Video: Smalltown Smallmouth

by Eric Atkins | Feb 15, 2017 | Coosa HD, Fishing, Video

Fellow JK teammate Evan Howard, Dobyns Rods Pro Corey Galloway, and I hit the road in May of 2016 to fish for big smallmouth with big swimbaits and small flies. The fishing has been better at this location, but we all three ended up sticking solid smallmouth on the...

Kayak Fishing for bonefish in a Jackson Kayak Kilroy. Mr. Kilroy, meet Mr. Bonefish

by teamjk | Feb 14, 2017 | Fishing, Fishing Subjects, Kilroy, Saltwater, Saltwater Fishing, Video

Bonefish are a prize of the flats, and fly fishing for them from a kayak is real challenge, requiring stealth and casting accuracy. Damon Bungard from Jackson Kayak lands one from his Power-Pole Micro equipped Kilroy while fishing in the Florida Keys with Randy Morrow...

How to Pack for a Whitewater Overnight Trip

by Ben Stookesberry | Feb 14, 2017 | Creeking, Instructional, River Running, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

Ben Stookesberry shows us how to pack your kayak for an overnight kayak...

The Old Days and the New Ways

by joey monteleone | Feb 12, 2017 | Big Rig, Fishing, Internationalisation, Lure reviews, Rigging, United States

Many years ago it was normal to idolize the local phenomenal fisherman. You know that guy that always caught his limit, hung out at the boat dock with a stringer of fish and never failed to catch his limit. His every word was the “gospel” to aspiring anglers. Being...

Antix Large Initial Thoughts as a Big Guy

by wildwildwes | Feb 11, 2017 | Antix, Creeking, Playboating, Reviews, River Running, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

I got to paddle the new JK Antix L for the first time at our local pool session on the evening of 2/7/17. Here are my first thoughts after paddling this new design: Fit – At my 6’-4” height, 235lbs, 38” waist, 36” inseam, and size 12 shoes I fit quite...

Antix in the Surf!

by Adam Swett | Feb 10, 2017 | Antix, Internationalisation, Playboating, United States, Video, Whitewater, WW Disciplines

I was able to get the new Antix out in the ocean waves off the coast of Maine this winter and it was a blast to paddle the new design in the beach break. It has a ton of speed for catching surfs or breaking through the piles to get outside. The rocker handles the...

Pond Hoppin’ in Paradise

by Jon Hummel | Feb 9, 2017 | Coosa HD, Event Coverage, Fishing, Fishing Tournament, Tournaments

The second stop on the Peach State Kayak Anglers tour rolled into Paradise Public Fishing Area near Tifton, Georgia on February 4, 2017. Paradise PFA consists of 68 lakes / ponds totaling 525 acres. Anglers were able to launch on any body of water that was currently...

Bombproofing Your Roll = Confidence!

by wildwildwes | Feb 9, 2017 | Clinics, Instructional, Whitewater

One of my favorite things I love about being on Team JK is our collaborative efforts to grow the sport through paddle education and instruction to our local communities! Stephen Wright and I team up for the second year in a row to organize and coach a Bombproofing...

9.5 Pound Largemouth!

by Sam Hanggi | Feb 7, 2017 | Fishing

Winter is always a slow time of year for bass fishing, but if you use the weather to your advantage its very possible you can reel in some of the biggest bass you’ll catch all year. Winter fishing hardly ever produces large numbers of bass, but with the right...

Starting the Year Off Right in Uganda – The Nile River Festival

by Jessie Stone | Feb 7, 2017 | 2016 Rock Star Competition, Event Coverage, Events, Internationalisation, Playboating, United States, Whitewater, Wrap Ups, WW Disciplines

This January marked the 14-year anniversary of my first trip to Uganda – wow has time flown by! Never in a million years would I have imagined how that trip would have changed my life. Today, 14 years later, I am still paddling as much as I can on the Nile which turns...

first fish in the skipper

by Brent Klink | Feb 6, 2017 | Family Zone, Fishing, Internationalisation, New Zealand, Skipper, Video

Here is a video of mt seven year old daughter penny’s first fishing trip on the skipper we launched from tutukak and paddled just in the entrance of the harbor after finding the fish on my sounder she put some bait on her hook and was straight onto the fish i...

Paddling at the base of spewing Lava: video

by nicktroutman | Feb 6, 2017 | Canada, Internationalisation, Team JK, Trip Reports, Trips, Video, Whitewater

I’ve had an interest in lava and volcanoes since a young age. Although after experiencing it first-hand, a lava waterfall was truly a natural phenomenon beyond words. It started off as an idea we had talked about amongst friends, and then after a couple phone calls...