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KFL Week 8 Recap

Mild temperatures continued across many states that held KFL games on August 20th, 2022, extending the trend from Week 7. The big bags and close finishes also continued from Week 7.

Consistency is also a theme for the Natural State Eagles, who are unbeaten (3-0) since they entered the league.

But while the weather has been stable, the standings have not.

For example, in the Piedmont Division of the Southern Conference, the top two teams both lost. If Virginia and Washington both lose in week 9, and the Casters and Privateers both win, then 4 teams will finish with a record of 4-4. Elsewhere in the Southern Conference, the Southeast Division has also become competitive as the Palmetto Punishers have shaken up the standings.

The Northern Conference has also opened up. The Northeast division is competitive; the week 9 game between the Baystate Attack and Rhode Island Rebels will have far reaching consequences for the divisional standings and the Northern Division’s wild card picture. In the Atlantic Division, a loss by the Pennsylvania Bronzebacks, combined with a win by the New York Empire, has made that division competitive. If the Delaware Doom were to win in week 9, and New York and Pennsylvania both lost that week, there would be a three-way tie at the top of the division’s standings.

24 teams competed in 12 games on Saturday. Playoff seeding and playoff qualification, were on the line for nearly every single team in the league.

Week 8 Results

Notable results from Sunday’s games included the following:

The Palmetto Punishers are surging late in the year. The Punishers won an away game courtesy of Jason’ Broach’s big day, and with a 4-3 record they are now in playoff contention.

There were two in-state rivalry games this weekend. In the first, the Natural State Eagles beat the Arkansas Hawgs. In the second, the Carolina Casters beat the Tar Heel Lunkers.

The largest margin of victory belonged to the Massachusetts Maulers, who defeated the Main-E-Yaks by a score of 152.5” – 44.75”.

The closest margin of victory was a rare tie: the Louisiana Hurricanes and the Oklahoma Outlaws played to a 80.5”-80.5” draw. The Oklahoma Outlaws won it on a big fish tie-breaker.

The Carolina Casters put up the weekend’s biggest total, hanging 191” on the Tar Heel Lunkers, courtesy of Arlie Minton’s huge limit.

The Casters also had the biggest bass of the week, a 23.5” giant landed by Cory Dreyer. For the second consecutive week, North Carolina’s Lake Mackintosh has produced the longest fish in KFL competition (in week 7, it had the top 3 fish, which included Matt Miller’s 22.25” for the Virginia Reapers).

For complete week 8 standings, click here.

Week 9 of the Kayak Fishing League season be on September 3, 2022. Fans can follow the leaderboard on Fishing Chaos or watch live stream action of the games on KFL’s Youtube channel and the Motion Sports website.

About the KFL

KFL has six divisions divided into two conferences (South and North). With three divisions in each conference, every event has a high value within the divisions and the overall conference standings, which ultimately determine which teams continue fishing in the post-season. The minimum length of a scoreable bass is 14”. All fish are caught, measured and quickly released.

In the team format, a team’s 10 longest fish are measured against the other team’s 10 longest. The team with the longest 10 fish limit wins the game. Individual anglers are also tracked in the standings to determine KFL Angler of the Year as well as a KFL fantasy league that awards points to each competitor.