No Drill Anchor Mount

by teamjk | Mar 6, 2019 | Coosa FD, Coosa HD, Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional

When I switched from my Coosa HD to my Coosa FD it was like moving into a familiar upgraded home. There was a few challenges though. One of them was the mounting of my anchoring system. I use an Kayak Anchor kit Wizard with a claw anchor. On the Coosa HD I ran it off...

Way down yonder…

by Jon Hummel | Jan 21, 2019 | Coosa HD, Fishing

Welcome to bass fishing in Georgia. We’ve got all the big hitters – Northern and F1 strain largemouth, smallmouth, Kentucky and Alabama spots. We’ve also got the bass we brag on down here – the Shoal bass. But we’re so much more than that –...

Creeks & Geeks

by Johnathan Alijets | Jan 16, 2019 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Video

Accessibility is one of the many advantages of kayak fishing. There are miles and miles of fishable creeks around the Austin area, most are not available to boaters or even bank fisherman. Check out the video to see some adventures had while floating down Onion Creek...

Chipola River: In Search of Shoal Bass

by Jean Wilson | Jan 13, 2019 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Kilroy

Last fall I had the golden opportunity to take an amazing kayak fishing float down a section of the beautiful Chipola River in Northwest Florida. It is incredibly scenic, biologically diverse and fed by 63 springs. I had been dying to kayak fish it since my first...

Kayak Angling Confidence: Confessions of a Scaredy-Cat Kid

by Jean Wilson | Dec 15, 2018 | Coosa HD, Fishing

I meet folks at the ramp when I’m launching or returning from a fishing trip in my Coosa HD and they often remark that they would be nervous to kayak fish and to go out adventuring on the water alone. “Aren’t you afraid of alligators?”, “Do you get scared being alone...

Budget Sound “Proofing” the JKrate Low

by Jon Hummel | Dec 7, 2018 | Accessories, Coosa HD, Fishing, JK-Rate (J Krate)

If you’re like me you carry a lot of 3600 boxes when you go kayak fishing. I’ve typically got 6-8 with me on any given trip, filled with crankbaits and jigs, jerkbaits and worm hooks, topwater … you get the idea. That’s one of the reasons I love...

No Drill Fish Finder FD Install

by teamjk | Dec 2, 2018 | Coosa FD, Coosa HD, Fishing

Does putting holes directly into a plastic boat that you plan on sitting on in the middle of a lake, especially a great lake, terrify anyone else? It terrifies me and is one of the reasons I don’t do very many modifications to my kayaks. However, sometimes it is...

End to the 2018 Season in Michigan

by teamjk | Nov 20, 2018 | Coosa HD, Event Coverage, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments

End to the 2018 season in Michigan Cold weather and snow has started to fall here in the great lakes region to end what I would call one of my hardest fishing years here in Michigan. To recap on my season highlights and some of the events that’d can be swept under the...

Flyfishing for Pike in Denmark and Sweden with a Coosa HD & LISKA

by simonmuller | Nov 18, 2018 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fly Fishing, Internationalisation, Liska, Sweden

Mid October, me and my brother put our kayaks on the car roof and started our trip to Denmark to the famous pike-lake “Stege Nor”. We stayed some days in Denmark and tried to get some pike on our flies. We got some nice ones up to 98 cm and we had a great...

Rookie Recap 2018

by teamjk | Nov 8, 2018 | Coosa FD, Coosa HD, Event Coverage, Fishing, River Bassin Tournament, Tournaments

With the coming of fall, my tournament season is finished, and I have to mentally deal with the waiting period between tournament season and when the steelhead start running to occupy my fishing needs. Finishing my rookie season as a member of the Jackson Kayak...

VIDEO: Kayak Fishing for Ozark Smallmouth, Hooked on Wild Waters S4 E6

by Drew Gregory | Nov 6, 2018 | Coosa, Coosa HD, Drew Gregory, Fishing, Fishing Reports, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Hooked on Wild Waters, Internationalisation, United States

I had the chance to team up with FLW Fishing’s national youth director, Scott Ellison, on a wild Ozarks adventure! We brought our Coosa HD’s to tackle some challenging water, and catch some hard fighting smallmouth bass. I also had a chance to talk to Ryan...

Alligator Bellows: Side-Trip Down A Rabbit Hole

by Jean Wilson | Nov 5, 2018 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Kraken

Spending lots of time on the water kayak fishing lends itself to endless opportunities to observe and witness phenomena using all of the senses. As the seasons go by there is an unfolding of the life cycles of the fish I’m pursuing, along with the plants, insects and...