It’s A Small World | Kayak Fishing Tips

by joey monteleone | Apr 23, 2021 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

It’s A Small World | Kayak Fishing Tips Ever had one of those days when the fish seem to have disappeared? The same baits they were slugging last time they are snubbing this time. You could change locations or……change lures. With most gamefish they are equipped with...

Kayaks I Have Known and Loved | Choosing a Fishing Kayak

by joey monteleone | Apr 15, 2021 | Big Rig HD/FD, Bite, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Kilroy, Mayfly, YuPIK

Kayaks I’ve Known and Loved After six decades of fishing out of every possible water craft I entered the kayak world. Seeking a new challenge and after a little research I test paddled a Jackson Kayaks Big Rig at my local dealer Caney Fork Outdoors and was sold. While...

River Reveal | River Kayak Fishing Tips

by joey monteleone | Apr 7, 2021 | Big Rig, Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, Mayfly

River Reveal Rivers and river system lakes all over offer incredible fishing and kayaking adventures. With the addition of current, unstable water levels and various water colors the puzzle of what baits to pitch at the bass is a tough one to solve. Years of river...

How to Choose a Fishing Kayak

by Sean White | Apr 2, 2021 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner, YuPIK

Things to Consider When Selecting a Fishing Kayak Let’s start at the beginning! How to choose a fishing kayak that is right for you. Start at the beginning, where do you plan on fishing? Open Water, Protected Water, River? The type of water body you will be...

Speed Trap | Fishing Speed Tips

by joey monteleone | Mar 24, 2021 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner

Speed Trap The slogan, “speed kills” has been around for a long time. In sports speed is definitely an asset, in fishing it can be a liability. You see fish chasing schools of bait, adrenaline flowing you cast to the activity and crank your bait back as fast as your...

Keys to Kayak Crappie

by joey monteleone | Mar 19, 2021 | Big Rig, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner

Of all the beloved species of freshwater fish crappies almost always invoke a broad smile and the quick suggestion of a fish fry. Scattered throughout North America, known as specks, Cajun French call them “sac-a lait”, others speckled bass and many more titles. The...

Ten Essential Kayak Fishing Tips

by joey monteleone | Feb 3, 2021 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, Internationalisation, JAdventures Main Banner, United States

Ten Essential Kayak Fishing Tips Getting on the water and catching fish from a kayak seems easy, but we all wish someone had told us a few things before we jumped in some plastic and grabbed a rod. Here are my Top Ten Essential Kayak Fishing Tips.   1. Research...

Cold Front Blues | Kayak Fishing

by Scott Brands | Jan 29, 2021 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner

In one of my previous blogs, I talked about whether or not it was a myth that the moon affect’s bass fishing. In this blog I want to talk about another topic that anglers may deem as either a fact or a myth.A statement you hear a lot of is that a cold-front will shut...

Continuously Improve Your Kayak Fishing

by joey monteleone | Jan 27, 2021 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner

After more than 50 years of fishing I’m still working to get it right. Constantly Continuously Improving my Kayak Bass Fishing Skills. Thousands of fish have taught me lessons but each trip out either teaches me a new lesson or reinforces a previous one. Here a few...

What About Winter? | Kayak Fishing

by joey monteleone | Jan 4, 2021 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, JAdventures Main Banner

What About Winter Kayak Fishing? Winter looks different geographically. In the extreme areas like the frozen north the water is hard (ice) and in Florida a cold front drops the surface water temperatures into the 70’s. Somewhere in between water temperatures may vary...

Crash Course on Crankbaits

by joey monteleone | Dec 18, 2020 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing

Easily the most misunderstood bait in the bass box is the crankbait. By its own nature confusing because of the considerations. Think about the possibilities, there’s; size, shape, square lip, oval lip, lipless, baits with rattles, silent lures and of course the age...

Do Bass Feel Pain?

by Scott Brands | Dec 11, 2020 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing, JAdventures Main Banner

Do Bass feel pain? A topic that arises from time to time in my fishing conversations is that of the ethicality of catch-and-release fishing. I enjoy catching fish of all species, and I will occasionally harvest some fish such as walleye for the dinner table. However,...