River to Sea Insane Trinity River Trip

a 550 mile trip on the trinity river from Palestine Texas all the way to Baytown

[@jimmccabe3150]

saw where those lock and damns were part of the idea to make a dallas to houston river way back in the 1800's into the early 1900's

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

I didn't know that about the dam, that's interesting. There's a lot of history around the trinity river!

[@julianmares9496]

They kept trying to build this river system until about 1970s it completely disappeared in investors and city halls hands

[@TrinityRiverTxExcursion-he6sx]

You guys are brave as hell.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Haha we're crazy for sure, thanks for watching!

[@phabbletty]

This was a great video, watched the whole thing. Better than most of the fluffery on You Tube. Enjoyed the gear rundown, especially your EDCs. Props from Deep East Texas.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Thanks a lot! Glad yall enjoy the videos, the next big trip will be from Dallas down to where we started

[@phabbletty]

@@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780 bring your hazmat suit!!

[@OMBP20]

GOD BLESS 'MERICA & GOD BLESS TEXAS

[@2025HANDLE]

Jesus H Koverist. You guys have balls. I have been on the river twice with my bass boat much less that far. sheesh.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

It was a heck of a trip, thanks for watching. And good luck on the river!

[@chrischtis2082]

I'm so happy yall did this epic adventure!!! you are doing a good thing here, by sharing

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Thanks and same here I've been planning for that trip for a while, the next trip is Dallas to Palestine, glad y'all enjoy watching!

[@clintonbruning]

I’ve used littered quick trip cups as a bilge pump many times for my leaks 😂. This looked like a good time man. I’m a river rat on the west fork Trinity in Fort Worth. I know those miller lites had to have been warm too…. Grown man stuff taking those down 😂. Fun video man!

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

@@clintonbruning your a man after my own heart haha! Glad you enjoyed the video. What is the river like up there? I've never been

[@clintonbruning]

@@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780 it’s honestly decently clear, with good bass fishing. But the current isn’t anywhere close to as strong as it looks in the lower part of the river where you were. I think you’ve inspired me to try to take on the whole thing from lake worth to downtown on my paddleboard in a day sometime here soon 👊🏽

[@hildachacon001]

Awww love “DAWG” he wants screen time too! ❤🐶❤

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Thats my pitbull Keechi, I named him after the I grew up fishing. He loves a boat ride!

[@levis503]

I've wanted to do a similar trip from Dallas to bayton. I have to issue no boat or friends who would be down to do something like this. Looks like a great adventure.

[@adamg9518]

Great vid, appreciate your kit rundown too

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Thanks glad you enjoyed it! The next big trip will be where the river begins in Dallas to where we started

[@rnorman1015]

Badass trip! Baytown forever!

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Thank you sir, sure was

[@bonniebrown1566]

I sure do enjoy watching your shenanigans 😉

[@HaveKayaksWillTravel]

Awesome trip.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Thank again, glad you found my channel!

[@eprohoda]

salut, nejoyed,total great -take it easy-homie!👍

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Sure will, you do the same!

[@JW-fq1pp]

I was wondering how far it was from Trinity Bay to close to the Palestine area. We have property up there and live near Alvin and Chocolate Bayou. From us then, over 600 miles. Long trip in the canoe...

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

That's too cool, yessir that is a long way in a canoe.it would probably take 10 days. there is website, that has all the old steamboat ports along the river with river miles too, it's hard to to find, but worth looking for

[@TheStephenspann27]

How did you get around the dam at lake Livingston?

[@juliewoods6534]

What a trip!

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yes ma'am It was

[@Sabbathissaturday]

Keep those boats handy. They will be replacing vehicles in Texas soon.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

I hear that!

[@jonathanmodisette6997]

I used to fish out there on 21 back when I was a kiddo. Lived out in Midway. Crazy seeing it all these years later.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

That's too cool, good fishing there, lots of gators too! Thanks for watching!

