Pre-Father’s Day Fun and a Personal Best!

by jimrussell | Jul 4, 2014 | Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater Fishing

Dave 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...

Exploring paid off!

by jimrussell | Jun 16, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater Fishing

Wife gave me the green light to go dive with my buddy Brent on Sunday AM as long as I was home by 2pm to spend the afternoon with my daughters. Brent had some stuff come up with his wife’s family so he couldn’t make it, but I still paddled out at first...

Cruising to a state record

by Ben Roussel | Jun 12, 2014 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fly Fishing, Freshwater, Internationalisation

Some of y’all may remember that choupique(bowfin) I caught on the fly back in April? This one: Well I just got word on May 25th that it is officially the new state record bowfin taken with a fly rod. Weighing in at a whopping 4.07 lbs. How could that little guy...

Simply… Cruise!

by Bridgett Valet | May 15, 2014 | Fishing, Freshwater, United States

I’m a simple girl with simple tastes. I want a clean, open, deck and a boat that’s stable and maneuverable. I spend a lot of time on smaller river systems hunting bass and not as much time on windswept flats or lakes. Ready for a second boat and having logged scads of...

Blasting Blues

by jimrussell | Apr 29, 2014 | Fishing, Saltwater Fishing, Video

Ocean was super flat so my buddy Joe and I took advantage to go hunt and explore in shallower in an area where usually it is too rough and surgy… I didn’t find any monsters, but the Blue Rockfish were thick and chunky so I helped myself. One of the Blues was a...

Jackson Cruise on Merced River

by JK Team | Jan 6, 2013 | Uncategorized

First impressions of the Cruise is its a perfect first fishing kayak. We used it for fly fishing and loved the simple deck layout. We put two ram rod holders on the back and away we went. The kayak does it all well. It tracks well on the flats, and turns decent when...

Chris Funk Reviews the Cruise

by JK Team | Dec 18, 2012 | Fishing, Recreational/Touring, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing

I had the awesome opportunity to spend a week in the Florida Keys with some of Jackson Kayaks newest products. There was a couple hard driving, serious fishing models and then there was the Cruise. I wasn’t sure what to make of it truthfully. It had a nice look, clean...