Gimme Shelter 8

by jeffbaker | May 29, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater Fishing

This past weekend I fished the 8th annual Gimmie Shelter kayak fishing tournament in shelter cove CA. The events drew 218 anglers from all over the West coast and is the largest kayak fishing event in CA, maybe the whole west coast. I pre fished for 3 days and was...

Wrap Up: 2014 Jamaica Bay Kayak Fishing Classic

by Matthew Trucks | May 28, 2014 | Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Team JK, Tournaments, Wrap Ups

Another J-Bay Kayak Classic in the history books! As always a different story to go with the event. Weather good and bad. Broken gear and decent fishing! As my previous post stated, the weather wasn’t predicted to be fish able Thurs night into early Saturday...

Safe and Comfortable – MTI Adventurewear Dio F-Spec

by clinttaylor | May 27, 2014 | Big Tuna, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Saltwater Fishing

There are a lot of PFD’s out there on the market now and here is a video on some of the features I look for in a...

Winter Diving in Monterey County

by jimrussell | May 25, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater Fishing

Winter time can be a great time for diving off the North coast of California. Big winter storms and swells often knock out the over grown summer kelp and the visibility can be spectacular. If you time your dive right and get out in between storms, you will frequently...

Jacksonville Classic with Action Kayak Adventures

by JK Fans | May 22, 2014 | Big Tuna, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater Fishing

I just got this story from Bart Swab of Action Kayak Adventures. He is one of our fantastic JK fishing guide services. My daughter, wife, and I completed in the Jacksonville Kayak Classic yesterday. It was a blast. My wife was in a Cuda,and my daughter and I rocked...

IFA Kayak Fishing Tour – Empire recap

by Ben Roussel | May 22, 2014 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, JK Team Posts, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Tournaments, Trip Reports

The IFA Kayak Fishing Tour held it’s first Louisiana division tournament of 2014 this past Sunday down in Empire at Delta Marina. 52 kayak anglers signed up to compete in the event and were treated with excellent weather conditions which ultimately meant a lot...

Father Daughter Fishing Day

by jimrussell | May 21, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater Fishing

Hatched a plan with my eight year old daughter Valentina to go out fishing on the kayak together. She was super excited and so was I!! Got her up bright and early and headed down to the beach and paddled out on the Cuda14 into calm seas. Right off the bat she hooked...

IFA Kayak Fishing Tour – Atlantic Division – Charleston, SC

by Darrell Olson | May 18, 2014 | Big Tuna, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater Fishing

The first leg of the Inshore Fishing Association’s (IFA) was in Charleston, SC hosted by the St. John’s Yacht Harbor on John’s Island. Thirty-five kayak anglers from North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, & Florida tested their skills and maybe some luck in the...

Kilroy Spit and Whittle: Video

by Chris Funk | May 18, 2014 | Fishing, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts, Saltwater Fishing, Video

Below is a link to a video about all the reasons the Jackson Kayak Kilroy is becoming one of my favorite...

The Transition

by Alex Tejeda | May 13, 2014 | Big Rig, Cuda, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Saltwater Fishing

Every once in a while I get lucky and the weather and tides come together. Murphy’s law becomes irrelevant because of a planetary enigma that I just haven’t figured it out yet occurred and the fishing is phenomenal. Spring and early summer are my favorite...

Fishing is Heating Up in Southern California

by Justin Arakaki | May 2, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Freshwater, Saltwater Fishing, United States

When many think of Southern California, they see year round sunny days without much seasonal changes. That’s somewhat true, however, we do have variations in weather that do affect water temperatures and fishing conditions. Thus, certain times of year see better...

How To Store Your Fishing Soft Plastics

by clinttaylor | May 1, 2014 | Big Tuna, Fishing, Freshwater, Saltwater Fishing

Being a freshman in college and majoring in engineering and physics has certainly taken its toll on me this year. I have not been able to hit the water but once this entire year, but I have begun to prepare for when I will be able to in the very near future. What this...