It’s Alright to Go Ultralight

by joey monteleone | May 13, 2021 | Bite, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

It’s Alright to Go Ultralight In a world that espouses to the BIGGER is better mentality, where we are offered to upsize, get the giant, family size, mega version you might want to consider downsizing. Decades of fishing have brought me to the conclusion that the...

The Impact of Nest Fishing for Smallmouth Bass

by Bill Schultz | May 10, 2021 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Instructional

The Impact of Fishing for Nesting Smallmouth Bass By Bill Schultz Within the smallmouth bass and largemouth bass fishing communities, there’s an ongoing discussion as to whether a person should or shouldn’t fish for bass while they’re guarding a nest. When I returned...

How to Lean Boof (Ear Dip)

by Boyd Ruppelt | Apr 29, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, Zen

Photo Courtesy of: Margareta Mudrikova If you know how to boof but really want to learn to water boof, lean boof, and work toward those steezy ear dips, this video is for you. A lot of people have the misconception that an ear dip is just a roll above a drop or a...

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...

Improve Your Flat Water Loop: Five Tips and Tricks

by Emily Wade | Apr 14, 2021 | Featured Post, Instructional, Intermediate Moves, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Improve Your Flat Water Loop: Five Tips and Tricks The flat water loop is one of my favorite freestyle kayak tricks. You can do it anywhere, it is a sick trick to impress your friends, and it is also super fun! Even better, it’s good for you: working on your tricks in...

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...

Kayaking Dynamic Lower Body Stretches

by crystalgustin | Mar 12, 2021 | Featured Post, Fitness, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction

Let’s be real, most kayakers don’t stretch before they hit the river. Is this wise? As a PE teacher who instructs my athletes to do a dynamic stretch and a static stretch, I prefer to lead by example and at least do something before I get into my kayak. Why is...

Favorite Winter Kayaking Gear

by Jessica Yurtinus | Mar 10, 2021 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines

Let’s face it, kayaking doesn’t just happen in the warm summer months. Here on the west coast we are very dependent on snow melt and winter storms for our water supply, and some of my best days on the water have been in the middle of February when ice...