Fish With Purpose
Supporting Veterans, Public Servants, and First Responder organizations through competitive kayak fishing.
The FishOPS brand at KBF focuses on supporting Veteran Advocacy, Public Servant, and First Responder organizations. A portion of the proceeds from each CATCH22 and CATCH5 Challenge Series event goes to the charity or non-profit featured in each event.
We partner with manufacturers to create FishOPS co-branded merchandise to raise operating funding and directly support our partner organizations.
We are 100% transparent on the cost and contributions of facilitating each event along with the donation amount. The first featured organization is Heroes on the Water. We strongly encourage folks to also contribute directly to these organizations.
Also supporting: Behind the Lines Foundation
Monthly Challenge based on catching as many fish as possible. Each fish (Black Bass ONLY) entry is also an entry into the prize drawing each month for a minimum of $250 in Sponsor Prizes. Each monthly challenge feeds the Unlimited Challenge Overall leaderboard to track competitors total catches for the year.
All fish must be caught from a kayak.
Enter the black bass challenge for each state and attempt to catch the 22 biggest fish you can catch in that state. FishOPS recognizes the top angler for each state based on the best 22 fish total. Competitors may compete in as many states as they want.
All fish must be caught from a kayak following official KBF Rules Standards.
Compete to catch the biggest 22 fish total for two or more states. Competitors that register can enter any black bass species anywhere in the country. Also awards a premium trophy recognizing the winner of the best total nationwide.
Entries must be submitted from two or more states.
Any fish, any species, as many as possible. Each submission is an entry into all prize drawings throughout the FishOPS Series. May be fished with any fishing method, from any watercraft and from anywhere.
Open to all - no kayak requirement.
The most relaxed series - compete from any watercraft, using any methods (including live bait), for any time and for any species. No measuring boards or technical requirements. Just get out and fish.
Any watercraft, any method, any species.
All fish from applicable series must be caught from a kayak and follow the official KBF Rules Standards. Questions? Contact JT Hickman at fishinwithgramps@gmail.com
Register for the CATCH22 Challenge and compete while supporting Veterans and First Responders.