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Long Live The Man Cave
My wife makes air quotes when she calls it my workshop. The realtor described it as a detached garage, but the only car inside is my daughter’s forgotten Barbie Jeep. It smells like the dead eel which years ago escaped my bait tank. Fishing gear stuffs the… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamConfluence Outdoor Announces Programs to Support Specialty RetailersGreenville, SC (April 19, 2018) – Confluence Outdoor, the parent company of eight premier watersports brands, announces today the launch of the Confluence Specialty Advantage Program™. The revolutionary program will offer unprecedented service, exclusives,… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamHow Two Canoeists Won $500,000 On Reality TVIn the spring of 2017, Canadian brothers Jim and Ted Baird emerged from the wilds of Vancouver Island. For more than two months, they’d survived off the land, sustaining themselves on a wriggling supply of eels, limpets and slugs. Stranger still, they’d… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamVideo: 14 Amazing Paddling Routes In Simcoe CountyOntario's Lake Country in Simcoe County is an excellent destination for paddling. The only problem is that none of the paddling routes in this region were documented. So, in partnership with Simcoe County, Lake Country created a book of 10 paddling routes.… -
Kayak Kevin’s East Coast Tour
When “Kayak” Kevin Whitley set off on a six-month, 1,000-mile kayak tour of the east coast, he had the support of major sponsors and the attention of the world. The 46-year-old Ocean Kayak pro staff has already completed a half-dozen long-distance paddle… -
LEAKED FeelFree Dorado Images
There are pictures circling the internet of the new FeelFree Dorado fishing kayak. Some of those pictures are from ICast 2017 and only feature the prototype of the Dorado. We have recieved exclusive images of the first production model of the Dorado to come… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamRed Lake Outfitters' Trip Of A LifetimeRed Lake Outfitters runs canoe trips in the heart of Boreal Forest, out of Red Lake in Woodland Caribou Provincial Park. One new trip is the Safari Trip, a six-day all-inclusive trip. The trip begins with a 28-mile boat ride across Red Lake to see the amazing… -
Video: Nova Scotia Tent Dwellers
Watch the full film "Nova Scotia Tent Dwellers" from The Happy Camper, Kevin Callan, where his group paddles Nova Scotia and retrace the infamous Tent Dwellers trip. The Tent Dwellers is a book by Albert Bigelow Paine that chronicles his three-week trip… -
Video: Deep Water Jigging For Salty Predators
In this video, Raf Vargas is vertical jigging from 100 to 700-feet deep. Rough waters? No problem...his Hobie Pro Angler 14 keeps him stable and steady. The "Fill Up The Cooler" (FUTC) jigs are the bomb. Raf's favorite is Gary Sung 's The DEEP One at 210… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamYour Mistakes Won't Make You SmarterCertainly you’ve heard the well-worn trope, “We learn from our mistakes.” It is the mantra of experiential learning. That we learn something from mistakes is taken as fact, and justifies a wide range of trial-and-error approaches to everyday life. However,… -
Why Unleashed Will Survive
There’s no doubt Unleashed has balls. The question is, does it have legs? The brand-new, self-supported, multi-stage kayaking competition is a who’s-who of big water boating. Fresh off its success from the inaugural event in Quebec this past spring, Unleashed… -
8 Best Blades For Kayak Fishing
Ask any experienced angler and he’ll tell you nothing affects an angler’s experience on the water more than his choice of paddle. Whether it’s your primary source of propulsion, or just a backup to take a pedal boat into tight areas, using the right paddle is… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamWhy The Iconic De Havilland DHC-2 Will Never DieThis past August, I found myself puddling around the harbor in Prince Rupert, British Columbia. I was on a standup paddleboard painting the hull of a ship called the Polar Prince. And there came on the wind the unmistakeable cough of a de Havilland Canada… -
