine Fischer and bass-boat professional Mike Iaconelli.
Matt finished:
# 🥉 **3RD PLACE**
# # # **169.75"**
# # # **$1,800 PAYOUT**
and earned a berth in the **Hobie Tournament of Champions**. ([The Bass Cast][15])
That result is especially important because it demonstrates cross-circuit performance.
Matt had already succeeded in KBF.
He had succeeded on the FLW/KBF stage.
He had represented Team USA.
And now he was on the podium in Hobie B.O.S.
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# 📰 2021 — KAYAK ANGLER MAGAZINE
Matt’s role as an educational voice continued in 2021.
**Kayak Angler Magazine** featured:
# **MATT BALL AND TIM ISAACS**
in its *Prefishing Tips From The 2021 KBF National Championship* feature.
The publication followed the two anglers breaking down Caddo Lake, searching for tournament patterns and explaining how they approached unfamiliar water prior to a major championship. ([Kayak Angler][16])
That feature provides another example of national media using Matt’s experience to teach other anglers.
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# 📊 THE TOURNEYX BODY OF WORK
Major championships tell only part of Matt Ball’s competitive story.
The working TourneyX profile snapshot captured during this project records:
# # # **274 TOURNAMENTS**
# # # **1,333 VERIFIED FISH**
# # # **20,862.75 VERIFIED INCHES**
# # # **15.65" AVERAGE FISH**
and:
# # # 🥇 **10 FIRST-PLACE FINISHES**
# # # 🥈 **5 SECOND-PLACE FINISHES**
# # # 🥉 **8 THIRD-PLACE FINISHES**
# # # 🏆 **23 PODIUM FINISHES**
# # # 🔥 **103 TOP-10 FINISHES**
That represents a:
# **37.6% TOP-10 RATE**
across the TourneyX profile sample.
These numbers should **not** be interpreted as Matt’s complete career total.
Major accomplishments recorded through other organizations, international competition and older tournament systems may not be completely represented in a single TourneyX profile.
But as a measure of tournament volume and consistency, the numbers are substantial.
# # # 103 Top-10 finishes tell us that the résumé extends far beyond the headline championships.
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# 🏆 2024 — WEST VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPION
Eight years after becoming the first KBF National Champion, Matt returned to West Virginia and added another major title.
At the **2024 West Virginia Best of the Best State Championship at Stonewall Lake**, conditions were exceptionally difficult.
Kayak Angler reported that only **two anglers recorded the four-fish limit**, while nine competitors did not submit a fish.
Matt produced:
# **84.25 INCHES**
and became:
# 🏆 **2024 WEST VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPION**
# # # AND
# 🏆 **MSKA BEST OF THE BEST CHAMPION**. ([Kayak Angler][17])
This may be one of the most important accomplishments in his entire ranking profile—not because it was larger than the National Championship, but because of what it says about longevity.
Consider the timeline:
# # # **2016 — KBF NATIONAL CHAMPION**
# # # **2024 — WEST VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPION**
Eight years apart.
Different competitors.
Different tournament structures.
Different stage of his career.
# # # Matt was still winning championships.
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# 2024 — RETURNING TO HIS WEST VIRGINIA ROOTS
Kayak Angler’s State Championship coverage also preserved Matt’s own reflection on the victory.
He noted that he had begun tournament fishing with **MSKA ten years earlier** and emphasized the importance of the MSKA and SWVKA anglers who had supported him throughout his career. ([Kayak Angler][17])
That statement is important to this project.
Although modern national results often list Matt as an Ohio resident, his competitive story is deeply connected to West Virginia.
He was:
**born and raised in Grafton**
**developed through MSKA**
**remained connected to WVKA**
and
**returned to become West Virginia State Champion.**
That is why he belongs prominently in this retrospective.
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# 🎙️ 2025 — EVERYTHING KAYAK FISHING
Matt’s media presence continued through the final year of our ranking window.
