The Transition: Wishin’ You Were Fishin’ by joey monteleone | Feb 14, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerThe Transition: Wishin’ You Were Fishin’ That time period between winter and spring, when you’ve got the itch to paddle and pitch: the transition. My kayak looks lonely when it’s just resting in the bed of my truck. Rods are respooled with line, reels are lubricated,...
Cast, Crank, Catch by joey monteleone | Feb 11, 2023 | 2014 Karma UnlimitedCast, Crank, Catch Sounds simple. Cast, crank and catch, this is the theory many crankbait anglers utilize. Unfortunately, this sometimes works but there are many more advanced techniques to cranking up bass and other gamefish. Similarly, there are various...
The 2022 Kayak Fishing Year in Review. by joey monteleone | Jan 21, 2023 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerThe 2022 Kayak Fishing Year in Review. With Debbie in her Jackson BITE FD and me in my Big Rig or the MayFLy we had a great year. I must admit I’m tempted by the Coosa X for 2023. An overview shows we hit various waters for 120 adventures. Rivers, lakes and a few...
WHERE TO GO and WHAT TO THROW Part Two by joey monteleone | Dec 13, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerWHERE TO GO and WHAT TO THROW Part Two Paddling or pedaling on the prowl for fish and we’re burning daylight, where should we head? BETWEEN A DOCK AND A HARD PLACE I watch the tournament bass anglers with multiple electronic screens, accessibility to water and weather...
Kayak Angling WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO THROW Part One by joey monteleone | Nov 29, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerKayak Angling WHERE TO GO AND WHAT TO THROW Part One As winter settles in, dependent on where you live you may be drilling holes in the ice or still using sunscreen. After decades of fishing and deciphering the game of hide and seek with several species of fish we’ve...
Fishing Fundamentals by joey monteleone | Nov 25, 2022 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerFishing Fundamentals Rather than cast blindly, I have learned over the years to apply a few fishing fundamentals in order to catch a few fish almost every time out. Some simple some developed after some long days and observation of what never works and what works...
Cold Water Kayak Catches by joey monteleone | Nov 11, 2022 | Big Rig, Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerCold Water Kayak Catches In geographic locations where air and water temperatures dip below fifty degrees fishing can be a challenge. Along with tough fishing conditions some fishing AND kayaking adjustments may well be necessary. With safety being a major concern,...
SMALLMOUTH, the magnificent, mysterious bass by joey monteleone | Oct 26, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Reports, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerSMALLMOUTH, the magnificent, mysterious bass While largemouth bass get most of the love the smallmouth possesses a wide variety of traits that endear it to many anglers. Across the south and all the way up into Canada many northern anglers show little regard for this...
The Instinct Kayak Angler by joey monteleone | Oct 13, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerThe Instinct Kayak Angler The evolution of electronics has changed the face of fishing. High definition screens, increased pixel counts, wider views and real time images have in some instances replaced the intuitive skills anglers depended on for years. While I’m not...
Top Secret..Traditional Topwater for Bass by joey monteleone | Sep 20, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerTop Secret..Traditional Topwater for Bass Very little is more exciting than watch a big bass burst through the surface to hit a topwater lure. In its’ infancy many artificial lures were surface baits. There was little technology to produce diving baits, much of the...
Show Them the Shad | Kayak Fishing with Artificial Shad by joey monteleone | Sep 9, 2022 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerShow Them the Shad The most successful artificial baits should closely represent real food in the world of the bass. When the conversation turns to what bass bait is most effective you can get a wide variety of opinions. From a nutritional standpoint bass will almost...
The Bass Bite, Defection Connection by joey monteleone | Sep 6, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerThe Bass Bite, Defection Connection Certain situations can create a reaction bite from the family of fish known as the bass. One that gets little attention (except from the fish) is the deflection strike. Through summer and into fall the bass receive a lot of fishing...