Video: Paddle Georgia 2018
In anticipation of Rapid Media's 2018 Paddling Trip Guide, here is an event from our friends at Paddle Georgia. The 2018 Paddle Georgia - Yellow and Ocmulgee Rivers trip will be held on June 16-20 2018. It will span 87 miles of the Yellow and Ocmulgee Rivers… -
The Future Of SUP
Is the Hydrofoil Revolution real? It’s highly technical, so it may be here to stay but only among a small crowd of expert athletes. As to its appeal to the mass market, that’s tough to see. Even though the thought of higher gliding speeds and no chop resonate… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamVideo: How To Start Your Own Paddling ProgramHave you been hungry to start a local canoe or kayak program? New president of the Ontario Recreational Canoeing and Kayaking Association (ORCKA), Dale Radin, has built the perfect tool to get your dream off the ground. A lot of organizations want to start… -
Kayak Fishing The Lone Star State
Think of Texas and you picture 10-gallon hats and dinner-plate belt buckles, but the south Texas coastal city of Corpus Christi is a tropical paradise calling for flip-flops and grass skirts. Load the 4x4 with kayaks and camping gear in town, then drive 70… -
Boat Review: Sea Eagle FishSUP 126
I had just returned from an afternoon of pre-fishing in my 145-pound tournament kayak. It is 14 feet long and impossible for me to load on the roof, even if my racks were rated to carry as much. Backing in my kayak trailer I noticed a box about the size of a… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstream3 Sea Kayak Events You Must AttendOntario Sea Kayak Centre is one of Canada's leading sea kayak instruction schools. The Centre teaches Paddle Canada skills courses for paddlers of all experience levels. Owner and senior instructor of Ontario Sea Kayak Centre, James Roberts, announced three… -
The Kayak Fishing Motor Trend
First came paddles, then came pedals. Now anglers are increasingly choosing electric motors to power their kayaks. No one argues these systems aren't great for people who can’t or don’t want to paddle, but suggest motorized kayaks should be allowed in kayak… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamBackcountry Paddling Trips You Can't MissFor paddlers who want to go canoe camping, Algonquin Provincial Park is the perfect destination. Access points along the highway 60 corridor can be extremely popular during the season, so Algonquin Outfitters’ Randy Mitson has some advice for canoeists… -
The Most Controversial Expedition Of The Year
On October 15, Traci Lynn Martin became the first person to circumnavigate North America’s three largest lakes in one season. It was the 221st day of Martin’s controversial expedition, a trip that has been a source of much debate in the sea kayaking community… -
The Secret Life Of Seaweed
Seaweed is not a weed at all, technically it’s not even a plant. Seaweed is algae! There are over 10,000 species of seaweed from microscopic phytoplankton to giant kelp. Besides being a great place to find fish, people have used seaweed for food and facials… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamPaddlesports Retailer UpdatePaddlesports Retailer, the new industry trade show designed “for paddlers, by paddlers” is just five months away. This year the trade show moves from its debut location in Madison, Wisconsin, to the Cox Convention Center in centrally located Oklahoma City.… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamPaddlesports Retailer Announces New Paddling Magazine Product and Industry AwardsPaddlesports Retailer has again partnered with Rapid Media as the official media partner of the 2018 show in Oklahoma City. New for 2018 will be the Paddling Magazine Product and Industry Awards held the evening of Day 2—Wednesday August 29th—of Paddlesports… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamBen Eby’s Wildlife Photography KitAs a wildlife photographer shooting in remote locations accessed by paddle, I have to rely on a small collection of camera equipment. It’s limited to what I can fit in front of me in the canoe. Regardless of trip length, I bring the same gear every time. I’m… -
