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Yes, there are put ins above the narrows. First one is about 12 miles above called Beachton Road. There is a low water bridge there where the road crosses but limited parking. As for rapids and water levels. I recommend nothing lower than ~200 cfs with upper being 2k cfs. There are several drop offs...

Thanks for the great write up. Way to go on pushing your son to not get deterred and now he is motivated for more. He will now learn faster and continue to sharpen the skills of learning to watch, listen and immerse himself in his surroundings. Fishing or hunting you can have the best equipment but ...

Yep, it is because typically channels have hard bottoms. I will stop there about hard bottoms.

I use the 2.2# for my kayaks and the 4.4# for my Hobie Tandem Island.

I love to paddle and hike to remote places and spend some quality time in the wilderness. I have been doing this for many years now and have had my share of events and trials. I base my life path on 4Fs Faith, Family, Friends, and Fun. I base my wilderness survival confidence on 3Fs+1S, Fire, (Food/...

Magicseaweed at the Matagorda location

I just looked and they have already changed the forecast. For the better but still a my bit rough for BTB.

https://magicseaweed.com/Matagorda-Surf-Report/3947/

I was tinkering in my garage, smoking a cigar and listening to NWS weather on my VHF last evening. I heard about those seas and thought about reporting them here - glad you made the point. Oh yea, smoking a cigar and sipping bourbon. I have some reels needing my attention. Any guesses where I will ...

I usually get to make about 5 trips to the coast and offshore per year but not this year. This year has had its share of strange patterns. Early season we had the rain and pressure gradients which kept the TX coast with muddy river water and big surf. Then there was some windows around July 4 but I ...

Oh yea, nice trip. That is also on my list. Lived in TX all my life and paddle many river both in state and across the country and cannot seem to get that one done. Thanks for the video/report. To bad about the canoe. Was it a rental or private?

Earl

Thanks, I have been busy in the white water scene up in Arkansas this spring. I leave for a 6 day, 125 mile flat water paddle down the lower Green River in Utah, later this month. It starts just south of I70 and then down to the confluence with the Colorado river, it passes through Canyon Lands NP. ...

I have a Goal Zero Solar panel that will hook up to any device I have , phone, gps, vhf, etc. I can use to charge any of those and I have a Goal Zero battery pack that I charge also and can use it to charge most anything if no sun. They have a lot of new stuff since I bought mine a few yrs back. I h...

Well done, thanks for the video. Yep it is a big lake and you found the spot with some humps.
I am about 1.5hrs away and plan on doing some crappie fishing thee over the next couple of months.

I have not been to that park in a few yrs now. Thanks for the report and keep them coming. White bass run season gets started down that way pretty quick now.

The River Goes On Forever and The Paddling Never Ends https://sites.google.com/site/earlatnipsplace/home/2021-brazos-river Date: January 2-8, 2021 Location: Brazos River Put In: Hwy 7, Marlin, TX Take Out: Boat ramp, Freeport Tx: Mouth of Brazos at ICW Distance: 395 miles Class: I-II Attending: Solo...

All good, back in Plano. Pretty nice but hard trip. Yes, 50+ miles most days with one at 65. Trip report coming as soon as I can type better, got some serious paddle grip fatigue.
Earl

I will be making a little trip. My position should start updating sometime Saturday AM Jan 2, 2021

SYOTW,
Earl

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It was hard to tell from the video on water color but it looked decent. Could you see blue water further out? I should be there tomorrow night and fish Friday and Saturday. Also, how was the beach driving? I was down there just before the TS went in at Corpus and the sand was the worst I have seen i...

Have a fun, safe, productive trip. Post up on water color and action. I would not expect any issues using either launch with this forecast.

Looks like I am headed to Matagorda Friday, Saturday and maybe Sunday.

Great video Killerbee, now my blood is running to get out. How recent was the tarpon hook and land at the Matty rig and was it on a ribbon fish. I plan on making a couple trips down in the next few weeks if the conditions allow. I would like to hit the rigs that are ~7 miles out and then some of the...

Thanks for the nice video and posting your trip. It is a nice time of year to be on that section of the Brazos. It looks like they were releasing a decent amount of water so you did not have to drag boats. Were there many others doing overnight while you there?

Earl

Date: April 17-19, 2020 Location: Illinois River, OK Put In: Watts, Hwy 59 Take Out: Falcon Floats, Just down from Echota Distance: 53.8 miles Class: I Attending: Solo Gage Reading: ~ 1300 cfs htps://waterdata.usgs.gov/ok/nwis/uv/?site_no=07195500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 I have paddled the Illi...

Neat that she demonstrated that but those specs just don't work for me. 8' and 100#s, tad heavy.

Date: April 9-11, 2020 Location: Eleven Point River, Missouri Put In: Greer Springs Crossing Take Out: Riverton East at Hwy 160 Distance: 25.0 miles Attending: Solo Gage Reading: ~ 1900 cfs https://waterdata.usgs.gov/mo/nwis/uv/?site_no=07071500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 I make many trips per yea...

Blake, I am waiting on information on some river permits I have applied for then should be able to make a decision on attending. With 74 that will be a lot of plastic in a small area of the gulf, should be fun. Hope the weather is better than the past couple of years. Camping on that section of beac...

Scott, nice to hear you are still lurking around. Glad you and the wife got some time away. Sorry to hear about the long hours and medical bills but you have the right attitude and coach from above. Your pictures did not show up but the description of the fish hitting the water was enough to stir me...