On March 15, 2025, **Everything Kayak Fishing** devoted Episode 26 to:
# **“KAYAK FISHING CHAT WITH MATT BALL”**
The program discussed his fishing history, kayak setup, favorite techniques and tackle while introducing him through his KBF National Championship credentials. ([Podnews][18])
Again, the pattern continued:
# # # nearly a decade after his historic championship, kayak-fishing media still considered Matt’s experience worth sharing.
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# 🔥 2025 — STILL A NATIONAL AOY CONTENDER
Perhaps the strongest evidence of Matt’s longevity came at the very end of our ten-year ranking window.
Official Bassmaster qualification records list Matt as:
# **6TH — 2025 BASSMASTER KAYAK SERIES ANGLER OF THE YEAR**
earning qualification into the 2026 Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship through his AOY position. ([Bassmaster][19])
That is an extraordinary bookend to the ranking period.
Matt became kayak fishing’s first KBF National Champion in 2016.
Nine seasons later:
# # # he was still finishing sixth in a major national Angler of the Year race.
That is not simply longevity.
# **THAT IS RELEVANT LONGEVITY.**
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# 2025 — CONTENDING AT TOLEDO BEND
At the 2025 Newport Bassmaster Kayak Series event on **Toledo Bend**, Matt again appeared near the top of a national leaderboard.
After Day 1:
# **MATT BALL — 3RD PLACE**
# # # **89.00"**
behind Bryan Howell and Barry Davis. ([Bassmaster][20])
The result reinforces the larger point.
Matt was not living off a championship won nine years earlier.
# # # He remained capable of putting himself into contention against modern national fields.
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# FROM FIRST NATIONAL CHAMPION TO NATIONAL AOY CONTENDER
Consider the progression:
**2014 — Begins competitive kayak fishing with MSKA**
**2016 — First KBF National Champion**
**2016 — KBF Best of the Best Champion**
**2017 — Additional KBF/TourneyX victory**
**2018 — KBF THE TEN competitor**
**2018 — National fishing-magazine contributor and educator**
**2019 — 7th at KBF National Championship**
**2019 — Two Pan American Gold Medals with Team USA**
**2019 — 9th at inaugural FLW/KBF Cup**
**2020 — 3rd at Hobie B.O.S. Susquehanna**
**2021 — Kayak Angler educational feature**
**2024 — West Virginia State Champion**
**2025 — Everything Kayak Fishing feature**
**2025 — 6th in Bassmaster Kayak Series AOY**
That is an extraordinary ten-year résumé.
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# WHY MATT BALL IS #2
Matt’s #2 placement is ultimately based on the **breadth, historical significance and sustained quality of his influence**.
# # # 🏆 HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
He became:
# **THE FIRST KBF NATIONAL CHAMPION.** ([KBF][3])
That achievement permanently connects Matt and his West Virginia roots to the early history of national competitive kayak bass fishing.
# # # 🏆 CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCE
His résumé also includes the **KBF Best of the Best**, multiple major national Top-10s and the **2024 West Virginia State Championship**. ([KBF][3])
# # # 🇺🇸 INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTATION
Matt represented the United States and earned:
# **TWO PAN AMERICAN GOLD MEDALS.** ([Dakota Lithium Batteries][8])
# # # 🇺🇸 NATIONAL CONSISTENCY
His major documented results include:
**2019 KBF National Championship — 7th**
**2019 FLW/KBF Cup — 9th**
**2020 Hobie B.O.S. Susquehanna — 3rd**
**2025 Bassmaster Kayak Series AOY — 6th**. ([Torqeedo][9])
# # # 📊 TOURNAMENT VOLUME
Our TourneyX working snapshot contains **274 tournaments, 1,333 verified fish and 103 Top-10 finishes**.