Enduring Ice
As we watched the de Havilland Twin Otter fly off, circling over the still frozen Lady Franklin Bay, realization set in. For the next five weeks, we would be some of the most isolated people on earth. It was July 2 and we were at Fort Conger on Ellesmere… -
Why A New Boat Won’t Make You Happier
On a scale from one to 10, how much happier would you be if you could buy any boat in the 340 pages of this magazine? I know the answer, and it’s going to shock you. Not much happier at all. Let me explain. Back in 2002 there was a psychology study conducted… -
PADDLINGBUSINESSstreamMaking Paddling SaferPaddlesports has a safety problem. The number of paddling related deaths in the United States has increased every year for more than a decade — from 98 in 2004 to 167 in 2016. Though paddling is not a particularly hazardous sport relative to other activities… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamWerner Paddles Announces Sales Team ChangesThe following is a press release from Werner Paddles. Werner Paddles is pleased to announce organizational changes within their sales team. Sasha Stone has joined Werner Paddles in March of 2018 as the Northeast & Midwest territory Sales Rep. Stone spent the… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamThe History Of CanvasIn 1885, James W. Woods began supplying canvas tents, sleeping bags and clothing to lumbermen working in the Ottawa Valley—home of Paddling Magazine. The Woods brand, relied upon by early explorers, pioneers, adventurers and outdoorsmen, has recently been… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamEditorial: I Gave At The OfficeThere are things we do every business day that don’t directly add to our companies’ bottom lines. Things like shipping out swag to events too small to matter, loaning pop-up tents to public school barbeques and sitting on boards of directors. I once spent… -
Dwayne Taff Wins $100K in Kayak Bass Fishing Championship
Dwayne Taff won the Kayak Bass Fishing National Championship held on Kentucky Lake, taking home $100,000. Torqeedo renewed its longtime commitment to the sport and returned to the 2018 tournament as Title sponsor. Dwayne’s 10 fish total measured 173.50… -
Your Plastic May Be Ruining Your Favorite Fishing Spot
How many times of day do you do it? Drink from a plastic bottle, eat with a plastic fork, carry your lunch in a plastic bag, how many times do you use plastic once and throw it away? Plastic was first introduced in the 1950s as a miraculous material that was… -
Video: Back Deck Carry With Swimmer Assisted Tow
It’s always fun to play around in kayaks, jump into the water and try various ways of doing things. While doing so, we learned that adding a contact tow to the back-deck carry is a fast, stable and effective method for a single rescuer to remove both boat and… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamOutdoor Industry Association (OIA) Announces the first annual Together We Are a Force awardsThe following is a press release from the Outdoor Industry Association. OIA is announcing the first annual Together We Are a Force Awards to celebrate the collaborative spirit of the outdoor industry. The awards will recognize individuals who have partnered… -
Are Drones Cheating?
Anglers will jump on any technology to gain an edge. Carbon fiber, lithium ion, magnetic oil and high carbon steel are only a few of the advanced materials we use to fool a fish. When remote controlled aircraft outfitted with cameras, called drones, started… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamGrass Sticks Debuts All Bamboo SUP PaddleThe following is a press release from Grass Sticks. If it works so great for ski poles, why not SUP paddles? That’s the theory behind the SUP Stick, a new line of performance bamboo SUP paddles by Grass Sticks, the Steamboat Springs, Colorado-based cast… -
[Quiz] How Many Of These Paddleboarding Terms Do You Know?
