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Recently, I decided to try a new seating configuration on my Jackson Kayak Big Rig. The Elite Seat on the Big Rig is quite comfortable but I wanted to go with a different option. I had seen several people using the 25 quart Orion Cooler as a seating option on their stand up paddle board or SUP for short. Why couldn’t this same set-up work on the Big Rig? The premise …
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Here in the great state of Tennessee, we have been blessed with lots of great water for kayak fishing. From one end of the state to the other, there are plenty of locations that offer the adventurous kayak angler the opportunity to fish waters off the beaten path. All it takes to open up these great opportunities is the willingness to put the time in to research and discover t …
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It was a hot day in late June and we had just been hit with quite a bit of rain a few days prior here in Middle Tennessee. The rivers had gone down, just about to their normal level but I figured there would still be some run-off from some light rain the night before. Run-off always brings with it the potential for stained or even muddy water but I wasn’t about to let that ke …
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The new Jackson Kayak Kraken Review with Caney Fork Outdoors Fishing Team Jonathan Meyers. I recently had an opportunity to get a little time out on the water with one of Jackson kayak’s newest fishing kayaks, the 2015 Jackson Kayak Kraken. I will talk about the new features of the Jackson Kayak Kraken followed by my overall impressions of the Kraken. First, the Kraken comes ha …
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I love my paddling buddies more than – well, just about anything. Paddlers in general warm my heart, even if they’re just strangers passing by with boats on their car on the way to the river. They’re wonderful in so many ways – generous, free-spirited, courageous, irreverent, hilarious – much like Mary Poppins … “practically perfect in every way.” And then I read the …
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