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Jackson Kayaks – Made in Tennessee, USAA question I get asked all the time is some form of the following. “Are the more expensive name brand fishing kayaks worth the extra cost?” The answer for me is yes. However, I realize that everyone has a different budget and nothing I say here will change that. The best kayak is the best one you can afford and gets you off the banks and o …
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If fishing were easy, it would be called catching. Anybody who has every fished for fun, or competitively has had to come to terms with this phrase on multiple occasions. This saying usually comes after a day where nothing seems to go right, and anything that can go wrong usually does. Unfortunately, this phrase ran through my head all day long last Saturday during a river bass …
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Saturday morning the alarm clock went off to me seriously thinking about hitting snooze and rolling back over to sleep. With the temperature in the high 20s overnight, I figured it was going to be a day a paddling and looking for a bite or two. Earlier in the week the temperature was in the 70s and a cold front like that always seems to mean bad fishing for me. Instead I pic …
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When people talk about me I often wonder what their outlook of me ultimately is. Do they think i’m interesting, maybe they find me a bit boring, maybe they think I talk to much? Whatever the answer may be, I hope they find me and compare me to an onion, sometimes sweet, can bring a tear to your eye and made up of multiple layers. This may or may not be a comparison many people …
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Over the past couple of years, my approach to fishing has changed significantly for the better. I’m not just talking about changing lures or the types of rods I use, or even the type of kayak that I’m fishing from. I’m really talking about my approach to fishing has changed, from a mental perspective. I have learned over the last couple of years, that fishing is just a game. I …
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