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Whitewater Fishing’s Packable Rain Jacket and Pant perform exceptionally on far-north, 8-day, off-grid canoe fishing trip.

When your father is Gary Parsons, and your uncle is Keith Kavajecz, both in the freshwater fishing hall of fame, it is no surprise that the family legacy would continue.

If there’s one piece of fishing apparel no angler is ever without, it’s a hooded sweatshirt. Typically adorned with some fishing company logo, most of us have at least a few to rotate in between heavy washings to rid the fabric from fish slime.

In the world of bass fishing, whether fishing around a small farm pond or a professional angler competing at a high level, when struggles happen, sometimes we need to instruct like a coach, explaining to stick to the fundamentals.

According to Whitewater pro-staffer and recent 2023 Bassmaster Classic 7th place finisher, Jay Przekurat, tournament practice days were "absolutely brutal" with sub-zero temps, wind gusts over 30 mph, and potentially bone-piercing rain. Despite foul weather, Jay launched his Nitro every morning and battled Mother Nature in search of a river pattern that would guarantee a top-10 finish during the critical hours of bass fishing's Super Bowl.

The fifty-two-inch-wide boats used for fishing are ideal for traveling the narrow shoals of the winding Ozark rivers. However, they do not have much room to pack extra gear that is not necessarily essential. Many fishing trips would often begin with clear skies and warm temperatures, and then, in a blink of an eye, a dark thundering cloud would pass over, bringing heavy rain, and unless we were prepared with the proper rain gear, we would end up soaked. That is where the new packable rain gear from Whitewater Fishing will save the day.

Most experienced river walleye anglers have several presentations rigged as the mood of early-season walleyes changes daily, if not hourly. Any early-season river walleye angler should be prepared to be versatile and run through a lot of presentations, ultimately letting the fish reveal what they want. What follows is a list of winning spring river walleye presentations, all involving live bait, although hair jigs, blade baits, stickbaits, and soft plastics are early-season options, too.

Approximately two hours before sunset, while on the boat, a dark rain cloud began to canopy over the top of the lake. After gathering my equipment to get ready for a quick boat ride back to our cabin, I realized this gentleman had no intentions of leaving. As the rain began to fall, he urged me to grab the fishing pole from the front deck with a black plastic worm already tied and start fishing. My first cast in the rain landed six inches on the opposite side of an exposed log. Immediately after the worm hit the water, a bass hit like that of Mark McGwire hitting a baseball.

Whitewater Fishing gear will be premiered and promoted on The Next Bite TV, which airs on the Discovery Channel, CBS Sports, and several streaming channels. The hosts of the highly rated show will personally represent the Whitewater Fishing brand as well. Hosts Chase Parsons, Korey Sprengel, Tom Kemos, Gary Parsons, and Jason Przekurat will be heavily involved in product development, too, testing garments from early samples all the way through to final production. 

When B.A.S.S. Elite Series pro and Wisconsin native Jay Przekurat began his first year as an Elite angler in 2022, he set a personal goal to do well enough to end each tournament by cashing a check and maintaining his spot in the top half of the angler standings.