Outriggers for fishing by JK Fans | Jul 29, 2014 | FishingI love my Coosa and wanted a little bit more stability when standing on my boat. So , I looked around the internet and different sites for ideas on ho to make outriggers and this is what I came up with. I think it looks lie the best one I have seen out there and looks...
Coosa Canoe and Kayak Trail Lay Lake Open by joshtidwell | Jul 28, 2014 | Fishing, Fishing Tournament, FreshwaterBack in March, I joined 34 other anglers on Lay Lake to kick off the 2014 season Of the Coosa Canoe and Kayak Fishing Trail, organized by Coosa Riverkeeper. http://coosariver.org/kft/ It was a dreary March day complete with cold, clouds, and wind. Wait, did I mention...
Respite on Pigeon Creek by JK Fans | Jul 27, 2014 | Big Tuna, FishingAfter buying our Jackson Big Tuna Fishing Kayak from the cool folks at Fluid Fun in Bristol, Indiana, we put our two-week-old kayak to the test on a quick 6-mile, out-and-back jaunt on the Pigeon River from just north of Golden Lake southeast to the end of Long Lake...
Purtis Creek Outing in the Big Tuna’s by Team Palovik | Jul 25, 2014 | Big Rig, Big Tuna, Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Freshwater, United StatesJackie (my wife) and I run a little tournament trail here in the Dallas Fort Worth metroplex. This month’s location was on Purtis Creek State Park. This is a great kayak lake on about 915 acres. This lake is stocked with Florida strain Large Mouth Bass, and can grow...
Raymarine Dragonfly Installation on the Jackson Big Rig Kayak by Darrell Olson | Jul 22, 2014 | Big Rig, Instructional, Team JKHow to install the Raymarine Dragonfly Fish Finder on a Jackson Big Rig using the Jackson Big Rig Transducer Kit. Installation of a fish finder is really easy with the Jackson Transducer Kit. There several options for installing a fish finder on the Jackson Big Rig...
Ditch Pickle Classic and Google Earth by Patrick Cohen | Jul 14, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Fly Fishing, FreshwaterI’m not a competitive angler…meaning I don’t fish a lot of tournaments. In fact, at this point in time I only fish one a year. The Ditch Pickle Classic. This was my third year fishing Vermont’s DPC, http://www.dpcvt.com/. This is a fly fishing only, catch,...
BigJim’s 2014 Summer Vacation by jimrussell | Jul 12, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingTook a week off work to spend time with my parents who were visiting from New Orleans. Did a little bit of everything: shorediving looking for halibut, kayak diving off the Cruise12 for Cabezon, fishing with my Dad off a sailboat for Lingcod, fishing with my Dad and...
Perseverance by Alex Tejeda | Jul 10, 2014 | Big Rig, Cuda, Fishing, Fly Fishing, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingWith the recent weather windows and a clear schedule I have had the opportunity to jump on the Big Rig and fish hard for the ever elusive big three. For those of you that don’t know what the “Three Kings” are I will fill you in. Some call it the...
A Nice Fish on a Tough Day by clinttaylor | Jul 9, 2014 | Big Tuna, Fishing, FreshwaterAs many of you probably already know, the San Saba River is one of my favorite rivers to go out for a nice paddle while catching some quality fish. Although the fishing was a little tough this time, I learned a lot about fishing – we never can know a lot. Upon...
Kayak catching smallmouth bass by joey monteleone | Jul 8, 2014 | Big Rig, Fishing, Freshwater, Instructional, JK Team PostsI’ve fished for smallmouth bass all over North America. Smallmouth bass can be toughest fish to find. For many anglers the most common error is to approach smallmouth like largemouth bass. At times they will hit same artificial lures but make no mistake they live a...
Big Rig “Complaint” by Chris Funk | Jul 2, 2014 | Big Rig, Fishing, Freshwater, JK Team Posts, Saltwater FishingI have had a Jackson Big Rig for almost a year now. I have fished it in saltwater, on large lakes and in rivers with rapids. I have bow fished, fly fished and done just about anything that can be done with conventional gear out of it. I have yet to find a job that the...
Wind, Waves and Cudas… by Noah Heck | May 6, 2014 | Cuda, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, FreshwaterThreats of rain and lake effect gale force winds from our volatile northern Great Lakes system had my attention the week leading up to our inaugural event for the 2014 season. As if I didn’t have enough on my mind already. This winter, there was a focus on taking...