# # # 📰 PUBLICATIONS AND EDUCATION
Matt authored multiple instructional pieces for **Bass Fishing magazine**, covering fish fighting, motorized kayaks and CPR tournament procedure. ([Major League Fishing][5])
# # # 🎙️ MEDIA
His documented media includes **Kayak Angler Magazine, Fishing Online, Everything Kayak Fishing, The Weigh-In and other kayak-fishing platforms**. ([Kayak Angler][16])
# # # 🤝 INDUSTRY REPRESENTATION
His documented industry relationships include **Jackson Kayak, Torqeedo, NRS, Fishing Online, YakAttack, Bending Branches, 412 Bait Co., 13 Fishing, Cal Coast Fishing, Ge**er Gear and West Virginia Outdoors**. ([KBF][3])
# # # 🙏 COMMUNITY SERVICE
Matt served as **KBF Chaplain**, using his position within the sport to support other members of the kayak-fishing community. ([Dakota Lithium Batteries][8])
# # # ⏳ LONGEVITY
Perhaps most importantly:
**2016 — National Champion**
**2024 — West Virginia State Champion**
**2025 — 6th nationally in Bassmaster Kayak Series AOY**
That is sustained competitive relevance across the entire period.
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# 🏆 #2 — MATT BALL
Matt Ball did not simply win an important kayak tournament.
# # # He won the first one.
But if his résumé ended there, he would not be #2.
What separates Matt is everything that came afterward.
He continued producing national Top-10s.
He represented the United States internationally.
He won two Pan American gold medals.
He competed successfully through KBF, Hobie and Bassmaster.
He became a nationally published instructional contributor.
He represented some of the most recognizable companies in kayak fishing.
He served his community as KBF Chaplain.
He returned to West Virginia eight years after his historic National Championship and became **State Champion**.
And in the final season of our ten-year window, he finished **sixth in the Bassmaster Kayak Series Angler of the Year standings**.
From the rivers around Grafton...
to MSKA...
to the first KBF National Championship...
to Team USA...
to the FLW stage...
to Hobie...
to Bassmaster...
and finally back to West Virginia’s Best of the Best—
# # # Matt Ball built one of the most historically significant and enduring careers connected to West Virginia kayak fishing.
# **MATT BALL — #2**
# # # **FIRST KBF NATIONAL CHAMPION • TEAM USA GOLD MEDALIST • WEST VIRGINIA STATE CHAMPION • NATIONAL TOP-10 COMPETITOR • INDUSTRY AMBASSADOR • EDUCATOR • KBF CHAPLAIN**
Congratulations to **Matt Ball — #2**.
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# # SOURCES & PUBLICATIONS CONSULTED
This profile was reconstructed using **Kayak Bass Fishing/KBF, Fishing Online, Kayak Angler Magazine, Major League Fishing/FLW, Bassmaster, USAngling, Torqeedo, Jackson Kayak, Dakota Lithium, TourneyX archives, Hobie B.O.S. reporting, Bass Fishing magazine, Everything Kayak Fishing and additional podcast and tournament archives**.
