OVERVIEW — The 13th annual Season Closer, a 16-hour (two days of eight hours each) Kayak Bass Fishing TN bass tournament on Percy Priest Lake, is for all kayak/SUP anglers; KBFTN club membership is not mandatory.
Christie Cooper Graham will host a cookout at check-in on Sunday; guest/family welcome; BYOB, BYOC (Chair) and BYOT (Table) if you have one. Sponsored by Christie Cooper Sells Houses.
TOURNAMENT DIRECTORS (TD) — Daniel Morris, 816-210-5373 & Bip Burage, 615-673-5213
PRE-TOURNAMENT BRIEFING — Captains Meeting will be livestreamed Wednesday, August 20 at 8:00pm CDT on the KBFTN Facebook group page. View recording if unable to be on the livestream. This is to emphasize details and give competitors opportunities to ask questions.
RULES — By registering for this event, Competitor agrees to abide by 2025 K.A.S.T. Rules and agrees to all terms and conditions in the KBFTN Fishing Tournament Release/Entry Form - 2025, signified during registration on TourneyX by checking the box by "I have read and agree to the [Event Title] Rules and Regulations." Clicking the event title in that paragraph opens a PDF document with the KAST Rules and KBFTN Release agreement. Read them twice to be familiar with new terms and provisions. Additional event-specific rules, restrictions, boundaries, and details are as follow:
DURATION — Two 8-hour days, Saturday August 23 & Sunday August 24, 2025, 5:00am – 1:00pm.
LIMIT — Five (5) bass over both days.
APPROVED LAUNCH SITES — Percy Priest - Lake wide
FISHING BOUNDARIES — Competitors may fish in all public access areas from PP dam to hard boundaries of I-840 (West Fork Stones River) and US-231 (East Fork Stones River & Fall Creek). All other tributaries as far as one can float, paddle, motor, or portage from the main lake. Comply with K.A.S.T. rule regarding portaging: Angler may portage over or around an obstruction if it is in the same waterway and the angler does not leave the waterway or trespass. No dragging across land to another body of water.
ID CODES — An Event ID Code will release on TourneyX & KBFTN’s Facebook Event Pages at 8:00pm on Friday, August 22 for Saturday and at 8:00pm on Saturday, August 23 for Sunday.
SCHEDULE
• Wednesday, 8/20
- Captains Meeting Facebook Livestream—8:00pm
• Friday, 8/22
- Prefishing Deadline—6:00pm
- Event ID Code for Saturday released—8:00pm
• Saturday 8/23
- Earliest Launch—5:00am
- Registration Deadline—5:00am
- Lines in—5:00am
- Lines out—1:00pm (8 Hours)
- Photo submission deadline—1:30pm
- Event ID Code for Sunday released—8:00pm
• Sunday, 8/24
- Earliest Launch—5:00am
- Lines in—5:00am
- Early Check-in – by 9:00am Sunday, text TD (Bip or Daniel).
- Lines out—1:00pm (8 Hours)
- Photo submission deadline—1:30pm
- Check in deadline (on-site)—2:00pm
ON-SITE CHECK-IN— Location: (Cooper's House, the address will be sent through TourneyX and available by request). Failure to check in on-site will result in forfeiture of that event's score & prizes unless you follow instructions for Early Check-in below.
WITHDRAWALS — Competitors who fail to check in on-site should call or text the TD when safely off the water.
NO-SHOW — If you registered but are not fishing at all, please text the TD to let him know.
FEES — Payable on TourneyX (no cash at event):
https://tourneyx.com/leaderboard/standings/kbftn-2025-hash-12-percy-priest-season-closer
- $55: (includes entry plus PayPal and TourneyX fees)
- $10: Lew’s/Strike King Big Bass Pot (optional)
- $20: Volt-One 21-inch Challenge (optional; see Roll-over list below. If this award goes unclaimed at the Closer, a standalone tournament will be held to award the pot.)
- $5: Ketch Board Fish-off for Yellow Karbonite Model (optional)
FEATURED SPONSORS —Visit Sumner County, Music City Outdoors, Volt One, Strike King, Lew’s, Dakota Lithium, Ketch, Christie Cooper Sells Houses
AWARDS & PRIZES — Competitors who check in on-site by the deadline will qualify for event points and/or prizes. Competitors must be present at the check-in location to be eligible for door prizes.
QUALIFYING — This tournament is a Qualifying Event for the K.A.S.T. State Championship, NuCanoe-MCO 16” Challenge, KBFTN AOY, KBFTN State Team
VOLT ONE 21-inch CHALLENGE REGISTRATION ROLL-OVERS — These eight have already paid into this side pot in an earlier event, where the award went unclaimed:
Derrick Bostic
Terry Bowman
Dan Catron
Josh Fulmer
Rodney Hart
Joshua Sharp
Brent Vandivier
Jacob Wood
Also check out other Sports events in Hermitage, Contests in Hermitage, Meetups in Hermitage.
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