How many do you know?! If you know all of these, you are a true SUP expert! -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamGender Equality in Elite SUPOrganizers billed it as the most intense standup paddling event in the world. Thirty-two of the world’s best paddlers, 15- foot swell, and $50,000 in prize money. On October 20, 2017, SUP’s top athletes battled for the largest purse in the sport at the second… -
How To Catch Early Season Crappie
When I think crappie fishing, I think about fish fries and savoring my secret family recipe. Even though crappie start biting heavy in the spring, you can catch them before the trees bloom. Most years, there is a small window between winter and spring when… -
How To Fish The Ned Rig
I first heard about the Ned rig in 2015. It’s named for Ned Kehde of Lawrence, Kansas, who is credited with developing it the 1960’s. The concept is beautifully simple. A short, straight softplastic tail threaded on a small, rounded jighead. When the jig is… -
27 Reasons Canoe Fishing Is Cool
“Let your life be the counter friction to stop the machine,” H.D. Thoreau In his book Canoeing in the Wilderness, Henry David Thoreau, the nineteenth-century philosopher and avid canoe-angler, waxed about the joys of fishing from his canoe and cooking his… -
CANADIAN CANOE CULTUREstreamKevin Callan Is Not Dead YetAlex Traynor and Noah Booth are up-andcoming video bloggers who call themselves the Northern Scavengers. When I loaned these two weekend warriors one of my canoes for their latest big trip in the far north, I insisted they take one of my lightweight and… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamAngle Oar's New Paddle Holder Eliminates Joint StressThe following is a press release from Angle Oar. Following in the footsteps of its flagship product, the Versa paddling system, Angle Oar LLC has officially released a new product: the Gamut Paddle Holder. Gamut attaches to most sit-in kayaks and some… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamCanyon Coolers' New Spray Promises To De-funkifyThe following is a press release from Canyon Coolers. Nothing tells the story of an epic adventure like a well-used cooler. And let’s be honest, after your multi-day excursion comes to a close, the last task you want to take on is cleaning your ice chest… -
Video: Extreme Kayak Fishing Sailfish Smackdown
On the weekend of February 13 a group of extreme kayak anglers competed in leg one of the 2018 Sailfish Smackdown. They battled the most extreme conditions ever presented. In the end, the best of the best fished in three to five-foot seas and went three for… -
The End Of The Trip: 310 Miles On The St. Johns River
This article originally appeared on the LooknFishy blog... It had been over two weeks since we left Bart’s hunting cabin on January 3rd. The last week had been less than exciting, which we appreciated. The fishing had picked up but was still hit or miss. The… -
PADDLING BUSINESSstreamAlpacka Raft Launches the CaribouThe following is a press release from Alpacka Raft. Alpacka Raft, the industry leader in research and development of modern packrafting, today announced the launch of its new Caribou packraft, a front-end loading and ultralight packraft that offers a modern… -
Video: Labrador Passage
Labrador Passage follows two men who set out to retrace a historic 1905 canoe journey through Labrador, using non-synthetic equipment such as a waxed canvas tent, tin-cloth rain gear and a cedar canvas canoe. Blending history, adventure and profiles of the… -
Lighting The Spirit
What do you get when you combine world-class kayakers, a high-tech team of photographers and a brighter-than-the-sun camera strobe? Magic. Last May, Rafa Ortiz, Rush Sturges and Liam Fields teamed up with veteran photographer Michael Clark to showcase the… -
Extreme Kayak Fishing Sailfish Smackdown Winners
On the weekend of February 17 a group of extreme kayak anglers competed in leg one of the 2018 Sailfish Smackdown. They battled the most extreme conditions ever presented. In the end, the best of the best fished in three to five-foot seas and went three for… -
How To Fine-Tune Your Lowrance Unit
Jay Wallen is the 2017 Hobie Bass Open Winner and all around excellent tournament angler. Follow him on Instagram and Facebook @JayWallenFishing. I am often asked about my Lowrance Elite-9Ti settings. While every situation and lake can be different here are… -
No Room At The Inn: 310 Miles On The St. Johns River
This article originally appeared on the LooknFishy blog. Click here to see all of the amazing photos. It was two-am when the ground started to shake. I knew camping on an airboat crossing was a bad idea and now we’re all about to get a lesson in parasailing.… -
Boat Review: Vallinga Vuntut 10
As a toddler Otto Vallinga would take his toy boats down to the nearby St. Clair River for impromptu buoyancy testing. Launching his baubles into the gentle current, this stereotypically youthful tinkering was the floodgate into Vallinga’s boat design career.… -
8 Days In The Galapagos
