Boondocking Trip: Upper Juniata & Raystown Lake
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ก.ย. 2024
- I spent two days fishing the Huntingdon area in Pennsylvania - a day on the Juniata River, and a day on Raystown Lake. In between, I stayed at a "Boondockers Welcome" location. I set up my Drifter hammock, along with several accessories like a rain fly, bug net, Thermarest and under quilt to make sure that I slept warm and comfortable. This was my first night doing this. After a successful boondocking stay, I plan on doing this more often.
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Great video! Glad you switched to the black jig with craw trailer. That's my favorite lure for large mouth on tough days at Raystown. Thanks for letting us know about Harvest Host. That's new to me.
That jig catches them everywhere!
Nice man! Hammock camping is key, espcially when it comes to mutli day floar trips on the river.
This is a prelude to a brutal run of wind and water for you!
For sure it has been!
Really cool video Jeff I’m digging the set up and how easy it is to set up and being totally elevated is the best part
I was somewhat skeptical, hence the three night trial indoors sleeping in the Drifter. Once I set the whole thing up with the underquilt, bug net, rain fly and mummy bag in the yard and tried it out on a chilly day, I felt I could trust it because in those conditions, I was HOT inside of three minutes. Once I was at the Boondockers Welcome site, with all that wind, it was perfect.
This is a nice adventure. Great video 👏👏
Thanks Jerry!
That was an adventure for the ages. Nice catches in the conditions you were in. The hammock looks like it will hold up to most anything with in reason. Thanks for the adventure Jeff
I’m more than happy with how that went.
@@TheLittleStuff I hope to be doing trips like that next year
Thanks, I'll be looking forward to it.
I love downriver camping. I don't have any fishing kayaks, but I have done pretty much every major PA river by primitive camping out a canoe. I do a tent and I stay dry. I have actually done island camping out of a jetboat as well. The advantage of the major rivers is that you can usually find a way to do it in the summer, when the smaller waterways have insufficient water. I had the West Branch on my calendar last weekend, but you can imagine why we didn't go.
It was blown out! I used to do island camping on the New in SW VA years ago - a week at a time. I did some primitive camping with my kids on Susquehanna islands when they were younger. We used a 16 foot cataraft, so there was plenty of room for gear.
Live in Stormstown, Kayak fish the Juniata. Enjoy your channel! Hard to believe you were on the river in those conditions! Way more flow than I would consider to fish. Hill Street Blues quote comes to mind, "Lets be careful out there!"
It was chaotic, and yes dangerous with the only place to try and catch them the shoreline in the trees, which were all strainers.
Great stuff Jeff! Fantastic info!
Thanks Steve!
I sleep in my Prius car with the float tube on top of my car ready to go.
That is a compact set up all around!
You amaze me going out in conditions to fish tat no one I know (including me!) would even think of, Jeff!! But man do I learn a LOT from you! Sounds crazy, but I was getting knots in my gut watching you up in the strainers to get that first fish, and I'm safe in my room here! As always, you da man, and thanks for all you do for us!! :-)
I’ve done rivers a long time. The motor and inflatable combination is unique and very forgiving. It doesn’t make you invincible, but all that power, stability and maneuverability is unique in kayak fishing.
You arrrrr the Doode!!!
You have the mostest FUN out of anyone I know Yo!!
I gotta get what you got and follow you around 😊
There’s gear that helps you on the water, gear that helps you on the road and gear that frees you up to adventure more often. I’m so lucky that I got this job with Boonedox so I can use, sell and help improve/develop better Boondocking stuff!
Very cool solo trip. Rivers flowing that fast make me nervous. It seems the inflatable excels in that condition. I still have any one some day. Also love that hammock 👍
I want to take the hammock on a river float trip and camp on islands.
@@TheLittleStuff That would be perfect. 👍
I like car camping so boondocking is my kind of fun!
"I've got the whole world in my.... WHERE'S MY FISH? WHERE'S MY FISH?" Dude, you are my spirit animal! I hope to meet you in August. Better yet, I hope to meet you on the susky at some point this year. Making it a point to fish the susky a lot this year.
It’s a great fishery.
