September 12, 2024
Bassmaster has announced that the Bassmaster Kayak Series Championship will be held on Lake Fork in Yantis, Texas, as part of the festivities surrounding the 2025 Bassmaster Classic in Fort Worth.
The championship at Lake Fork will be a two-day event, March 19-20, 2025. The awards ceremony will be held on the Bassmaster Classic stage at the Dickies Arena in Fort Worth March 21 prior to the Day 1 Classic weigh-in.
According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, Lake Fork boasts more than 27,000 acres of prime largemouth water, made possible by a combination of restrictive harvest regulations, the stocking of Florida strain largemouth and abundant habitat. More than 65 percent of the Texas Top 50 largest bass (including the current state record) and more than half of those entered in the Toyota ShareLunker Program were caught from Lake Fork.
“When it was time for us to start planning the upcoming championship in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, for me, it was obvious that the place to go would be Lake Fork,” said Bassmaster Kayak Series Tournament Director Steve Owens. “The Texas Parks and Wildlife management do an amazing job at keeping these bodies of water healthy. This will be the fourth time the Bassmaster Kayak Series makes a stop there, and we expect our anglers to have the best experience the Kayak Series and Lake Fork can provide.”
In 2022, the last time the Kayak Series visited Lake Fork, Arkansas’ Garrett Morgan tallied a two-day total of 201.75 inches and was the only competitor in the field to break the 200-inch mark. The 2023 Kayak Series Championship winner, Rus Snyders (730 points), Casey Reed (717 points) and Derek Brundle (707 points) hold the Top 3 spots in the Kayak Series Angler of the Year standings heading into the last tournament of the regular season.
Anglers will take to the waters of Louisiana’s Caddo Lake/Lake Bistineau October 19-20 for one last chance to qualify for the championship. Competitors can register for the event through Oct. 16.