Dustin Silvey has sea kayaked in numerous places around the world. Visiting this UNESCO World Heritage Site by human power has been a dream for Silvey since 2004. He is currently planning more adventures while finishing his PhD in medicine, working with… -
310 Miles On The St. Johns River
This article originally appeared on the LooknFishy blog. Click here to see all of the amazing photos. Standing on the wooden dock beside the canal leading to Blue Cypress lake, I wondered what the future held. The St Johns River was now at our feet and the… -
Video: Three Must-Use Baits For Fishing New Water
Fishing new water, whether it’s in a tournament or for fun, can be nerve-wracking. You’re used to your home lake and the conditions in the new body of water may be completely different. That’s why when I go into a new body of water I always tie on my three… -
Boat Review: Scorpio MKII HV
Six years after the original Scorpio was introduced in 2009, P&H brought us a slightly tweaked more innovative design: the Scorpio MK II. The first to arrive from the United Kingdom was the LV or low volume model. Then the MV in medium volume. Bigger paddlers… -
Voyageur Island
Tucked between the dining room and the pantry, I’m sitting in the Voyageur Wilderness Programme map room with my feet on the coffee table enjoying a cup of blueberry tea. On the shelf behind me sits a Métis ceremonial headdress along with two beaver pelt… -
Video: Back Bay's Rebirth
In the mid 1960's the Back Bay in southeastern Virginia was one of the best bass fisheries in the world. As one man put it "When you threw a fly in one of those holes in back bay...it was like rolling a bottle of wine in a jail cell...something was gonna grab… -
The Courage To Live Better
“Frank Goodman is dead.” I paused for a second, phone pressed to my ear. “Hi there, can I ask who is calling, please?” I said. Bruce Winterbon paddled the Noire River with Frank Goodman in the early ‘90s and felt compelled to call Adventure Kayak and let us… -
Boat Review: Boreal Design Epsilon C200
I have been a fan of Boreal Design kayaks for a long time. I have used their Inukshuk expedition kayaks taking students on several month-long, selfsupported expeditions trips on the coast of Labrador. The seat systems were comfortable and the hatches had the… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Tennessee River Monsters | Season 3 Episode 8In the season finale of Hooked On Wild Waters season three, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory heads to Kingston, Tennessee to fish the Tennessee River. Drew meets up with Jeremy Crowe, the 2017 River Basser Of The Year and together they search for… -
Boat Review: Zet Kayaks Toro
Confidence inspiring. If I had to sum up the Toro from Zet Kayaks in two words, that would be it. When the brand new Toro was delivered to my front door there was still two feet of snow on the ground and the ice was clear on only a few of my local runs.… -
The New Future Of Canoeing
For years the growth of canoeing has been flat. The activity enjoyed mainstream popularity in the 1970s and ‘80s after John Boorman’s Deliverance sent Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds and Ned Beatty into the soon to be dammed Cahulawassee River Valley. Thousands of… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERS streamHooked On Wild Waters | Obstacles In The Ozark | Season 3 Episode 7Professional kayak angler Drew Gregory is joined by Bassmaster Elite Series pro Stetson Blalock in episode seven of Hooked On Wild Waters season three. After an eventful drive, and having to rent a Uhaul, Drew and Stetson take on the Elk River in southwest… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Mile Wide Mecca | Season 3 Episode 6In the sixth episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season three, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory searches the Susquehanna River for trophy smallmouth. The Susquehanna River is a mile wide filled with grass and perfect for smallmouth bass. The middle of the… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | New Challenges on the New River | Season 3 Episode 5Professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory takes on one of the most powerful and majestic rivers in the US in the fifth episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season three. The New River in West Virginia is known as one of the best rivers for smallmouth bass in the… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Up The Creek, Without A Plan | Season 3 Episode 4In the fourth episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season three, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory paddles upstream on a new river with no set plan just to see if the hidden river holds big bass. Drew’s original Jackson Kayak Coosa is perfect for this type… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Major League Bassin’ | Season 3 Episode 3In the this episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season three, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory takes Major League Baseball star Tim Hudson to the Flint river to search for shoal bass. It doesn’t take long before Drew and Tim are hooked up. One of Drew’s… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | South Pole Saluda River | Season 3 Episode 2In the second episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season three, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory meets up with FLW tour pro Brandon Latimer to fish the Salad river in South Carolina. Brian and Drew show up for 20-degree weather, but when your a die-hard… -
