2014 NEKF Striper Shootout by Gregg Crisp | Sep 7, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, JK Team Posts, Saltwater Fishing, United StatesA couple of weekends ago I fished the NEKF Striper Shootout X with my son Ryley. At 13 this is the third year in a row he has fished the tournament with me and we were looking forward to yet another fun filled weekend out on the water as well as hanging around the...
Back in the Saddle by Gregg Crisp | Sep 3, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, JK Team Posts, Saltwater Fishing, United StatesIt was a long off season for me. In October I purchased a house and coupled with the cold winter that was hanging around in the Northeast that meant it had been 7 months since I had been fishing from my kayak. Back in April I had taken delivery of my new Cuda and as...
Exploring the Connecticut River; Miles 132-124 by Gregg Crisp | Aug 13, 2014 | Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts, United StatesWhen I moved to New Hampshire over 6 years ago I was excited about the fact that I was less than an hour away from the longest river in New England. At 410 miles long the Connecticut River winds its way from its headwaters near the Canadian border creating the border...
???? Batteries and Electronics ???? by Gregg Crisp | Jan 7, 2014 | Fishing, Fishing Reports, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingSo you have a kayak and you like to fish, and now you’ve decided to install a fish finder. So after picking out that cool new unit you’ve been wanting, you realize that you need to get a battery and you’re wondering what size and type to purchase. Maybe you have a...
CT River 10-21-12 by Gregg Crisp | Oct 27, 2012 | Coosa, Cuda, FishingSo for the past 4 years I have been living in NH and have only fished the CT River once and that was on a company outing that I snuck a fishing rod on. That day I only got in 4 casts but got a nice small mouth bass. Every year I say I am going to head out there but I...
Camping on Lake George by Gregg Crisp | Sep 26, 2012 | Big Tuna, Cuda, Freshwater Fishing, Internationalisation, United States“Lake George is without comparison, the most beautiful water I ever saw; formed by a contour of mountains into a basin thirty-five miles long and from two to four miles broad, finely interspersed with islands, its water limpid as crystal and the mountainsides...
2012 Help Hook the Cure Derby by Gregg Crisp | Sep 18, 2012 | Big Tuna, Cuda, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, TournamentsOn Saturday August 25th I fished the 8th Annual Help Hook the Cure Derby presented by the Winthrop Elks. Last year I fished this derby with my older son Ryley and he caught his first ever striper and won the Youth Division. So this year I decided to take both of my...
Barnstable Harbor 8-4-2012 by Gregg Crisp | Aug 7, 2012 | Big TunaMet up with my friend Val Saturday morning down on Cape Cod, to fish Barnstable Harbor for some schoolies. I had a friend from work along with me that had never sat in a kayak before or had fished for stripers. Luckily Scott is a seasoned steelhead angler from the...
Floundering in Gloucester by Gregg Crisp | Jun 10, 2012 | Coosa, Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater FishingOn Sunday I took my son Braden “Sharkbait” out for flounder during the NEKF annual Flounder Fest get together. He had to get up at 3:15 so we could launch before 6:30, but popped right out of bed ready to go. We launched into wet but calm conditions into...
First Trip in the Coosa by Gregg Crisp | Mar 28, 2012 | Coosa, FishingThe weather in the Northeast has been unseasonably warm this past week, with temperatures in the 70s and even breaking into the 80s. On Friday afternoon I got out of work a few hours early and took my new Jackson Kayak “Coosa” out to a local pond for its maiden...
Spring Training by Gregg Crisp | Mar 14, 2012 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater FishingSpring Training Due to a commitment at work, I missed out on the incredible Chokoloskee Boondoggle trip to the 10,000 Islands area of South Florida. Well, this past week work paid me back. I got a chance to go to Florida to work for a few days, and had the...