Particularly important sources include **KBF’s Matt Ball professional profile**, which documents his West Virginia roots, first National Championship and Best of the Best title; **Torqeedo’s 2019 National Championship coverage**, documenting his seventh-place finish; **USAngling and Dakota Lithium**, documenting his Team USA participation and two Pan American gold medals; **Major League Fishing**, documenting his ninth-place finish at the inaugural FLW/KBF Cup; **Hobie/Bass Cast coverage**, documenting his third-place Susquehanna finish; and **Kayak Angler Magazine**, documenting his 2024 West Virginia State Championship. ([KBF][3])
Bass Fishing magazine provides particularly valuable evidence of Matt’s educational influence, preserving multiple articles written by him for a national bass-fishing audience. ([Major League Fishing][5])
Official Bassmaster records also add an important final chapter by documenting Matt as **sixth in the 2025 Bassmaster Kayak Series AOY qualification order**, demonstrating national relevance through the closing season of our retrospective. ([Bassmaster][19])
*As with every profile in this ten-year retrospective, the objective is not to claim that every surviving historical record has been recovered. Older tournament websites, Facebook archives and manufacturer pages are often incomplete or no longer publicly searchable. The purpose is to reconstruct the strongest record possible from accessible sources—and, more importantly, to recognize the people who helped influence, grow and shape kayak fishing in West Virginia.*
[1]: https://www.fishingonline.com/pages/pro-staff?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Pro Staff | Fishing Online"
[2]: https://www.billyreynoldsfishing.com/single-post/2018/05/09/kayak-angler-profile-matt-ball?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Kayak Angler Profile- Matt Ball"
[3]: https://www.kayakbassfishing.com/cup-team-nrs/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Cup Team – NRS | Kayak Bass Fishing"
[4]: https://txtest.tourneyx.com/app/tournaments/archive?page_num=157&utm_source=chatgpt.com "TourneyX Tournaments :: Online Fishing Tournaments"
[5]: https://majorleaguefishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/28115903/Bass-Fishing-Feb-Mar-2018.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com "TM"
[6]: https://majorleaguefishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/28115914/Bass-Fishing-May-Jun-2018.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com "MAY-JUNE 2018"
[7]: https://majorleaguefishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/28115920/Bass-Fishing-Nov-Dec-2018.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com "WINTER 2019"
[8]: https://dakotalithium.com/matt-ball-kayak-fishing-pro-staff/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Matt Ball - Kayak Fishing Pro Staff"
[9]: https://www.torqeedo.com/us/en-us/news-and-press/blog/blog-2019-4-1.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Torqeedo Blog - Kayak Bass Fishing Championship Winner - e-mobility on the water"
[10]: https://hub.jacksonkayak.com/2019/04/kbf-national-championship-recap/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "KBF National Championship Recap - Jackson Kayak"
[11]: https://usangling.org/kayak-fishing-pan-american-2019/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Kayak-Fishing-Pan-American-2019 - USAngling"
[12]: https://majorleaguefishing.com/press-releases/2019-08-11-rome-s-henderson-wins-15k-at-inaugural-dee-zee-flw-kbf-cup-presented-by-yakattack-on-lake-ouachita/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Rome's Henderson Wins $15K at Inaugural Dee Zee FLW/KBF Cup presented by YakAttack on Lake Ouachita - Major League Fishing"
[13]: https://majorleaguefishing.com/fishing-league-worldwide/2019-08-10-jackson-crushes-on-day-one-of-flw-kbf-cup/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Jackson Crushes on Day One of FLW-KBF Cup - Major League Fishing"
[14]: https://www.fishingonline.com/blogs/news/pro-staff-spotlight-matt-ball?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Pro Staff Spotlight: Matt Ball | News | Fishing Online"
[15]: https://thebasscast.com/2020/08/14/queen-conquers-susquesanna-smallmouths-and-super-field-for-second-hobie-b-o-s-win-this-year/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "QUEEN CONQUERS SUSQUESANNA SMALLMOUTHS AND SUPER FIELD FOR SECOND HOBIE B.O.S. WIN THIS YEAR. – The Bass Cast"
[16]: https://kayakanglermag.com/videos/prefishing-tips-from-the-2021-kbf-national-championship-video/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Prefishing The 2021 KBF National Championship (Video) | Kayak Angler"
[17]: https://kayakanglermag.com/uncategorized/west-virginia-crowns-2024-state-champion/ "West Virginia Crowns 2024 State Champion | Kayak Angler"
[18]: https://podnews.net/podcast/ie36s/episodes?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Everything Kayak Fishing podcast episode list"
[19]: https://www.bassmaster.com/kayak/news/2026-bassmaster-kayak-series-championship-qualifiers/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "2026 Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship Qualifiers - Bassmaster"
[20]: https://www.bassmaster.com/kayak/news/kayak-howell-claims-day-1-lead-at-toledo-bend/?utm_source=chatgpt.com "Kayak: Howell claims Day 1 lead at Toledo Bend - Bassmaster"