Everything You Didn’t Know About Pine gum
• Pine gum or resin can come from pines, cedars, spruce, firs, junipers and most other coniferous trees. • Airborne diseases, insects and animals are blocked by resins defence mechanisms that secretes from punctured areas on the tree. After leaving the tree,… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Coosa River Bassin' | Season 3 Episode 1In the season three premiere of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory goes to wetumpka Alabama to fish the legendary Coosa river to chase Alabama bass. A perfect match for Drew’s Jackson kayak Coosa HD. This season of Hooked On Wild… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Don't Be Afraid To Knock | Season 2 Episode 8In the season two finale of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory fishes a small private lake in south Georgia. Though he doesn’t know the owners, he kindly knocks on the door and asks if he can fish their lake in his Jackson Kayak… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | In the Nick of Time, on the Nature Coast! | Season 2 Episode 7In this episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season two, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory finally gets to fish with Dr. Michael Allen of the University of Florida. Dr. Allen was in a previous episode explaining the rare Suwannee bass. Drew and Dr. Allen… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Wild Mountain Troutin’ | Season 2 Episode 6In the sixth episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season two, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory gets to fish in the mountains of western Carolina with Jackson Kayak pro-staffer Justin Powell. Drew and Justin set out with fly rods looking for a trophy trout.… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Competition on the Kiski | Season 2 Episode 5In the fifth episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season two, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory teams up with River Bassin' Tournament Trail director, Noah Heck, to catch smallmouth bass on the Kiskiminetas River system. Since Drew and Noah don’t get to… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Highway Fishery | Season 2 Episode 4In the fourth episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season two, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory meets up with Jackson Kayak pro staffer Nik Brown to fish a secret spot right off of the highway. Drew and Nik park their vehicles on the side of the interstate… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | The Wild Wild West Coast of Florida; PT 2 | Season 2 Episode 3In the second part of the Florida Coast series of Hooked On Wild Waters season two, professional kayak angler, Drew Gregory heads out on his own to try and catch a snook in Tampa. Right off the bat, Drew catches a small snook on his Jackson Coosa HD. Though… -
Hooked On Wild Waters | The Wild Wild West Coast of Florida; PT 1 | Season 2 Episode 2
In the second episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season two, After a long year running the River Bassin tournament, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory takes his wife Cristina and their dog Lu on a fun fishing trip to the Florida coast. Drew meets up with… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | A Wild Dam Adventure | Season 2 Episode 1In premiere episode of Hooked On Wild Waters season two, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory brings his friend and avid bass angler, Dan Mullane on a fishing trip below a dam. Bass tend to spawn in the spring in this area, and that means very productive… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Wild Wild West Coast | Season 1 Episode 8In this episode of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory takes a mothership trip in San Diego, California to fish around San Clemente Island with Jackson Kayak pro staffer Jerrod McGehee. San Clemente Island is unique because parts of… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Wild Florida Keys | Season 1 Episode 7In this episode of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory takes a trip to the Florida Keys to find some trophies on the flats. The Florida Keys are beautiful, but can be brutal. The wind can turn a flats trip into a total loss if the… -
Steve Ruskay’s Arctic Ice Paddling Kit
