Kenneth Stivason

Clayton , NC

Competition Team: A

Member Since:
January 1900

 

2019 National Standings

Circuit Place Events Fish Total Points
AFT 341 10 40 82.14 1162

2019 Division Point Standings

Circuit Division Place Events Fish Total Points
AFT 16 15 4 13 26.21 936
AFT 13 29 2 15 33.09 590
AFT 102 19 1 5 8.95 186
AFT 17 19 3 7 13.89 427

2019 Service Team Standings (American Fishing Tour Only)

Service Ranking Points
A 40 1162

2019 Tournament Results

Name Circuit Div Date Lake Pl Fish BB Total Pnts
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 16 03/30/2019 Gaston 29 2 0.00 2.21 172
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 102 05/25/2019 Kerr 8 5 3.41 8.95 186
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 16 06/01/2019 Jordan 6 5 0.00 12.45 195
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 17 06/29/2019 Chowan 5 5 2.47 9.03 190
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 17 07/13/2019 Roanoke 9 2 0.00 4.86 187
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 16 07/27/2019 Kerr/Gaston 8 5 0.00 10.74 386
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 13 08/17/2019 Kerr 1 5 0.00 12.73 200
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 13 09/14/2019 Kerr 6 10 3.91 20.36 390
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 16 11/10/2018 Kerr 18 1 0.00 0.81 183
Kenneth E. Stivason AFT 17 11/17/2018 Gaston 15 0 0.00 0.00 50

 

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What Truck, Boat and Outboard does Kenneth run?

Ford F-150

Nitro Z-19

Mercury 200

My Sponsors

What Kenneth does for a living:

Retired


What you should know about Kenneth:

I am a retired from the military (U.S. Army ) and retired from teaching Highschool in North Carolina.


How Kenneth started fishing

My Father started me fishing at our local pond when I was 5 years old. I had a friend at Fort Smith Arkansas who introduced me to bass fishing by taking me to Lake TenKiller and teaching me how to fish for Bass at night with Jig and Pigs and large Worms from sundown to sunup. He then got me into Team Tournament fishing.


Aspirations or goals with fishing

Catch a quick limit of keepers when possible and then change tactics to try to catch some kicker fish.


Favorite way to fish

Swimbaits  


Most exciting fishing experience

Catching a 10 lb 3 ounce Largemouth Bass on a dropshot with 8lb test on a 4 inch dropshot worm at lake Harris in North Carolina.


How Kenneth preps for a tournament

Check my line and change out any that needs to be replaced, check my hooks for sharpness and resharpen or replace. Since I am retired now I pre-fish the upcoming lake on  a Tuesday or Wednesday before the Tournament.


Three favorite search baits

Swimbait, Rattletrap, and Whopperplopper.


Best tournament finish and what you did that day when you were fishing.

An old MBAA Tournament At Hillsdale Lake in Kansas back in the early 1990's that  I won with over 17 lbs. The second place fisherman that day had 10lbs. The Lake was very muddy and my non-boater and I had no fish by 9am. We moved to a bridge rip rap and I tied on a Gary Yamamoto Chartreuse  5inch Hulu Grub on a hunch that it might work in the muddy water, I had fished the Hulu Grubs in GreenPumpkin, and Watermelon Red in the past and had success on rip rap but I bought the two bags of Chartreuse grubs the week before just to try them out, and I started to catch one or two good fish on each pass down the 75 yard stretch of rip-rap. By noon I had a limit and I shared my grubs with my non-boater who ended up finishing in third place. 


Most challenging part of tournament fishing

Not fishing to fast.


When tournaments don't go my way

I slow down and scale down my baits to try to catch some fish and rebuild my confidence.


Advice to give to an aspiring tournament angler:

Be patient and fish the way you are most comfortable fishing, but do not be afraid to try other methods if you are struggling that day.


Some shared general bass fishing techniques for people just getting into the sport


 


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