Karma RG at Work and Play by Cate Hawthorne | Aug 8, 2014 | Karma RG, Karma Rock Garden, Recreational/Touring, WhitewaterSummer seems to be the busiest time of the year for those of us in the kayak business. Jeff and I are teaching and guiding 6 days a week. We have been using our Jackson Kayak Karma RG’s to guide Liquid Fusion Kayaking’s Whitewater of the Sea Adventures...
Epic Marlin Fight by Jim Sammons | Aug 7, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingIn a clip from “Jackson Kayak’s Kayak Fishing Show” Jim Sammons fights a striped marlin from his Cuda 14 in the Sea of...
Handling your fishing kayak in the surf zone by Jim Sammons | Aug 1, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Instructional, Saltwater FishingI spend a lot of time in my kayak fishing areas where you need to head out through the surf to get to the fishing grounds. So I have become pretty proficient at handling my kayak in the surf zone. I recently hooked up with the guys from Kayak Fish magazine to shoot...
Kayak Fishing on the Islander by Jim Sammons | Jul 24, 2014 | Big Tuna, Cuda, Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingIn this segment from Jackson Kayak’s Kayak Fishing Show, we are aboard the islander with Jim Sammons, Drew Gregory and Jameson...
BigJim’s 2014 Summer Vacation by jimrussell | Jul 12, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingTook a week off work to spend time with my parents who were visiting from New Orleans. Did a little bit of everything: shorediving looking for halibut, kayak diving off the Cruise12 for Cabezon, fishing with my Dad off a sailboat for Lingcod, fishing with my Dad and...
Pre-Father’s Day Fun and a Personal Best! by jimrussell | Jul 4, 2014 | Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingDave Grigsby from Kayak Connection called me on Friday and said my new all black Jackson Kayak Cruise12 had just arrived in his Moss Landing shop! Ran down after work and picked up the sleek sexy stealth yak, got her home and set up my FishFinder and went to bed early...
Weather Window Fun by Cameron Cardoza | Jul 3, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, United StatesWell the wind has been blowing for weeks here on the northern California coast since the season opened on June 1st. There has only been one or two days that have been fish-able in that time, but on Sunday night, the 22nd, NOAA was predicting a very small window in the...
Missed Shots and a Hail Mary by jimrussell | Jun 25, 2014 | Fishing, Saltwater FishingTook my young buddy Jesse out diving yesterday! Great guy and he really needed some water therapy, so I decided to do my best to get him on a solid fish. Found a NICE lingcod for him down in a crack at 36 feet. Had him drop down while I lit it up with the dive...
Annual Mendocino Family Camping Trip by jimrussell | Jun 9, 2014 | Fishing, Saltwater FishingHeaded up to Schooner’s Landing RV Park and Campground on the Albion River for our annual family camping trip. Had 4 families (19 people total) this year and I was in charge of providing a fish dinner for all on Saturday so had my “work” cut out for...
Winter Diving in Monterey County by jimrussell | May 25, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater FishingWinter time can be a great time for diving off the North coast of California. Big winter storms and swells often knock out the over grown summer kelp and the visibility can be spectacular. If you time your dive right and get out in between storms, you will frequently...
Father Daughter Fishing Day by jimrussell | May 21, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingHatched a plan with my eight year old daughter Valentina to go out fishing on the kayak together. She was super excited and so was I!! Got her up bright and early and headed down to the beach and paddled out on the Cuda14 into calm seas. Right off the bat she hooked...
Fishing is Heating Up in Southern California by Justin Arakaki | May 2, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Freshwater, Saltwater Fishing, United StatesWhen many think of Southern California, they see year round sunny days without much seasonal changes. That’s somewhat true, however, we do have variations in weather that do affect water temperatures and fishing conditions. Thus, certain times of year see better...
