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Devils River - TX Questions
Posted on 2/12/15 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 2/12/15 at 12:17 pm
I'm really interested in making a overnight-possibly week long camping/kayaking/fishing trip and float the river..i heard its amazing and the youtube videos look awesome.
devils river kayak trip
anyways i was just curious if any yall had done this before and if so what you thought.
is it safe? I know some of the lakes near mexico can be dangerous..
thanks
devils river kayak trip
anyways i was just curious if any yall had done this before and if so what you thought.
is it safe? I know some of the lakes near mexico can be dangerous..
thanks
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Posted on 2/12/15 at 12:21 pm to Geaux23
Look up Drew Gregory kayak video. I think it -may- be called "jump". Sick
Posted on 2/12/15 at 12:24 pm to jimbeam
Posted on 2/12/15 at 1:27 pm to Geaux23
Ask the question on the Kayak Forum on Texasfishingforum.com. You'll get a better answer there.
I'm sure that if you search there, you'll find previous posts, too.
I'm sure that if you search there, you'll find previous posts, too.
Posted on 2/12/15 at 2:17 pm to Geaux23
did this in September 2009. 4 of us took two canoes. Two of us were serious fisherman and the other two just wanted to dip a log of snuff and drink whiskey while away from their wives. One of my favorite trips. The state changed up the land access, but our trip went like this.
launch Friday morning at some campground by a crossing. Forget the name. shoot rapids and fish in between.
find island as the sun starts going down. Fire up the stove for pastalaya and canned chicken. Drink whiskey until you fall asleep.
hit the river and repeat rapids and fishing until we found the state natural area, which is now in a different location. Repeat pastalaya and whiskey.
Portage around dolan falls, wrap canoe and lose all gear, and then haul arse to take out where Maureen the sexy arse ranch hand drives you back to your truck.
My buddy and I that shared a canoe caught a mix bag of 150 Guadalupe, smallmouth, and black bass over the 2.5 days. not too much paddling except on the last day where it starts to flatten out some.
Its an oasis in some otherwise rough country.
launch Friday morning at some campground by a crossing. Forget the name. shoot rapids and fish in between.
find island as the sun starts going down. Fire up the stove for pastalaya and canned chicken. Drink whiskey until you fall asleep.
hit the river and repeat rapids and fishing until we found the state natural area, which is now in a different location. Repeat pastalaya and whiskey.
Portage around dolan falls, wrap canoe and lose all gear, and then haul arse to take out where Maureen the sexy arse ranch hand drives you back to your truck.
My buddy and I that shared a canoe caught a mix bag of 150 Guadalupe, smallmouth, and black bass over the 2.5 days. not too much paddling except on the last day where it starts to flatten out some.
Its an oasis in some otherwise rough country.
Posted on 2/12/15 at 2:17 pm to Geaux23
That's it. All his videos are pretty cool. I like the Everglades one
Posted on 2/13/15 at 8:19 am to cheezag03
sounds fun. im definitely looking into it
Posted on 2/13/15 at 8:33 am to Geaux23
I think I watched a TV show on this last night. They were fly fishing Diablo kayaks. Looked like an amazing place, would love to do that one day.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 9:40 am to DownSouthDave
Been several times and never had an issue. We usually stayed at the end of the Devils River right were it runs into Lake Amistad. Last time I went, the water was as clear as I have ever seen freshwater. I anchored my boat in an area that was 15ft deep and could read the beer can that was sitting at the bottom.
Really nice area, haven't been in a few years but would love to go back.
Once you get out on the open lake, you can cross over to the Mexico side. There have been reported problems there, but it's rare from what I recall. There was that one incident where with the couple on the jet ski.
They patrol the river pretty heavy at night,or they did. Now boarder patrol may not care since the boarders are basically wide open.
Really nice area, haven't been in a few years but would love to go back.
Once you get out on the open lake, you can cross over to the Mexico side. There have been reported problems there, but it's rare from what I recall. There was that one incident where with the couple on the jet ski.
They patrol the river pretty heavy at night,or they did. Now boarder patrol may not care since the boarders are basically wide open.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 12:24 pm to Geaux23
My trip was recently booked by a friend. We are going the last weekend in May. I'll see if I can get the details.
Posted on 3/9/15 at 12:33 pm to DownSouthJukin
awesome lucky you
Posted on 2/9/16 at 12:01 pm to DownSouthJukin
Old thread bump...
DSJ, did you ever make it out there? How was it?
DSJ, did you ever make it out there? How was it?
Posted on 2/9/16 at 1:37 pm to Geaux23
Both the Pecos and Devil's River are beautiful, with clear water, as they pass through Val Verde County. My dad has a friend with a ranch with the Pecos River passing through it. It is very remote though.
Posted on 2/9/16 at 4:13 pm to Geaux23
Watch the Daytripper episode on it on PBS for free. It's fun.
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