The 2021 edition of DEE ZEE KBF THE TEN tournament was held on February 3-4, 2021 on the Kissimmee Chain of lakes in Kissimmee, Florida. The 2021 roster again included some of the top names in kayak fishing, among them Jody Queen, Rus Snyders and Cory Dreyer. They were joined by:
- 2020 KBF National Champion Matthew Conant
- 2019 KBF Rookie of the Year Derek Brundle
- 2020 runner up Rookie of the Year Adam Petrone
- AAKC champ Jeremy Mitchell
- 2021 TENvitational Champion Joshua Sharp
- Alex Miller
- Bryce Gibbs
- Anthony Winkleman
- Jimmy McClurkan
“Tougher than Shoe Leather.”
That’s how West Virginia angler Brian Aliff once described his fellow Mountaineer Jody Queen. Most anglers know Jody as a kindly man, generous with his fishing knowledge and quick with a smile. He’s a gifted artist, too, and together with his wife Vicki and artist Gary Bowling, they run a non-profit center for the arts in historic Bluefield, West Virginia.
If you ever visit, you won’t soon forget the place. Part museum, part gallery and all funhouse, it’s a vibrant community. And if Jody Queen gives you a private tour, you may notice one of the old classrooms has been converted into a fishing room. Decorating the walls are as impressive a collection of tournament trophies as any professional angler has ever won.
That room will be getting a make-over, because Jody Queen has won the most exclusive, prestigious event in all of kayak fishing: he is champion of the 2021 DEE ZEE KBF THE TEN.
The 2021 edition of the tournament – the 5th all-time – had as many twists and turns as the mountain roads of West Virginia. You had to be tough to stick this tournament out. Every competitor gutted it to the very end.
Here is how it went down.
