USA Bass to host inaugural Pan-American Kayak Bass Championship with Visit Cookeville Tennessee. Kayak Bass fishing is ready to burst onto the international sport fishing scene. The Pan-American Sportfishing Federation has awarded the bid to host the first ever Pan-Am Kayak Bass Fishing Championship to the Cookeville Putnam County Visitor’s Bureau. The championship will be held at Center Hill Lake on May 28 th thru the 31 st.