This weekend I took Nolan up to Yellow River for our annual camping and trout fishing trip. We met up with Jon & Matt Seago, along with Tyler and a couple of his friends (Keith and Joe). We stayed at campsite #115.
On Friday I picked up Nolan an hour early from school. By the time we arrived at the campground, we were able to set up camp and still had some daylight to try our luck fishing. We tried the handicap area where we had success last year, and I did manage to catch one trout worth keeping. That night it was cloudy, so we couldn't see the stars, but it was otherwise nice weather and no rain. We had a nice campfire and made smores. I decided that Nutella is the best thing to use with smores.
Saturday morning Nolan and I tried the fishing hole close to camp, but we did not even have a nibble. Then we went back to the handicap area, where I caught and released one small trout. At this point Nolan was getting frustrated, since I was catching fish and he was not. But like most years, that was about to change. We met up with Jon at the camp, and he drove us over to Wexford, which is a church and cemetery that is north of Harper's Ferry on highway X52. There is a bridge right by the cemetery, and beside it there is a nice fishing hole. There Nolan was able to catch two fairly large rainbow trout, and Jon caught one nice rainbow trout as well. Later that day we did try fishing at Waterton, but we had no luck there.
That night we did have nice clear skies to see the stars, and we had a nice campfire. I brought some fire color changing packets, which we used to make the campfire colorful. Overall, it was a fun trip camping and fishing, but I am feeling pretty worn out now, and I am looking forward to sleeping in my own bed.
I believe this is the 5th time that Nolan has been up to Yellow River with me. Here are some of the previous times that I have blogged about Yellow river: 2024, 2023, 2021, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2014, 2013, and 2012.
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| Nolan with the Harper's Ferry sign. |
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| Nolan with one of the rainbow trout he caught at Wexford. |
