River Scouting – Online by ericboyd | Oct 12, 2017 | Fishing, Freshwater, Instructional, Internationalisation, United StatesWhen not fishing, I enjoy scouring Google Maps, Google Earth, Bing, and other sites in order to find out of the way areas to scout and hopefully find productive water. When looking at a river on any online mapping program, I look for key features within the...
LA1 Slamboree 2017 by Eli Braud | Oct 9, 2017 | Cruise Angler 12, Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, TournamentsIt’s an annual tradition for the two of us; Karl and I. Almost since the two of us started kayak fishing, we’ve been taking part in the annual Lafayette Kayak Fishing Club tournament, the LA1 Slamboree. The tournament is named for the corridor of LA...
Coosa FD First Impressions by Eric Atkins | Oct 6, 2017 | Coosa FD, Fishing, ReviewsA few months ago, a few Jackson Kayak Fishing Team members got to take test drives of pre-production models of the Coosa Flex Drive (FD) pedal kayak. During that outing I realized that the wait has been well worth it! Features like instant reverse, instant retraction...
K.I.S.S by ericboyd | Sep 27, 2017 | Events, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fishing Tournament, Internationalisation, Rigging, United StatesIt is easy to overthink tournament day. It is just as easy to transform a kayak into a floating tackle box to make room for my overthought. I’ve been there on multiple occasions. I never know if there will be a frog bite in January. Heck, I might even have to...
Family Boat by ericboyd | Sep 25, 2017 | Family Zone, Fishing, Kilroy DT, riversI received my Kilroy DT from the factory just in time for an August family vacation. The plan was to drive to Emerald Isle, NC with intentions of catching a variety of inshore species. What I was most excited for, however, was to get my 3 year old, Grayson in the...
Gear Tie Down Tip by Eric Atkins | Sep 14, 2017 | Fishing, InstructionalHere is a quick and inexpensive tip to keeping your rods and paddles sorted during your fishing trips. I use Nite-ize Gear Ties to keep my rods separated from other fishing rods. These rubber-coated wires are easy to twist and tie around the rods, paddle shafts, and...
Heroes on the Water North Alabama by Eric Atkins | Aug 2, 2017 | Coosa HD, Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, TournamentsHere in Alabama we have a new Heroes of the Water (HOW) chapter known as HOW North Alabama. Their first kayak fishing event was held a couple of months ago on Lake Guntersville and it was an overwhelming success. We had dozens of volunteers, a few...
Exploring City Limits by ericboyd | Jun 30, 2017 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United StatesI enjoy exploring. Every now and then I find somewhere close to home that I never realized was there. Last week was such an experience. A new park has been established within the city limits of a local town. There is a small river that flows through the edge of town...
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...
Macho Move- Whitewater Kayaking GoPro Instructional Series with EJ and Jackson Kayak by teamjk | Mar 7, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Instructional, Playboating, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines
Video: Smalltown Smallmouth by Eric Atkins | Feb 15, 2017 | Coosa HD, Fishing, VideoFellow JK teammate Evan Howard, Dobyns Rods Pro Corey Galloway, and I hit the road in May of 2016 to fish for big smallmouth with big swimbaits and small flies. The fishing has been better at this location, but we all three ended up sticking solid smallmouth on the...
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...
