Smooth Hounds and Surf by Mark Radcliffe | Aug 21, 2014 | Cuda, UKEvery year I try and get a trip to Huttoft in Lincolnshire. It has some of the best smooth hound fishing in the UK as well as offering a host of other species to target. The only problem is the surf. The conditions have to be spot on to get a launch and more times...
Riverbassin Frankfort, KY by tjstrong | Aug 20, 2014 | Coosa, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, FreshwaterThe first fishing tournament that I ever participated in was the 2011 Riverbassin Trail stop at Canoe Kentucky. My buddy Matt and I had been fishing a lot for the past few years and were seriously considering getting into kayak fishing. At the time, neither one of us...
Big Tuna Heavy Hauler by Chris Funk | Aug 19, 2014 | Big Tuna, Coosa, Fishing, FreshwaterOn a camping trip with friends last fall, my friend Robert was planning on bringing his young son Jacob. We would be self sustaining with the kayaks for a couple days and I wasn’t sure if Jacob could make the paddle to where we were going. He paddles his Coosa just...
Salt Water Disco by Chris Funk | Aug 18, 2014 | Cuda, FishingOn a recent trip to Florida, my bride Angie and son Ethan got to put our Nocqua Adventure Gear lights to the test for the first time. The shallow (2 foot and less), crystal clear waters were the perfect testing ground for us with the lights. We put the Nocqua 2000...
Fish To The End by Chris Funk | Aug 16, 2014 | Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team PostsOn a recent trip with friends, my son and Jackson team mate Ethan Funk learned a valuable lesson; don’t stop casting till you are back to the truck! We had fished for the morning and it had gotten very hot on the Chattahoochee River. We had paddled up river and...
Damon and Jim Drum Up Some Fish in Levy by Jim Sammons | Aug 15, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater FishingJackson Kayak’s Damon Bungard joins Jim Sammons in Levy County, Florida. This time they are on the hunt for some big black...
Trophy Abalone Mission by jimrussell | Aug 14, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater FishingWife and kids were out of town for the weekend and I wanted to dive so sent some buddies a text to see what they were up to. My buddy Charlie wrote back “Abs on Sunday. Secret spot. Come up.” : ) Left the house at 4am with Joe who had just got back from...
Exploring the Connecticut River; Miles 132-124 by Gregg Crisp | Aug 13, 2014 | Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts, United StatesWhen I moved to New Hampshire over 6 years ago I was excited about the fact that I was less than an hour away from the longest river in New England. At 410 miles long the Connecticut River winds its way from its headwaters near the Canadian border creating the border...
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...
Gear that can get you there: Review by Brooks Beatty | Aug 5, 2014 | Coosa, Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts, United States, WhitewaterKayak fishing is a sport that requires gear that can handle tough conditions. As kayakers, we are often shoving our gear into dry bags, storage hatches, we slip on rocks, get caught on briars walking down to the put in. Needless to say, that any day on the water we...
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...
Personal Best Speared Fish by jimrussell | Jul 30, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Saltwater FishingMy good buddy Dave took me to go hunt for halibut at a new area for the first time and it was absolutely beautiful!! After an hour or so of diving Dave shoots a halibut and I am starting to get nervous because I have just seen sand, and bait, and sand, and crabs, and...
