One For the Money

by joey monteleone | Sep 3, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Internationalisation, Lure reviews, Reviews, United States

nvariably the question is eventually asked, “If you could only have one lure to catch bass what would it be?” Given the artificial lure avalanche created when I dump out a tackle box and the spectrum of lures available to today’s bass angler it seems like a crazy...

Total Totality Report:

by tylerbradt | Sep 3, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

In the United States of America, on August 21st, 2017 the moon went in front of the sun. For so many this indescribable cosmic experience put into perspective our small place in the universe as night time fell, in the middle of the day, and the perfect sphere of the...

Corner Wave Classic

by nicktroutman | Sep 2, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, rivers, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

This past weekend we held the 2nd annual Corner Wave Classic on the Ottawa River. It was an awesome evening with great river levels, sunsets, a little rain, hot coffee, a warm fire and a whole bunch of friends. We used more of a grassroots scouring system with 1 large...

*Video* Sight Fishing Grass Carp from the JK Mayfly

by Drew Ross | Sep 1, 2017 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fly Fishing, Mayfly, Media, Video

The weather hasn’t been cooperative here lately. Lots of rain and windy days have made sight fishing difficult, if not impossible. But last week the weather got awesome for a few days and the fishing was on fire. The rain and cloudy days cooled the water on the...

2017 Green River Takeover- Event Recap

by katiejackson | Sep 1, 2017 | Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

Amazing, spectacular, phenomenal, extraordinary, preeminent, astounding, … How could you pick just one adjective to describe this event? In the past, something has always come up the same weekend as the take over. This year, schedules aligned, and I had the honor of...

Snakeheads on Pohick Bay

by Herschel Finch | Aug 31, 2017 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

Got an opportunity to get out with the VP of the George Washington Chapter of Heroes on the Water, and now good friend Jeff Singleton, on some water he knows well: Pohick Bay. Pohick is one the large estuaries that feed the Potomac River below Washington DC. These...

Pigeon River Play Hole in an Artistic Light (Video).

by sethchapelle | Aug 31, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Media, Playboating, rivers, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

A few weeks ago my good friend Matt Sloan (Urban Forest Media) and I took a trip to the southeast to do some paddling. Matt is a talented videographer/editor and he had recently purchased a new camera that shoots really quality footage and super smooth slow mo. I was...

Strip Mine Fishing in IL

by teamjk | Aug 29, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing

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...

Trust – the Essential Ingredient for the Inner City Kids Kayaking Camp

by Jessie Stone | Aug 28, 2017 | Family Zone, Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater

Trust is something that we often take for granted without even knowing it. I look at many things in my life and think about how many would not occur without trust both by me and with the people I am working/interacting with. The inner city kids kayaking camp is a...

A Two Ten Pound Bass Week. New Moon Giants

by Jean Wilson | Aug 28, 2017 | Coosa HD, Fishing

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...

A visit to The JK Factory

by Christopher Audet | Aug 27, 2017 | Internationalisation, Karma RG, karma traverse, Recreational/Touring, Whitewater

A visit to the Jackson Kayak Factory. A few months ago Exploration Team-mate Justin Varney andI left the frozen playground that is Maine in February and lit out for the warm embrace of the South East. Tennessee, to be exact. Our plan was to visit and tour the Jackson...

Bully’s Bluegill Spider

by Darrell Olson | Aug 26, 2017 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Fly Fishing, Instructional, Mayfly, Video

Fishing from the Jackson Mayfly is not a challenge but an adventure. Some days I just take the Mayfly out for just a standard fishing trip with a spinning rod or a bait caster for either a saltwater species or a freshwater species. When I decide the adventure will be...