Posted By: steveiam
Back to the Brazos below PK - 10/23/19 07:19 PM
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-
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-