Colorado River Cook's Island Report
Posted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:18 pm
My first post on the new Camping Fourm, glad it's here.
Me and some buds did a camping trip on Cook's Island on the Colorado River.
The island is about 1/2 mile down from Little Webberville Park below Austin.
We launched in Garfield just down from the park.
The river all summer has been crystal clear, but Fri. night there was some decent rain near by so this is what found when we got ready.
So much for the swimming we were looking forward to.
We didn't have enough kayaks for everybody so two of them decided to rent a canoe. We took this as an invitation to bring it all.
Did we forget any thing?
The off colored water didn't do the bass fishing any good, no hits at all on the short trip down. I usually catch 3-4 on the way to the island.
The island is a great camping spot; large, lots of camping areas, and lots of trees. We picked the smaller one, perfect for 2-3 tent.
The guys set out some poles and before long had some small cats and a nice drum. I'm into photography (as you can tell by this post) so I was running around the island shooting wild flowers, bugs and stuff. The place is full of wild flowers still.
Don't wipe your butt with this
Only fish pic of the trip.
Hoping the water would clear later in the day for some paddleing, we broke out the fun and games
We're serious washers players.
Finally decided to get out and paddle around the island. It has a cut through the middle that makes a nice little tour.
The big camp spot - that tire has been there a while
A little after I got back the guy are getting hungry. One of my favorite things about camping is the food. With the kayak we usually have to pack light, but with the canoe we brought the good stuff.
Just about ready
Man, it was good. It's never exactly the same recipe twice, this times special ingredient was fresh hatch peppers.
We had a near full moon and cool air to enjoy the rest of the night. Slept like a baby.
Next morning got up and fixed breakfast and we found that the water had cleared up some and I wanted a bass. We broke camp and hit the water. Not long I got my bass.
Right now the flow in the morning is pretty strong and you have to pass a shallow area and small riff. The canoers found it a bit tough but got through. Heck, I paddled pretty hard to get past it myself. Come mid-Oct. the flow will go down quite a bit makeing it an easy trip back.
It was a nice relaxing trip. I do alot of 12-35 mile trips, but sometimes just takeing it easy is the way to go.
Me and some buds did a camping trip on Cook's Island on the Colorado River.
The island is about 1/2 mile down from Little Webberville Park below Austin.
We launched in Garfield just down from the park.
The river all summer has been crystal clear, but Fri. night there was some decent rain near by so this is what found when we got ready.
So much for the swimming we were looking forward to.
We didn't have enough kayaks for everybody so two of them decided to rent a canoe. We took this as an invitation to bring it all.
Did we forget any thing?
The off colored water didn't do the bass fishing any good, no hits at all on the short trip down. I usually catch 3-4 on the way to the island.
The island is a great camping spot; large, lots of camping areas, and lots of trees. We picked the smaller one, perfect for 2-3 tent.
The guys set out some poles and before long had some small cats and a nice drum. I'm into photography (as you can tell by this post) so I was running around the island shooting wild flowers, bugs and stuff. The place is full of wild flowers still.
Don't wipe your butt with this
Only fish pic of the trip.
Hoping the water would clear later in the day for some paddleing, we broke out the fun and games
We're serious washers players.
Finally decided to get out and paddle around the island. It has a cut through the middle that makes a nice little tour.
The big camp spot - that tire has been there a while
A little after I got back the guy are getting hungry. One of my favorite things about camping is the food. With the kayak we usually have to pack light, but with the canoe we brought the good stuff.
Just about ready
Man, it was good. It's never exactly the same recipe twice, this times special ingredient was fresh hatch peppers.
We had a near full moon and cool air to enjoy the rest of the night. Slept like a baby.
Next morning got up and fixed breakfast and we found that the water had cleared up some and I wanted a bass. We broke camp and hit the water. Not long I got my bass.
Right now the flow in the morning is pretty strong and you have to pass a shallow area and small riff. The canoers found it a bit tough but got through. Heck, I paddled pretty hard to get past it myself. Come mid-Oct. the flow will go down quite a bit makeing it an easy trip back.
It was a nice relaxing trip. I do alot of 12-35 mile trips, but sometimes just takeing it easy is the way to go.
