Lake Del Valle 9/8 - 9/9 (pics)

Got invited to my buddy Edsel's family & friends camping trip - Had a blast! Edsel reserved the Hetch Hetchy site with was almost a mile hike / paddle to. Lot's of shade, had a fire ring, fresh running water, 2 bathrooms (not porto pottys) and more importantly = LAKE SIDE 

I always wanted to Kayak camp and so this was a test for me. I decided to stuff some of my gear in my Trident and then tow my Malibu X Factor with additional gear to make my stay a very comfortable one 

Tent,Sleeping bag,clothing,air matress and fishing gear in the Trident. The X-Factor took the "very comfortable lawn chair", cooking stuff and the cooler.

(I brought the X-Factor so the "Dad's could take their kids out for a paddle")

Looks like fun. Did you catch any fish?

FF

...what! No GIRL to help you paddle that double haul? dude! your letting me down.  I think thats how my first YAK to CAMP trip would end up too. Lots of STUFF I NEED for two days out in the WILD!.   keep it commin please!

Here's a photo of Rick with his daughter on an OK Malibu II...towing a P-15 loaded with all the essentials for da weekend 

I managed to catch 3 cats (lost 2) with frozen chovys fishing from the bank during the early morning hours. When day light broke, I trolled the deadly rapala and caught  a Large Mouth Bass (lost one too)and a rouge crappie. The LMB was gut hooked so it was donated to the fryer....along with the crappie.

Looks like you need a larger kayak. You have a lot of stuff!!! What ever happened to "roughing it!"
Looks as if you had fun and nice "peesh!"

One of the campers in our group caught this rascal.....this is the second Tarantula (same size) I've seen at Lake Del Valle   Scarry little buggers   I'm just glad the rattle snakes never showed up  

Nice catfish you have there Bro......Congratulation. cheers

That's a sick spider. You shoulda tried to find a scorpion and had them battle.

What does it take to reserve Hetch Hetchy? I thought that was a youth camp only. Nice fish Mooch.

What does it take to reserve Hetch Hetchy? I thought that was a youth camp only. Nice fish Mooch.

Compa - just call the East Bay Parks and Req and see if they have a date open and all you have to do is put down a deposit. It's considered a group camp site and so I believe you have to have a certain number of campers to get the site.

Since Edsel had a lot of campers invited, we only paid 3 bucks each for an over nighter. IMO....dam cheap and very worth it 

I'll be checking on availability dates as well....would like to get a gathering going with fellow NCKA'ers....
 

count me in on the campout...and i've had one of them spiders crawl across my frontroom carpet during Xmas time a few years back.  it was BIG(cool) and IN MY HOUSE(NOT COOL) ....i picked it up and released it outside, only to find it(or another) in my garage a few months later (WTF?) spiders in the house are OK...BIG Spiders? CREEPY and HAIRY!

That's a sick spider. You shoulda tried to find a scorpion and had them battle.

Dustin.....I think it's time for you to take some time off from watching "UFC"   ...perhaps maybe watch "Message in a Bottle" for a change   and collect some GAF points for doing so  

Just a brother looking out for another  


By the way: DOGs are allowed in Del Valle 

I would be sooo down with a catfish hunt/campout. I was just lamenting about how I never catch catfish anymore. I used to fish for them in Socal at lake Cachuma. One of my fav eatin' fish.
Nice Crappie, too!
Now if only my dog could ride in a kayak (doubtful, snow dogs prefer white stuff to blue stuff)

That tarantula is freaky. We got 'em at our place, but not quite so big. Yick. How big of a bass would it take to swallow that?