Handling your fishing kayak in the surf zone by Jim Sammons | Aug 1, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Instructional, Saltwater FishingI spend a lot of time in my kayak fishing areas where you need to head out through the surf to get to the fishing grounds. So I have become pretty proficient at handling my kayak in the surf zone. I recently hooked up with the guys from Kayak Fish magazine to shoot...
Personal Best Speared Fish by jimrussell | Jul 30, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater FishingMy good buddy Dave took me to go hunt for halibut at a new area for the first time and it was absolutely beautiful!! After an hour or so of diving Dave shoots a halibut and I am starting to get nervous because I have just seen sand, and bait, and sand, and crabs, and...
Kayak Fishing on the Islander by Jim Sammons | Jul 24, 2014 | Big Tuna, Cuda, Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingIn this segment from Jackson Kayak’s Kayak Fishing Show, we are aboard the islander with Jim Sammons, Drew Gregory and Jameson...
LSU take College Kayak Fishing title…again! by Drew Gregory | Jul 21, 2014 | Big Rig, Big Tuna, Cuda, Events, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, TournamentsWhen Brooks Beatty, Jameson Redding and I started College Kayak Fishing a couple years ago we thought it would be a great thing to do for the college students and for the sport of kayak fishing as a whole. We weren’t sure if it would “stick” or if...
Installing the Micro-Anchor on a Jackson Big Rig with a Rudder by Darrell Olson | Jul 13, 2014 | Big Rig, Fishing, Freshwater, Instructional, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingHow to install a Power Pole Micro-Anchor on a Jackson Big Rig with a rudder system using the YakAttack Power Pole Micro Adapter Kit. Also components that I used to install the Micro-Anchor is the Big Rig Battery Tray and the Big Rig Power Pole Mounting Kit....
BigJim’s 2014 Summer Vacation by jimrussell | Jul 12, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingTook a week off work to spend time with my parents who were visiting from New Orleans. Did a little bit of everything: shorediving looking for halibut, kayak diving off the Cruise12 for Cabezon, fishing with my Dad off a sailboat for Lingcod, fishing with my Dad and...
Perseverance by Alex Tejeda | Jul 10, 2014 | Big Rig, Cuda, Fishing, Fly Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingWith the recent weather windows and a clear schedule I have had the opportunity to jump on the Big Rig and fish hard for the ever elusive big three. For those of you that don’t know what the “Three Kings” are I will fill you in. Some call it the...
Pre-Father’s Day Fun and a Personal Best! by jimrussell | Jul 4, 2014 | Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingDave Grigsby from Kayak Connection called me on Friday and said my new all black Jackson Kayak Cruise12 had just arrived in his Moss Landing shop! Ran down after work and picked up the sleek sexy stealth yak, got her home and set up my FishFinder and went to bed early...
Weather Window Fun by Cameron Cardoza | Jul 3, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, United StatesWell the wind has been blowing for weeks here on the northern California coast since the season opened on June 1st. There has only been one or two days that have been fish-able in that time, but on Sunday night, the 22nd, NOAA was predicting a very small window in the...
Big Rig “Complaint” by Chris Funk | Jul 2, 2014 | Big Rig, Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingI have had a Jackson Big Rig for almost a year now. I have fished it in saltwater, on large lakes and in rivers with rapids. I have bow fished, fly fished and done just about anything that can be done with conventional gear out of it. I have yet to find a job that the...
JK helps build Heroes on the Water chapter by Esteban Gutierrez | Jun 30, 2014 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater Fishing, United StatesDuring the past few months I have been focusing mainly in establishing the Southwest Florida Heroes on the Water chapter. It all started back in early 2013 when I had the opportunity to sit down with Heroes on the Water founder, Jim Dolan, and pick his brain. At the...
A true Trout Challenge by Ben Roussel | Jun 28, 2014 | Cuda, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Saltwater, Saltwater FishingIn years past the Trout Challenge was a tournament I didn’t attend. Not because I didn’t want to, but typically by the time it rolled around I was out of contention for the BCKFC tournament series and it didn’t make any sense, being a redfish guy,...