I hope the little kid who lost his ball isn't watching
The funniest thing like that I have seen was on the Susquehanna. An entire field of unharvested pumpkins came floating down. They trickled down over the entire day.
Hey, did that Kayak come with that roller or are they sold separately?
It’s called Landing Gear. It’s made by my employer Boonedox. It makes access so much easier.
Nice video. Raystown can be a tough lake to fish.
There were so many shad. I bet if you figure out how to mimic them, it could be amazing. Once I figure out my electronics, that might be a fun fishery to use it on.
love your videos. i live in huntingdon, cool to see a video about my home struggles
It was a struggle with those conditions!
Hmmm...at 7:01 you are putting on your water bibs to go out on a severely swollen river.... If you would dump the kayak, wouldn't the bibs fill up with cold water and cause hypothermia as they are pulling you under? (BTW: what would you do if you dumped it in a swollen river?)...Then at 44:58 you say you are putting on the dry suit in case you end up in the water, which is a lake with no current and you aren't far from shore... That seems 100% backwards, so what am I missing in your line of thinking, Jeff? PS: Was out in high windy conditions today kayak fishing a Pocono lake with a thunder storm looming, but managed four Pickeral with the last one being a fat 19 incher ! I am being influenced by you to get out there and try conditions I normally wouldn't bother with (but not in swollen river current! :-)
I guess that I am more at ease on the river.
On your first splash kayak had reg numbers on a plate attached too rail , Is that because it was inflatable ? On my Atak 140 I did same , In past tag came off , I have numbers on a light clear lucite plate that I attach too screw wholes bow , one plate has the current tag , prior too launch ,
Yes, attaching registration numbers to an inflatable is a challenge. The plate serves as a surface to mount them. They also hold the sliding foot pegs for the foot control steering of the motor.
That’s awesome bro and you save💵.
Love what you’re doing with inflatables. That prototype looks awesome. How’s the stability compared to the 1436? I’m guessing slightly less.
The Osprey is the most stable kayak I’ve ever been on. It’s got primary stability overkill. In theory, this new one, the Peregrine has less stability than the Osprey, but it’s second to only the Osprey in the stability ranking. It’s crazy stable.
On this episode of The Little Stuff, Jeff tempts fate once more and does his best Lt. Dan impersonation by telling God he'll never sink THIS Kayak! Watch Jeff dodge waterspouts and certain Death in cataclysmic water conditions.
It was an excellent test.
@@TheLittleStuff I for one was thoroughly impressed.
I For 2 was thoroughly IMPRESSED
I FREAKING LOVE IT
NO BOUT ADOUBT IT
JEFF LITTLE IS THE DOODE!!!!!
Great job Jeff ! Really love the prototype Yak ! How long is it?
14’9” - that’s where most people will say “that’s too much boat for me”. If it was a rotomolded vessel, I would 100% agree, as far as river fishing. But inflatable kayaks turn like a boat that is 4 feet shorter than they are. The proof of that is in this video. I’m super happy with it, as I was with the Osprey. The difference is that this one breaks free of the 6.8 mph “glass ceiling” and is almost a mile per hour faster. That equates to being able to do what I did on the flooding Juniata. It will equate to being able to climb up through rapids better than any other kayak.
@@TheLittleStuff cool thanks Jeff . I love inflatables ! I have two Star rival fish yak’s rigged up similar to yours, I don’t even use my rotomolded yak’s anymore. There’s no other type yak that is as capable on the river, in my opinion 👍Thanks for all your info and ideas it really helps in my fishing life!
Hey Jeff, do you know if the river was still rising or starting to fall? I noticed with the potomac and Shenondoah that if you got the crest and a day of fall in height they go wild in those spots.
You can see the gauge displayed on my phone at the end of the river segment. It had been up for a long time, dropped for a day, and the day after, when I was out there it was rising back to where it was - flooding out of the banks again.
You gotta go back to raystown when it gets better.
I know it can be really good. I feel that I was just too early.
Great video. Without bringing a generator, whats the best way to charge the ultralight torqueedo battery when camping in remote areas?
I have a video coming on that. I’ve built a recharge station for them.