I camp on the bank normally.

My brother in law and father in law are bringing their Coosas and I plan on taking my Pescador.They have the storage advantage by far but I think I can haul enough for me to be comfortable. Besides if an angry plastic eating beaver gets after us I can speed away and come back later and pick what supplies I want lol.......I did say they were IN-LAWS.

I've got a couple of drybags and a drybox...hopefully that should be enough. Going to load the yak down tonight and see how everything fits/crams.

Shotgun? For crazy people on the river or things that go bump in the night. I've been trying to figure which would be easier to explain long gun or pistol, if the GW was to say something while you had it on the river.

Here are two yaks loaded for a three night fishing trip. Both hulls were loaded with camping gear, cooler bags and bottled water.

I actually take both now. Use to just take the 410 as a snake charmer until some wild hogs messed with me on a campout. I now carry a 45 plus the shotgun and problem solved.

I like that.

Hey a topic that I can relate to. I'm a lightweight backpacker first and fisher second. Number one item- a good sleeping pad. Buy the best and enjoy the campout. Buy cheap and be very grumpy for 3 days. Don't take a hammock unless you have used one before because you will end up on the ground after one night of feeling tied up in a knot.
Mountain house dinners rock but use 1 1/2 cups of water when they tell you 2 cups. Much better. Best stove? I have the jetboils and such but I only use a free "beer can stove" any more. Look up pepsi can stove and check them out. Keep in mind that this and the other stoves mentioned above are only used for heating water, not cooking.
No guns. Period. You're there to enjoy nature not go to go to war with it. I will argue anyone on this topic. If you need weapons, you should not be in that area. Have the attitude "I am the thing that goes bump in the night".
Take basic supplies and first aid. Some of you favorite spirits and For God's sake, WATCH OUT for the most deadly animal in nature-the RACOON! You would not believe the things that they have doen to me in Arkansas and Oklahoma! I still can't talk about it but my therapist said that I am getting much better. In 4 more weeks, backpacking season starts so I will miss all of you guys on this forum. I'll see you next May though.

The salt content is high enough that it will not quinch your thirst!!! The more you drink the more you want. Good idea to take your own water for drinking... Cooking with the brazos water is ok if you filter it...

Screw that! The more guns the better and you cant have too much ammo, any thing that makes a nosie and gets too close to the camp gets blasted. Im not the thing that "goes bump in the night" im the thing that "goes boom booom booom boom bang bang pow pow, click click, boom boom boom bang bang pow pow in the night". I enjoy my nature bloody.

[/quote]Are they selling MRE's at he commissary again? I remember several years ago they quit for some reason. I may be able to eat them again now. They were what we had almost entirely during Desert Storm for 6 months.

JIM [/quote]

Yeah at Sheppard they are selling them but I pretty much cleaned them out really fast. Can't beat a full meal for 7 bucks or so that is guaranteed to stop you up for a few days if you eat them for more than a week at a time.

Oh yeah if I go camping any where short of a state park my .357 comes with me for hogs or anything else that might go bump in the night.

I try to pack as lightly as possible, because my paddling buddies usually bring 200lbs of beer, and a pack of baloney. I usually get "stuck" with paddling the canoe, but even when it's loaded, I'm still a heck of a lot faster than they are, and it's easier. I don't tell them that though.

I use my single burner jetboil stove a lot and found it to be very handy. You can warm any canned vegetable in just a few minutes, or a can of chili. Or boil water and pour it over ramen. Makes a good camp meal with some crackers.

+1 on taking something to protect yourself with. Will probably never need it but I sleep a whole lot better when miles from civilization.

Well I loaded the Pescador down yesterday and went to Benbrook for a test run. The weight was distributed evenly front and back and probably only totaled 275-280 pounds including myself. I don't think the Pescador is a pack mule like my Scrambler XT. Seemed to be tippy and handled like a whole different yak.

I love my Pescador for the speed and comfort but I'm starting to think my Scrambler XT is more stable when loaded. GREAT.......now to decide which to take for a three day excursion ..........

It can definitely be worth it. The big plus, it affords you more creature comforts than backpacking (like chairs).



Lining our boats up the Lewis Chanel, Yellowstone, WY.

Now that is what I'm talking bout .....Awesome picture thanks for sharing.