PAC Redfish Series by Eli Braud | Mar 31, 2017 | Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, TournamentsFor a lot of kayak anglers in South Louisiana, tournament fishing is a big deal. We’re a competitive bunch. Maybe some not quite as much as others, but we like putting ourselves to the test. When I was first getting started with kayak fishing, tournaments were...
Christmas in July by teamjk | Mar 31, 2017 | 2015 Zen, 2016 Rock Star Competition, Creeking, Playboating, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesOver the winter of 2015 – 2016 I outgrew my Jackson Kayak Shooting Star, I was so big for it, I was practically sinking it. Though the smaller boat made it easier to control my tricks and it gave me more power, it also took away all of my buoyancy and air. So it...
Tips and Tricks for Your Karma UL by teamjk | Mar 30, 2017 | 2014 Karma Unlimited, Creeking, Instructional, rivers, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesHey guys! Over the past couple months, I have been playing around with my Karma Unlimited. I picked up the boat in November with the intent of creeking with it this winter to try and be comfortable racing one by this upcoming fall. Needless to say, it has been a...
Marsh Madness by Drew Ross | Mar 29, 2017 | Fishing, VideoHere’s a quick video from my latest trip to Southeast Louisiana. The naturally tranquil environment of the marsh changes to anarchy when you fool a redfish into eating. Their unpredictable behavior will have you scrambling to keep up. It’s madness in the...
WIN a JK Antix at NoliFest this Saturday! by wildwildwes | Mar 29, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Event Coverage, Events, Playboating, River Running, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesThe Jackson Action Wagon is giving away brand new 2017 Jackson Kayak Antix at NoliFest this year! The JAW is proud to partner with USA Raft on Saturday (April 1 – NO FOOLING) at this event to give away JK’s hottest new whitewater design in a raffle to...
Antix – 2 different sizes, 2 different boats by Clay Wright | Mar 28, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Playboating, Reviews, River Running, Whitewater, WW Disciplines[If you are lucky enough to be between 160 and 190, the Antix M and L are 2 different boat styles rather than 2 different sizes. For the rest of you, I hope this will help you understand the boat style we’re offering you!] Antix – 2 different sizes, 2...
Kayak Fishing Challenge – New Spots by joey monteleone | Mar 28, 2017 | Big Rig, FishingMany outdoorsman are creatures of habit like the quarry they seek. Hunting deer, turkey casting for bass, crappie or other gamefish, they go to the same spots and do the same things. Why? Because it’s worked in the past, it’s comfortable and it doesn’t require a lot...
Jim and Will’s Big Adventure by Chris Funk | Mar 27, 2017 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Trip Reports, TripsAn Alabamian a Californian and a Canadian go out in a swamp together. Sounds like the beginning of a joke doesn’t it? But that is exactly what went down in the Okefenokee swamp this March. There were lots of laughs but thankfully none were at our expense! I had the...
California Dreaming – This is the year to boat Cali! by Hilde Schweitzer | Mar 26, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Playboating, River Running, rivers, Trip Reports, Trips, Whitewater, WW DisciplinesWith snowpack at close to 200%, and water content at an all time historic high, California is definitely the place to boat this summer. The problem won’t be IF there will be water like it has been the past 5 years, it will be what run has a low enough level...
Coosa Riverkeeper Lay Lake open by joshtidwell | Mar 26, 2017 | Coosa, Event Coverage, Events, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, TournamentsThe early morning of March 11th found me driving down Hwy 231, toward Lay Lake, to kick off the 2017 kayak tournament season here in Alabama. The forecast called for partly sunny, temps in the 60s, with storms arriving in the evening hours. More on that later. I hate...
January to March by jimrussell | Mar 25, 2017 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Internationalisation, Kraken, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, United StatesBeen working slowly but surely to get back into diving shape since a quadriceps tendon tear in October 2016. My first dive of the year got me a chunky Ling at the very end of the day right when my knee felt like it couldnt handle any more diving up and down…...
Safety First by Jake Horne | Mar 22, 2017 | Fishing Tis the season, the time of year everyone starts getting antsy to get back on the water. There’s a light at the end of the tunnel here in the Midwest. Even though it may not feel it with snow still on the ground here in Ohio. Rods, reels, and tackle have...
