The Most Overlooked “Essential” Kayak Fishing Tip by Chris Ritchie | Dec 9, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, JAdventures Main BannerThe Most Overlooked “Essential” Kayak Fishing Tip Link There are a lot of great kayak fishing tips out there. The sport has grown so much that we have several influencers who are all at the top of the field and put out great content. I don’t feel like they hit...
The Good, The Bad, and How You Can Help by Chris Ritchie | Nov 12, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing15 years ago, when I was a teen and really started going out on the rivers alone, it was a different world than it is now. You rarely ever saw a kayak. I don’t think that I had ever seen one on the water at all. Only in stores. Everyone, including myself, used an old...
2019 Shows and Demos by Chris Ritchie | Nov 6, 2019 | FishingNow that the show and demo season has passed for 2019, I feel like it would be a good time to look back at what the results for these show have indicated for our area. First, let me preface this article by informing you of the local waterways in my area. There is...
How to Catch Success in Clear Water by Chris Ritchie | Nov 4, 2019 | Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater FishingCatching fish in clear water is something that, growing up fishing small creeks and rivers, is something I had to learn to do. It seems easy enough in theory, right? I mean, you can see ALL of the fish. All that you have to do is place the cast in the exact place...
My Kayak Motor by Chris Ritchie | May 11, 2019 | Fishing, FitnessToday’s kayaks are much different than they were 5 or 6 years ago. We have went from having to invent ways to mount full sized trolling motors in the past to having multiple options readily available in the consumer market to mount all types of motors from electric or...
The Unplug by Chris Ritchie | Apr 21, 2019 | Fishing, Liska, VideoThis is the reason that I do what I do and also why I do it so much. You cant put a value on being able to remove yourself from the day to day and putting yourself in the middle of something that moves and operates regardless of if you’re there or...
My First Full Season of Guiding by Chris Ritchie | Jan 8, 2019 | FishingI took a rather unconventional approach to this season. I was in a transitional period professionally and was ready to explore what guiding had to offer in a “full time” capacity. I partnered with a friend and we began promoting and coming up with a strategy early in...
Add the Liska to the list! by Chris Ritchie | Jan 1, 2019 | Fishing, LiskaEvery since it’s birth, I have said that the Coosa HD was the ultimate kayak for what I do. It handles incredibly, it paddles well, it’s very stable and it provides a lot of different ways of customization. By all standards, it is a more than competent river fishing...
A springtime hunt for bronze by Chris Ritchie | Nov 26, 2018 | FishingSpring fishing can be fickle, especially in a river or creek. So many variable come into play that decide what kind of day you’re going to have. Both air and water temps are ever changing and bass are transitioning for the spawn. Fish could be in a feeding frenzy or...
Do and Do not: A guide’s 5 most overlooked river tips by Chris Ritchie | Oct 2, 2018 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional#1: DON’T lean into it! There are times when out on the river that you just cant do anything about running into things. Boulders, root wads, downed trees……there are tons of things to run into, especially if you are paying more attention to fishing than you are boat...
The Smallie Heartbreak by Chris Ritchie | Sep 14, 2018 | Fishing, VideoMy friend and I are kayak river fishing guides in southwest Missouri and thought that we would share a little insight as to how we assess an area that could be holding coveted smallmouth....
The Hue of the Ozarks by Chris Ritchie | Jun 7, 2018 | Fishing, Freshwater, rivers, VideoAs a local kayak fishing stream guide, I get to hit the Ozarks streams more than most. This is a glimpse into that. I hope you all...
