Woodsbound Outdoors

Eating Only What I Catch for the Night & Camping Out in the Inflatable Kayak

In the hot, muggy summer, I hiked to a bass pond in northern Pennsylvania with my new inflatable kayak, which doubles as a comfy air mattress. I camped overnight under a tarp lean-to, surrounded by coyotes howling. Along the way I encountered deer, beaver, and a timber rattlesnake. Fishing yields a largemouth of bass and crappie, cooking over the fire while battling mosquitoes through the night.