Paddlers have been navigating icy waters since Inuit hunters created the sea kayak thousands of years ago. Paddling from ice shelves presents an interesting set of hazards and challenges for kayakers. These can range from slippery surfaces, negotiating ice… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Wild Mississippi Marsh | Season 1 Episode 6In this episode of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory heads to Louisiana to fish the Mississippi marsh with local Jackson Kayak pro Ben Roussel. The Mississippi marsh is the jackpot for redfish. After a long paddle in their Jackson… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Wild Georgia Shoal Bass | Season 1 Episode 5In this episode of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory heads back to Georgia to chase shoal bass in the Altamaha river system. This time he brings along his good friend, John Japuntich with whom Drew has fish almost every little… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Oh, Brother! | Season 1 Episode 4In the fourth episode of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory takes his brother, Aaron Gregory, fishing. Though Aaron isn’t as wild about fishing as Drew, he does love to kayak. The brothers couldn’t be more different, but in this… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Like Father Like Son | Season 1 Episode 3In the third episode of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory takes his father, Lewis Gregory, fishing in their home state of Georgia. They chase shoal bass, and this area of Georgia is the only place you can watch this species. Shoals… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Wild Florida Everglades | Season 1 Episode 2In the second episode of Hooked On Wild Waters, professional kayak angler Drew Gregory takes on the Florida Everglades in 2016. The Florida Everglades, and all of south Florida, is one of the wildest places to fish. The waters and banks are filled with… -
Postcards From The Cedar House
For about ten years Canadian sea kayak legend John Dowd lived on this remote island property in Clayoquot Sound. His hospitality, impact and popularity in the sea kayak community is made evident by the those who land on the beach in the summertime. They come… -
HOOKED ON WILD WATERSstreamHooked On Wild Waters | Wild Devils River | Season 1 Episode 1Season one of Hooked On Wild Waters with Drew Gregory kicks off with a bang in January 2016. Professional kayak angler Drew Gregory, Jackson Kayak team manager Brooks Beatty, a few Jackson Kayak team members and Drew's most trusted fishing partner, his dog… -
Video: How To Choose A Drop Shot Weight
Fishing a drop shot is one of my favorite techniques. It works in all conditions. Whether you are fishing a river, a small ponds or a huge lake, the drop shot is always deadly. Thats why I keep one tied on. The leader can be as long or short as you want, I… -
Sauce Recipe: How To Flavor Up Your Dehydrated Food
Dehydrating your own food will give you a variety of nutritious but also flavorful choices while reducing pack weight and food costs. Not to mention respecting bans on bottles and cans in backcountry parks. If you are under the impression dried food is no… -
Triumph And Tragedy In Russia’s Altai Mountains
After a month of non-stop paddling in southern Siberia, my friends Don, Darcy and I decided to head back to the Chuya River for our last three days. It was a river that had humbled us just weeks before and we knew it would be an exciting way to finish our… -
$1000 Mustang Survival Fishing Gear Giveaway
With our Gear Giveaway series, Kayak Angler wants to set you up with everything you need for a successful 2018 fishing season. This month we've partnered with Mustang Survival to bring you this incredible prize pack – valued at over $1000. Entering is fast… -
Thomas Morel’s Search For The Perfect Shot
In the middle of summer, I received a request from Sogndal Lodge in Norway to create three signature shots for three of their main activities. One of them was kayaking and we agreed on doing a typical shot of a kayaker descending a spectacular drop or rapid.… -
Bass Mafia Terminal Coffin Review
The Bass Mafia Terminal Coffin arrived at my house a few days before I left for a big kayak fishing tournament. My first impression was that this thing is sturdy. When Bass Mafia called this thing a coffin, they weren’t kidding. The gasket around the inside… -
Ed Gillet’s 63 Day Solo Odyssey
There were days when blue and gold mahi-mahi frolicked around his kayak like puppies, when the sea was a perfect royal blue and trade winds surfed him to 80-mile days. He popped painkillers to dull the pain of saltwater sores on his hands so he could hold his… -
Extreme Kayak Fishing Sailfish Smackdown Rescheduled
Due to bad weather the Extreme Kayak Fishing Tournament has rescheduled Leg One of the Sailfish Smackdown for February 10-11. With this announcement comes good news and bad news. Obviously the bad news is that the tournament had to be rescheducled. The good…
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