Running of the Bulls

by Ben Roussel | Jan 28, 2013 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, Saltwater, Video

Had an unforgettable day on the water yesterday. Conditions couldn’t have been better, the weather was amazing and the fish were cooperative. When the weather is nice paddling is never a problem, so a long exploratory trip was the plan. I put in probably 10-12...

Quality over quantity

by Ben Roussel | Jan 20, 2013 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, Saltwater

The rain finally let up last Thursday and it has been nice and sunny ever since. With clear skies, highs in the low 60’s and winds from 5-10 mph, yesterday was too nice a day to not go fishing. With all local freshwater blown out I made the drive down to the...

How to land a fish from a kayak

by Ben Roussel | Nov 29, 2012 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Instructional, Internationalisation

“How not to land a fish from a kayak” would also be appropriate. After breaking a rod while netting a fish during my last trip I turned to the video I took of the trip for answers. It was pretty obvious in the video what I did wrong, in real time though it...

BCKFC Fall N Tide VII

by Ben Roussel | Oct 24, 2012 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, Saltwater, Tournaments

This past Saturday I participated in BCKFC’s Fall N Tide VII kayak fishing tournament. Fall N Tide is held in Plaquemines Parish and has lately been headquartered out of Delta Marina. FNT has seen a steady increase in participation since it’s inception and...

ARF Bayou Bash 2012

by Ben Roussel | Oct 19, 2012 | Coosa, Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, Saltwater

I spent this past weekend fishing in Grand Isle with some friends from Alabama River Fishing. I got hooked up with these guys when I lived in Madison for a year. We had a group of about 15 kayak fishermen, split between 2 camps in Chenier. The goal was to catch...

Back on the River

by Ben Roussel | Aug 13, 2012 | Coosa, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring

Started a new project at work and it has my schedule all out of whack. This explains the latest trend of one post a week for this site. With the new project I’m putting in more hours, more hours means more money, but less free time, so it is kind of bittersweet....

Freedom to Fish

by Ben Roussel | Jul 6, 2012 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, Saltwater, Tournaments, Video

America is awesome and we’re reminded of that fact every July 4th. What better way to celebrate our freedom than to go fishing. So Blake and I decided to head down to the marsh and scout out a new area we’ve never fished. It turned out to be one of those...

Mesh cargo panel install

by Ben Roussel | May 3, 2012 | Coosa, Cuda, Featured Post, Instructional, Internationalisation, Jackson Dealers, Recreational/Touring, Rigging

I had documented this process on the Cuda prior to the last IFA event, but I deleted all the pictures off my camera before the tournament since it wass catch-photo-release and I wanted to give the judges a clean card to look through. So today I had it all planned out,...

IFA Kayak Fishing Tour w Cuda – Empire recap

by Ben Roussel | Apr 23, 2012 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, Recreational/Touring, Saltwater, Tournaments

Traveled down to Plaquemines Parish this past weekend for the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour event held at Delta Marina in Empire. The IFA format is catch-photo-release redfish and speckled trout. Your score is the combined length of your biggest redfish and trout. 34 people...

A Weekend at Paddlepalooza

by Ben Roussel | Apr 5, 2012 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Saltwater, Tournaments, Video

This past weekend was BCKFC’s Paddlepalooza at Bobby Lynn’s Marina down in Leeville, LA. I had the pleasure of being down there Friday – Sunday. 201 people registered for the tournament, which is the most ever for the club, and according to Catch...

Everglades trip with the Jackson crew

by Ben Roussel | Mar 15, 2011 | Coosa, Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Saltwater Fishing

Back in February I had the pleasure of joining some of the other Jackson Kayak fishing team members down in the Everglades for some fishing and fun. It was an awesome trip, plenty of fish were caught, in fact a nice variety of fish were caught. It was great to meet...

Pack & Paddle Adventure Trade Show and Demo Day

by Ben Roussel | Mar 2, 2011 | Coosa, Dealer, Featured Post, Internationalisation

This past Saturday Pack & Paddle held their annual Adventure Trade Show, where they showcased some new gear, held seminars, and had factory reps on hand to answer questions.  I had the pleasure of meeting and hanging out with Dave Blanding, our Jackson rep.  We...