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The Greenbrier

The Greenbrier is 173 miles of pristine, crystal clear river. It is one of the longest free flowing rivers in the world that is not dammed. I believe the name comes from the beautiful green hue the water seems to retain in the deeper pools or maybe it is named for...

Binge Watch Hooked on Wild Waters Season 3 Right Here on JK.com!

If you haven’t seen any of the new episodes of Hooked on Wild Waters, this is your lucky day! Below are the first 4 episodes of Season 3, which focuses on river bassin’! You’ll see Drew take on the mighty Coosa River, for which the Jackson Kayak...

Strip Mine Fishing in IL

One of my favorite fishing spots in IL are the old strip mines in Southern IL. There are several State wildlife managed areas throughout the Southern half of IL. One of my favorite is the River King Peabody location in New Athens, IL. (I also caught my PB Largemouth...

A Two Ten Pound Bass Week. New Moon Giants

There was much chatter and speculation leading up to the 2017 solar eclipse about how this event might affect fishing. My thoughts were that the activity would be high, not due to the eclipse but rather that the event happened to occur during the high solunar activity...

Shoal Bass Genetics Paddle

The Shoal bass is a species of black bass native to the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) River Basin. Over the years, the rivers in this basin have been impounded to provide hydroelectric power for local communitites. To encourage sport fishing, Spotted bass...

Chasing the Georgia Bass Slam

Everyone that bass fishes is familiar with the big three – largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass – but here in Georgia, we actually have ten recognized species of black bass. Besides the shoal bass, many of the lesser-known species either aren’t recognized by...