Top Secret..Traditional Topwater for Bass by joey monteleone | Sep 20, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerTop Secret..Traditional Topwater for Bass Very little is more exciting than watch a big bass burst through the surface to hit a topwater lure. In its’ infancy many artificial lures were surface baits. There was little technology to produce diving baits, much of the...
How to plug and tuck waterfalls by Boyd Ruppelt | Sep 18, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW Disciplines, ZenOccasionally in whitewater we are blessed to have vertical ledges that are taller than the length of our kayaks, and for many of us, these waterfalls offer the pinnacle of the kayaking experience in freefall, flow, and technical difficulty. Kayaking waterfalls is one...
How to Control Your Freefall – Waterfall Technique part 2 by Boyd Ruppelt | Sep 17, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Video, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenOccasionally in whitewater we are blessed to have vertical ledges that are taller than the length of our kayaks, and for many of us, these waterfalls offer the pinnacle of the kayaking experience in freefall, flow, and technical difficulty. Kayaking waterfalls is one...
An Introduction to Waterfalls by Boyd Ruppelt | Sep 16, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, River Running, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, Whitewater Instruction, WW Disciplines, ZenOccasionally in whitewater we are blessed to have vertical ledges that are taller than the length of our kayaks, and for many of us, these waterfalls offer the pinnacle of the kayaking experience in freefall, flow, and technical difficulty. Kayaking waterfalls is one...
Gnarvana Initial Intermediate Paddler’s Perspective | Review by wildwildwes | Sep 13, 2022 | Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesI joined James Burleson and Trin McAlister for a 1,000 CFS Nolichucky Gorge run this past weekend. James brought his brand new Medium Gnarvana to paddle for his first time on this river run. We ran every slot move and boof we could find down the run to see how the new...
Show Them the Shad | Kayak Fishing with Artificial Shad by joey monteleone | Sep 9, 2022 | Big Rig HD/FD, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerShow Them the Shad The most successful artificial baits should closely represent real food in the world of the bass. When the conversation turns to what bass bait is most effective you can get a wide variety of opinions. From a nutritional standpoint bass will almost...
Ten Years of Maine Whitewater Championship by Alex Horne | Sep 7, 2022 | Antix, Creeking, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Nirvana, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThis summer the Maine Whitewater Championship (MWWC) celebrated its tenth year of racing the waters of the Kennebec and Penobscot Rivers. Over the past ten years, these races have become a staple of the whitewater season for paddlers in New England, and have continued...
The Bass Bite, Defection Connection by joey monteleone | Sep 6, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerThe Bass Bite, Defection Connection Certain situations can create a reaction bite from the family of fish known as the bass. One that gets little attention (except from the fish) is the deflection strike. Through summer and into fall the bass receive a lot of fishing...
Kayak Fishing in Western Canada by JK Team | Aug 30, 2022 | Canada, Dealer News, Event Coverage, Events, Fishing Feature, Fishing Reports, Internationalisation, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerKayak Fishing in Western Canada Written By : Trevor Thomson 2022 Eastslope Kayak Fishing Classic Well, that’s a wrap already, another year on the WCKFT has come and pretty well gone! Man, summer seems to sure fly by when it’s filled with kayak fishing tournaments,...
Summer Recap Pt. 1: Charles City Challenge by Hannah Ray | Aug 26, 2022 | Event Coverage, Events, Featured Post, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, Playboating, Rockstar, Whitewater, Whitewater Feature, WW DisciplinesThe Charles City Challenge event celebrated it’s 10th Anniversary this year. Charles City, Iowa hosted over 60 paddlers and surfers for this three-day event. The weather turned out gorgeous for the festivities. The Cedar River was running at a low-medium flow,...
Soft Plastic Kayak Fishing | Fishing the Fantastic Plastic by joey monteleone | Aug 25, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerSoft Plastic Kayak Fishing | Fishing the Fantastic Plastic Soft plastic baits arrived on the fishing scene over seventy years ago and still catch an abundance of fish of almost every species. While the material, manufacturing process and looks have changed the results...
How to Repair a Hollow Body Top Water Frog by Darrell Olson | Aug 22, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main BannerI have never used those top water frogs, so I decided to leave my other rigs and lures at the cabin. I decided that if I’m going to learn how to use a frog and catch some bass using this lure the temptation of using my other setups needed to stay behind. My normal...
