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A couple of months ago during a kayak fishing tournament, I lost what would have been the largest river smallmouth bass of my life. That was single handedly one of the worst fishing experiences of my life. Nothing that day seemed to click, and it seemed like all the odds were stacked up against my fishing partner and I. However sometimes in life you have the opportunity to rede …
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Fishing in the summer can be a daunting task for those who don’t have much experience. At this time of year the rivers and creeks can be really shallow and super clear. In some cases I have been able to see straight to the bottom 30 or more yards ahead of me when standing in my kayak. So here are some tips for fishing in these conditions. When faced with these conditions I usua …
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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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Article Contributor – Logan Ardry, Caney Fork Outdoors Fishing Team MemberTo start things off, you should first ask yourself, “What is a bass pattern?” A bass pattern is simply evidence of repeated bass behavior in a given period of time. What you do with that information will dictate how you form a pattern. Your ability to form a pattern is what separates you from the rest of …
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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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