Hey folks, I was able to get back on the river with son in law and 9 year old grandson over the weekend-
He turned 9 Saturday and said all he wanted to do was to go to the river with Papaw-
He loves kayaking with me on local lakes and he really wanted to kayak the river and camp out-
First time I was able to do the trip below PK to the Hwy 4 bridge was in 1978, and to be able to share this river with grandsons so many years later means a ton to me-
I know I always enjoy when I get to see others trips especially with the young ones, so I figured I’d post up for those that may enjoy it also-
The river was not running good at all only 50 cfs, and I just didn’t want to walk the river as much as I new we would have to, so we just camped at Rochelles and were able to run up river and down and back with little effort-
The bite was decent, not great but I’ve seen worse-
Road runners caught some fish, but we also did pretty good on live hellgrammites, and cut shad-
(Those hellgrammites are nasty little boogers but they will catch fish)
Caught one real nice striper on a shad head rigged up for catfish, I’ve never had that happen before-
Anyway it was another good time on the brazos, and fresh caught fish cooked on the campfire beside the river they were just swimming in never disappoints-
Just a few pics-

A couple more pics, just a boy being a boy, not on a phone or iPad-
I love this river-

Something must have bit you while you were on the river. Your arms and chest got really swollen!!

Kidding aside, enjoyed the pics. Thanks for sharing. Time teaching and enjoying the outdoors with kids is what happiness is all about!!

Lol-
Ok I didn’t make it clear, that is my son in law, not me, the only lifting I do anymore Is my fork-
He is a firefighter and stays in shape, the shape I am in looks like a Buda statue-
But yessir, I really enjoy being outdoors with the youngsters, I feel blessed when they still want to go with me-
I’ll always make time as long as I am able-

fabulous
what a great striper
&
nothing like cooking fish on The River

so do you bring a little oil
a bag of spices
& a light weight pan
to cook with

how do you cook on The River?

Yes Butch that’s what we do, I’ll stop by the dollar store and buy a small pan to fry and a small sauce pan to boil water for coffee/hot chocolate and camping cups-
Small bottle of oil and fish fry-
Just throw the pans away at the end of the trip-
I like to eat good while on the river-
Pans, ketchup, and spices take just a small bit of room compared to what we get out of bringing it-

Good stuff, Steve.

Yes sir that's good medicine! Good job getting that kiddo out where he belongs.

Thanks DH!

Thanks Jerry, it’s always fun letting them see this kind of fun, I realize there are many youngsters that don’t get to experience more than a public park.
My hope is that they will continue to seek out this kind of fun-

Good stuff all the way around...The striper is icing on the cake!

Looks fun!!! congrats!! The Brazos is a magical place!

thats exactly what i also do
i have an aluminum mess kit, that works great
&
the racoons will clean it up for you

I love it when we have raccoon visitors!
It’s been a few trips without them coming by though-