Kayak Fishing Trails 2025

Quick reference guides to your favorite kayak fishing trails!

Dec 15, 2024

Fishing from a kayak on a competitive level can take anglers to some great destinations in 2025! Even with some surprising recent changes there are still plenty of opportunities to compete from the local level all the way up to the national trails and other events. It’s unfortunate that the much heralded Hobie Open Series is dropping their events but there is still the up and coming Kayak Adventure Series, Bassmaster Kayak Series, All American Series, and the Native Watercraft No Limit events.

There are also some individual national events some of which require a qualification like the Bassmaster Championship, KBF Championship, and All American Classic. The popular Eco-Fishing 250 will once again make a huge draw in the fall of 2025. Most of these events are hosted on the TourneyX platform. The KBF events are hosted on the Fishing Chaos platform.

A kayak angler can pretty much fish every weekend from January through December with the growing number of leagues, local series trails, winter trails, and special events. There are also numerous online challenges across the country. It seems endless! It’s difficult to choose which ones to fish as they all have some great opportunities. This guide offers three maps which include the national trails, national single events, and Midwest local trails in the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Colorado, Kansas, and Missouri.

Some of the features in the maps include a small icon of the trail, information on each event including date and a picture of their overall schedule. You can even check the distance from where you live to each event using tools on the maps.

We are also including a spreadsheet on national events and the midwest area events for easier planning. The events listed on the spreadsheets will eventually have links to their respective registration pages once they are released. We hope you enjoy using these resources to create a schedule that works for you! *If you would like your state added please send an email with your request to Marty Hughes at kayakjaknebraska@gmail.com. Thanks!

National Kayak Fishing Trail Map

National Trail Kayak Fishing Schedule Spreadsheet

National Kayak Fishing Event Map

Midwest Local Trails Map

Midwest Local Trails Spreadsheet