Rebel Teeny Wee-Crawfish: A Little Fish Catching Magnet

by Bill Schultz | Jan 3, 2022 | Featured Post, Fishbrain Premium Content, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

Rebel Teeny Wee-Crawfish: A Little Fish Catching Magnet By Bill Schultz In 1992 I bought my first Rebel Teeny Wee-Crawfish to fish bluegills and largemouth bass in a pond I have access to. I still remember my first cast with this little fish catching magnet. I caught...

Keep it Simple When Rigging Your Fishing Kayak

by Bill Schultz | Oct 7, 2021 | Accessories, Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Boats, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner, YuPIK

Keep it Simple When Rigging Your Fishing Kayak Just the other day a friend who had just purchased two sit-on-top fishing kayaks mentioned it wasn’t as easy as he and his sons thought it would be. I told him I totally understood and then gave him a few tips that I hope...

The Way 2 Weigh | Tips on Weighing Big Bass

by Bill Schultz | Aug 20, 2021 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional, jacksonkayak.com, JAdventures Main Banner

The Way 2 Weigh | Tips on Weighing Big Bass By Bill Schultz As someone who has maintained a fishing log since rekindling my interest in fishing in 1992, you’d probably expect that I weigh my bigger smallmouth bass. And, you’d be right. Having caught and released over...

The Impact of Nest Fishing for Smallmouth Bass

by Bill Schultz | May 10, 2021 | Featured Post, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Fishing Subjects, Freshwater, Instructional

The Impact of Fishing for Nesting Smallmouth Bass By Bill Schultz Within the smallmouth bass and largemouth bass fishing communities, there’s an ongoing discussion as to whether a person should or shouldn’t fish for bass while they’re guarding a nest. When I returned...

Heavyweight Tactics for Fall Smallmouths

by Bill Schultz | Sep 29, 2020 | Fishbrain Premium Content, Fishing, Fishing Instruction, Instructional, JAdventures Main Banner

Heavyweight Tactics for Fall Smallmouths   As autumn colors begin to appear and water temperatures cool, smallmouth bass replace their summer habits wit new patterns and fall fishing can be some of the best of the year. I will be sharing with you what works for...

Sun Protection: Don’t Forget Your Hands

by Bill Schultz | Aug 19, 2020 | Fishing Feature, Freshwater, JAdventures Main Banner

Sun Protection: Don’t Forget Your Hands! Most of us have had more sun in our lives than we need. I’m no exception and am also spending all or part of 70 to 80 days chasing smallmouth bass in Wisconsin. When out in one of my Jackson sit-on-top fishing kayaks or in my...

Keeping a Fishing Log

by Bill Schultz | May 7, 2020 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater, Freshwater Fishing, Instructional

Keeping a Fishing Log By Bill Schultz I grew up with a Dad who ran the Madison YMCAs and hanging around the weight room I remember all those big guys writing in beat-up notebooks. They were writing down their workouts in their logs. Swimming at the University of...

Prime Times for Fishing: How to Know When to Go

by Bill Schultz | Apr 4, 2020 | Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction

Prime Times: How to Know When to Go   After years away from fishing, I jumped back in the water in 1992. I caught my first smallmouth bass in 1994 and by 1998 smallies were my fish of choice to catch and release. Always looking for that advantage with my smallie...

How to Pick the Right Kayak Paddle

by Bill Schultz | Dec 17, 2019 | Exploration Feature, Fishing, Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Kraken

How to Pick the Right Kayak Paddle When I’m giving kayaking and kayak fishing talks at sports shows and expos, I like to spend some time talking paddles.  Most people spend more time picking their kayak than how to pick the right kayak paddle.  But, your paddle is the...

Smallie Tackle Box: What You Need for Success

by Bill Schultz | Dec 10, 2019 | Fishing Feature, Fishing Instruction, Freshwater Fishing

You’d think someone who’s caught and released over 23,000 smallmouth bass since catching his first in 1994 would have to lift weights just to carry all those lures he’d used.  I chase smallies in my Jackson Kayaks, wearing waders and in my boat.  You might be...

Making a List

by Bill Schultz | Dec 4, 2019 | Fishing, Fishing Reports

In the wonderful 1934 poem, Santa Claus is Coming to Town, this is the second verse, He’s making a list, And checking it twice; Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice. Santa Claus is coming to town Well, after hitting the water for smallies in one of my...

The Joy of Paddling

by Bill Schultz | Nov 5, 2019 | Fishing, Freshwater, Kilroy, Kilroy HD, United States

Photo by Paul Smith, Outdoors Editor, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel In the Fall 2019 issue of Kayak Angler Magazine there’s a great article talking with six top kayak anglers on why they prefer to paddle with their kayak fishing.  Four of the six are Jackson Kayak Pro...