boarder checkpoint.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Friday, May 11, 2012
Epic trip down the Devils River!
Off the water at 5 p.m. Our bodies are tired but we are on a mental high after overcoming all that the Devils River could dish out. The river tried its best to break us but could not... Lightening storms, driving monsoon like rains, a golf ball sized hail storm, scorching heat, significant temperature drops, miles of dragging kayaks through river cane fields, class 3 rapids, challenging portages, and a night time armadillo raid. this is not a river for the underprepaired.
We were told that the area has been in the midst of an 18 month drought
.. Even by desert standards. Well that ended when we showed up!
Through all, the team remained focused, overcame every obstical and even managed to catch a few fish in the extream conditions. We "boated" approximately 200 largemouth and smallmouth bass on the trip. Including some real pigs. We caught several smallmouth in the 19 inch rang and a good number of 3-4 pound largemouth. The beast of the trip was a 23 inch largemouth. The cold front conditions played to our strengths as north east anglers.
We will post day by day accounts of our trip once we compile all the photos and video.
Sunday, May 6, 2012
Bar-B-Q in Texas
Last day of real food. Hitting the river in the morning. This means dehydrated backpacking food for the next four days. We enjoyed some great food and beer at Rudy's! Now it is time to role to the ranch where we will launch our journey in the morning.
Breakfast in Del Rio
The team enjoying some breakfast before doing final gear checks and packing the kayaks. We hit the river tomorrow.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
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