Bass in the Grass | Kayak Fishing by joey monteleone | Jun 23, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerBass in the Grass..and Other Aquatic Vegetation Aquatic greenery is a bass magnet. Depending on your geographic location watery vegetation emerges and greens up in the spring and stays well into the fall. Moss, grasses, cattails, lily pads and more will draw bass (and...
Kayak Care by joey monteleone | Jun 3, 2022 | Bite, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerKayak Care You’ve made a choice and an investment and now you want to take care of your kayak to get years of service and fun from your boat. It may be your plan to keep your kayak for several seasons or maximize your return when you go to sell it. After having...
Catching Crappie From a Kayak by joey monteleone | May 30, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerThe super shallow water crappie bite from spring is gone. Soon the arrival of summer weather will make the water much warmer and scatter the post spawn crappie. Fishermen of all descriptions love the “thump” crappie give and there’s not much better at the table than...
Kayak Considerations – Let’s Go Fishin’ by joey monteleone | May 15, 2022 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerSo, you want to fish from a kayak, there’s several things you can consider to make your adventures safe and successful. Choose the best kayak for your style, experience level and types of water you will frequent. As is often the case you will develop your own style...
Kayak Plan of Attack by joey monteleone | May 8, 2022 | Bite, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerKayak Plan of Attack Eventually intentionally or even accidentally you develop a strategy for your kayak excursions. For us our primary focus is fishing. While we do explore for new places and we paddle / pedal with a purpose. A traditional approach has become a plan...
Spring Smallmouth | Kayak Fishing Tips by joey monteleone | May 3, 2022 | Big Rig Pro, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerSpring Smallmouth Pound for pound nothing in freshwater pulls like a smallmouth bass. At home in cooler water, they thrive in lakes and rivers also. Smallmouth pull like a “late freight” and often explode through the water’s surface when hooked. A quick look at a...
Gears and Guts – Baitcaster Basics by joey monteleone | Apr 20, 2022 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerGears and Guts – Baitcaster Basics Choosing a fishing reel can get personal. Personal preference ranges from comfort, casting but most of all understanding the performance of the reel as opposed to other styles. Any reel provides certain basic services, cast, retrieve...
River Revelations | Kayak Fishing Rivers by joey monteleone | Mar 30, 2022 | Big Rig, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerRiver Revelations | Kayak Fishing Rivers “There’s magic in moving water.” I dedicated an entire chapter in my book I’LL BE TENNESSEAN YA’ to rivers and what they have to offer. For many of us the local creek was our introduction to fishing and other outdoor...
Tube Tips | How to Fish with Tube Baits by joey monteleone | Mar 19, 2022 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerTube Tips You tube? We do! We fished about one hundred days last year, all over our home state of Tennessee, in Missouri and in a few other places. Our kayaks were launched in ponds, creeks, rivers and lakes of all sizes. Fishing our home waters or places new to us we...
The Right Retrieve | Suggested Retreives for Bass Baits by joey monteleone | Mar 15, 2022 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerThe Right Retrieve | Suggested Retreives for Bass Baits One of the biggest fishing frustrations occurs when that one person is catching fish cast after cast and you’re still waiting for that first hit. You peek over and tied to your nemesis’ rod is the bass...
Spare the Rod | Kayak Fishing Rod Set Up by joey monteleone | Mar 10, 2022 | Big Rig, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerSpare the Rod With unlimited offerings how do you figure out which rods to have and which to take with each time you head out to the water? Anglers are bombarded with ads for every type of equipment including fishing rods. Simply stated rods are like golf clubs,...
Confessions of a Jig Junkie | Kayak Bass Fishing Tips by joey monteleone | Feb 25, 2022 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerCast em, flip em, pitch em, they catch bass everywhere. The first ones were made of bear hair, rabbit and fox fur…they’re jigs. Jigs might be viewed as simple nothing could be further from the truth. Variations include but are not limited to, size, weight, color and...
