Road to Worlds With Team Jackson

by Emily Jackson | May 4, 2019 | Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, Rockstar 4.0, United States, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Name: Emily Jackson What country are you competing for? US OF A Favorite place to train? Wherever there’s good water… Changes with the weather, groups of people and mood. Love Uganda, Argentina, and Colorado. How many World Championships have you competed in before?...

JKrate/KKrate Lid Mod

by Robert Brown | May 4, 2019 | Accessories, Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, JK-Rate (J Krate)

I love my KKrate.  For those who may be new to the game, the KKrate is a version of the JKrate that was a standard accessory on the Kraken when it was first released.  The reason I love it is because of the volume.  I can fit four 3700 Plano boxes, two...

Fish Finder Installation – Part I

by Darrell Olson | May 3, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional

The Big Rig HDFD provides several new challenges to the installation of a fish finder for the kayak angler. The main one is the transducer scupper hole; as it is incorporated part with the HDFD module and with the Big Rig. Another challenge is the routing of the...

Spring Kayaking in Canada Vlog. Cold and Frustrated: Stories from Stakeout. Season 2 with Seth Ashworth and Andi Brunner.

by sethashworth | May 3, 2019 | Video, Whitewater

After a great first round of these videos last spring be sure to follow Seth and Austrian paddler Andi Brunner through their adventures in spring kayaking in Canada.  Highest recorded water levels in a hundred years should make for some great adventures this...

Bienville Plantation Adventure: TENvitational/The TEN 2019

by Jean Wilson | May 3, 2019 | Coosa FD, Event Coverage, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments

My world opened up a little wider recently when I had the honor of an invitation from Chad Hoover of Kayak Bass Fishing to fish and film a show with him during the KBF Dee Zee TENvitational and The TEN 2019 tournaments at Bienville Plantation, Florida.The plan was to...

Squid Jigging in the U.K.

by Mark Radcliffe | May 2, 2019 | Fishing, Internationalisation, UK

We have had some glorious weather over the last week which has seen me making a couple of sea launches in search of the Spring staple, the plaice. However, when leaving the tackle shop on my way to the launch site last Saturday the owner George suggested I take a...

Escaping the Polar Vortex in St. Augustine Florida

by Bart Swab | May 2, 2019 | Fishing

Generally when we think of people running south for the winter, it’s our neighbors in the far north. This winter had a blistering cold front that consumed most of the northeast and pushed bitter weather all the way into the southeastern states.   ...

Lowrance 3/1 transducer mount on the BigRigHDFD

by teamjk | May 1, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional

Well let me start by saying thank you to Jackson Kayak for making the transducer scupper plug area big enough for the Lowrance 3/1 active imaging transducer. The Lowrance active imaging transducer is 11” long so it’s massive and takes up a lot of real estate. I am...

The Last Whisper of Winter

by joey monteleone | May 1, 2019 | Fishing, Internationalisation, United States

Depending on your geographic location takes on a different meaning and feel. In Tennessee we are blessed with four seasons. You learn, if you want to catch fish consistently, how to deal with a large variety of water and weather conditions. You can’t will winter gone...

What’s in your Kit: Ear Plugs

by Hilde Schweitzer | Apr 29, 2019 | Internationalisation, United States, Whitewater

I have spent a good deal of my kayaking career using stuff that didn’t work.  Some of this was because of finances, some because I am a sucker for a good deal, and some purchases were the result of poor choices made because I listened to other people who may or...

The Blue Sky Boatworks 360 Angler “Let’s Have A Look”

by Ivan Hamilton | Apr 29, 2019 | Blue Sky, Fishing, Video

Rocky Pre-fishing Recap

by Jon Hummel | Apr 28, 2019 | Fishing

I hit the water this past Saturday to pre-fish for the upcoming King of the Rock 3. This is an annual event hosted by Peach State Kayak Anglers, held at Rocky Mountain PFA in NW Georgia (hence King of the Rock). Rocky Mountain PFA is managed by the Georgia Department...