I would suggest the confluence of Rappahanock and Rapidan. From the closest parking its less then an hour hike. Ive done it as more of a wade and camp. But im sure if you put in somewhere upstream of it, you can pull off there and camp. It is just an point of land where the two rivers meet. Last time there. I saw a party of 9 guys. Beer was there, but all had more fishing gear then beer, seemed like nice guys. More then willing to offer advice. And the fishing was great. in a 4 hour stint on the river I picked up around a dozen smallies. 2 of them were in the 14-16in range. Most were 10-12in. And a couple little dinks. All in all, its a spot I will fish again easily. I could spend a few nights there and fish the Rapidan, Rappahanock pre confluence and post confluence.
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On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Steve Sucher <irgucca@gmail.com> wrote:
--Hiya folks,I did a search on "camping" and the hits seemed to be focused on trout streams. Now, I have a blast primitive camping in GWNF & SNP and pulling brookies out of streams but, I have a yearning for some bronzebacks.So much so that I'm thinking about them almost 5 months too early :PDoes anyone have any suggestions for primitive camping along smallmouth waters?I have camped at Shenandoah River Outfitters near Luray & that was a nightmare of redneck drama. Don't get me wrong, I'm pretty gritty myself but a drunk screaming "You left me out there to dieeeee!" and folks almost burning down the place using whole pallets as firewood is not a fun time for me. I want to see fish not people. A topo map shows the majority of the area is National Forest but actually scouting the area it appeared to be private land and posted.Onward to the Rappahannock River! I did a trip from Kelly's Ford to Motts Landing but it seemed like we spent more time paddling than fishing. Part of this was due to the fact a storm upstream was causing the river to rapidly rise. Literally an hour after we got off the river the level was deemed "dangerous" There were several camping spots (heavily used) but they all seemed like water access. Also, lot's of partiers there. Nothing like pulling into a site tired & ready to relax & finding a Grogan in the middle of camp.I'm not overly picky, I just like natural settings over seeing & hearing people hoot-n-holler all weekend.So, primitive camping (I hammock camp), on a smallmouth river, accessible by land (preferably close to parking), and 2-3 hrs from DC.(ok maybe I am picky :) )-Steve
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