STRIKE by joey monteleone | Apr 4, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Lure reviews, RiggingIn baseball for the pitcher it’s good, for the batter not so much. If it comes after oil or gold it’s great. If it happens at your job, or comes with lightning not good. In bowling it’s preferred. If you haven’t guessed yet, it’s a strike. AKA (also known as) strikes...
Kayak Bass Fishing Beginner? Hand em’ a Spinner. by joey monteleone | Mar 9, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Lure reviews, RiggingWhen faced with the problem of taking someone fishing that was new to the sport of bass fishing I tried to decide what would be the best bait to position them for success. Whether I was just taking a casual trip or guiding it seemed to be the easiest way to guarantee...
Pro Tip: Kayak Cart Positioning by Eric Atkins | Mar 8, 2017 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Instructional, Rigging, VideoRemember in elementary school when a much larger kid got on the opposite side of the teeter totter? Some of us got a literal “crash” course in physics when that happened. Your kayak cart is a simple machine and it becomes a fulcrum when you place your...
Advanced Topwater Tips by joey monteleone | Feb 28, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Instructional, Internationalisation, Lure reviews, Rigging, United StatesThe tap-tap signal of a bite on a plastic worm, the dead stop to a crankbait hit, the slam of a fast moving spinnerbait, yep each one holds a special place in the heart of fishermen regardless of the region or water craft they drift in. But if you want to see...
Spring….Battling Rain, Wind and Bass by joey monteleone | Feb 24, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Lure reviews, RiggingSpring…Battling Wind, Rain and Bass The 2017 calendar reads March 20th, the March equinox and spring officially begins. Prepare to push off the kayak into the wind, rain and more. Weather or Not – Rare are the days when the weather in the early months of the...
The Old Days and the New Ways by joey monteleone | Feb 12, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Internationalisation, Lure reviews, Rigging, United StatesMany years ago it was normal to idolize the local phenomenal fisherman. You know that guy that always caught his limit, hung out at the boat dock with a stringer of fish and never failed to catch his limit. His every word was the “gospel” to aspiring anglers. Being...
Rigging Wacky Options by Jay Randall | Jan 28, 2017 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Lure reviews, RiggingWhat I am about to tell you is probably one of the most effective ways to catch bass for most of the fishing season. It’s called the “Wacky Rig”. This is by far one the best ways to put bass in the kayak under any conditions. The wacky rig is used in many applications...
My First Musky Hunt by Eric Atkins | Jan 20, 2017 | Cuda HD, Fishing, Lure reviews, Rigging(rigging our kayaks at the launch) My first musky fishing trip resulted in my fellow unnamed anglers and I catching no musky. Apparently, that is just something you have to get used to when you go musky fishing in creeks and rivers. This day, the four of us hit a...
Top 5 Smallmouth Lures of 2016 by Blace Hutchens | Jan 18, 2017 | Coosa, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Lure reviews, RiggingMy Top Smallmouth Lures of 2016 We as anglers enjoy the mental aspect of fishing, almost as much as the physical thrill of a jarring hookset. Placing together the pieces of a puzzle in order to have a successful day on the water can be very rewarding. All of us have...
Crankbait Confusion by joey monteleone | Jan 11, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Internationalisation, Rigging, United StatesPeek in the box of any bass kayak angler and it’s a sure bet that there will be a multitude of colors, size and lip shapes (or no lip) of traditional crankbaits and few other that could fall into that category. For the stand up or sit in kayaker you can cast and...
Mounting a Power-Pole Micro anchor on the Cuda 14 by Ben Roussel | Sep 25, 2014 | Cuda, Featured Post, Instructional, Internationalisation, Rigging, Team JK, VideoSome of you may remember I got a new toy for the Cuda awhile back, the Power-Pole Micro anchoring system: I’d love to give a review on it, but unfortunately it has been sitting in that box in my garage, unused, for several months. I haven’t gotten a...
Tricking out the Big Tuna by Drew Camp | Aug 24, 2014 | Big Tuna, Fishing, Freshwater, Rigging, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, United StatesThe Big Tuna is a great rig that is ready to fish straight from the factory, but in the last year I have slowly modified mine into the ultimate fishing machine. While I do use the Big Tuna in a tandem configuration, I mainly use it as a solo paddle for its stability,...
