Cassio
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Rio raft rents rafts and they will also shuttle you up to Maricopa. These are rafts only, no frame or anchor system. With two people they should be easy to paddle but you will probably have to find spots to pull over and beach it in order to fish. Once again, no your limits. I wouldn’t advise it to anyone who does not have experience with some white water, or is not physically able to swim to safety if something goes wrong.
I’ve been seeing some kayaks making their way down the river but once again these are guys that have experience on the Guad.
Gardo’s (CVC), Little Ponderosa, #5 above the weir, and Potts should provide the “safest” opportunity to wade in high flows. Still use caution.
Be safe out there!
Maybe you already know what you are looking for but why a drift boat? If you noticed all the guides run rafts with fishing frames. A drift boat may work with these really high flows but it’ll just get beat up most of the other time. A raft is just better suited for the guad and most of the other hill country rivers for that matter.
If you are in the market for a raft there was a nice NRS raft and trailer on craigslist last time I looked.
David I think the most important thing for our fishery is that the lake stays above pool level, in that recreation level. If the lake gets below pool, specially approaching the warmer months they’ll shut down those flows to a mere trickle. If that happens water temps quickly rise and there goes our holdovers.
I own a small raft so these flows haven’t bother me too much. I am happy that it’s keeping many meat anglers off the water all together and its allowing the fish to spread out. I’m very optimistic that if things continue this way we will have a second season of good holdover retention.
Thanks to all those that helped. I ended up not beating able to make it on Saturday but did get a chance to fish Sunday.
Floated from Rio with Ky and we each landed a brown. Both on streamers and around 16-17”. They looked great, very healthy fish with beautiful colors and spots.
I love fishing after a good rain and yesterday I was not disappointed. Rain usually means water gets murky, but it also means food gets washed into the river. This usually gets bait fish more active too. During or after rain I usually fish bigger flies or streamers.
I fished from noon until 4 yesterday. All but one of my fish were fooled by a tried and true woolly bugger. Swinging it worked well as did dead drifting it under an indicator. Landed 7 with plenty of missed opportunities in between.
I’ll be there! I drive an older maroon Tundra with a camper and rod vault. I’m happy to drive some folks around, come say hi!
Along with the state stockers it sounds like we are going to have quite the range of sizes. This should lead to some high number days on the water with a few big fish in the mix. Plus the majority of the fish won’t be of legal size to keep. Which with these flows should translate to a long and fun season.
Keep up the awesome work Jimbo!
I bet a good size speck or red would be real fun on a glass rod. What is the cost of building that rod? I’ve been curious about building my own, do you have any recommendation of books, website or other resources.
How did it go folks?
Glad we are getting some volunteers. I can’t get off work that day, so thank you to those that are able to help out.
I floated the river Sunday and already had fishermen on the bank “informing” me that the river just got stocked. Doesn’t take folks long to figure it out.
Fishing was tough, got out there Sunday and Monday with only a few Fish landed. I for one am happy about that. Tough conditions means Fish have a better chance to acclimate, like Jimbo said, and it’ll give them a chance to spread out. This should give our fish a better chance of staying in the river longer.
Thank you for the update Jimbo. See you tomorrow!
On the glove issue we are on the same page. I understood your original post. I’m just always looking for an opportunity to preach proper catch and release techniques.
Rio usually has enough parking in their back lot. It’s traveling down river road and parking at the other sites that the less cars the better.
Gloves are great to keep your hands warm but not for handling of fish. You shouldn’t have to touch many fish during the stocking but keep that in mind during the season. Fish should be handled with bare wet hands to avoid removing their protective coating. Same reason why you should never lay a fish on rocks or grass for a photo.
With this may people please carpool! Make some friends and learn some tips for the season, I’ll be in a maroon double cab tundra with a camper and rod vault. I’m glad to drive some folks around since I’m coming by myself. Folks with vans, even better!
-Cassio
I’ll be there! oh man I need to buy new waders…