[@jonathanmodisette6997]

@@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780 yessir. Loved the video man.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

@@jonathanmodisette6997 glad to hear people are enjoying the channel that's great! The next big trip will be Dallas down to where we started, don't know when but it's in the works

[@SOUTHSIDE_PREPPER]

this is bad ass

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Thank you sir, next trip will be from Dallas to where we started

[@rayzee7561]

I've slept in a tent on sand bars and got eaten up by ants. I learned to bring a net hammock to sleep off the ground, with much better luck, just bring skeeter spray. No tent, lots of skeeters.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Ive got a friend, that has been trying to talk me into hammocks as well. I think I may try it

[@jasonsexplorations6687]

From the river to the sea, was it free?!

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yeah it sounded better summer

[@jacklope1]

What a great adventure! Why did you decide to start in Palestine? Was it just one night camping? Wondering if you'd be able to do this from DFW or if the river is navigable that far up.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yes it was! We are all from that area, and it was two nights and three days sun up to sun down. DFW down will be the next big trip, it is navigable but not by much from my understanding. We may have to wait for the river to rise or run long tails

[@TyCrundwell-tn4hk]

We need to go gar fishing soon Paul

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

I hear that, give me a holler sometime!

[@HampETX903]

East Texas is the south

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

@@HampETX903 God bless the South

[@PhilipHood-du1wk]

Could y'all do a guided trip for three guys?

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

I would love to do a guided trip to the coast. We just don't have the resources to do a trip that big yet. As of right now we could do small scale guided fishing/ bow fishing and duck hunting trips though.

[@VigilanceTech]

while you're cruising at a good clip you can pull the plug out of the transom on your boat and the water will all drain out

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yessir, it was too rough in the bay for that though, we broke every single brace in that john boat crossing the bay!

[@doncarson2991]

How did you get around the lake dam? Lake Livingston trailer your boats? Another dam north of 85 Hwy 😊

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yessir we trailered out of Browders Marina to the spill way, 85 is that up in Dallas?

[@doncarson2991]

Yes 85 bridge is Ellis county and Henderson county line south of Dallas y’all are tuff can’t imagine mosquitos and gnats 😮 enjoyed the video Thanks

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

@@doncarson2991 good to know, the next trip will from Dallas to where we started. Haha yessir the bugs got meaner the further we went. Thanks for watching!

[@TheStephenspann27]

Y’all had the spare motor packed away in one of the boats ?

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Nos sir my buddy's wife came with a boat trailer to get us around the dam, she brought the motor with her. It was scary when that thing broke!!

[@TheStephenspann27]

@@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780 man that’s a big fear of mind. Motors flipping up onto me

[@kentmarze6540]

How did you get past Livingston Dam?

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

My buddy's wife came with a trailer, we pulled out at the marina on the dam, got back in the river behind the spillway

[@CM4RSH]

At what point in the trip did you start seeing gators regularly?

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

I'd say south of Livingston, that's when we stopped counting

[@TrinityRiverTxExcursion-he6sx]

March, the river is infested with gators, all over even close to the launch sites.

[@User20758]

That would have been fun 50 yrs ago

[@cadeherin188]

Why 50 years ago

[@User20758]

Cause back in the 60's I was racing dirt bikes all over the piney woods around Palestine. Floated neches river, a lot then. If that doesn't turn the light on Then I will tell you Fifty yrs ago I was young enuf to do it. I always wanted to run brazos from Possum kingdom To lake Whitney. Lots of them floats would have been fun. Did alot as it was. I'm old now but I still remember Fighting snakes all night long on Chambers creek all night fishing many times. That's why.

[@User20758]

I enjoy the heck out of watching ya. Didn't have camera like these phones have back then. Wow, if. We did it. Would have been great. Ya be safe and have fun!

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

I'm glad you enjoy the videos, sounds like you have some good stories, and caught a lot of fish, too bad they didn't have GoPros and such then, it would have been something to see

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

You take care Sir

[@TrinityRiverTxExcursion-he6sx]

You guys need a bilge pump. I highly recommend them. My boat had a leak, and had i not have the rear one installed, we would have sunk our boat and get eaten by gators. and we carry life vest. W e took on over 10 gallons with the pump, and when we go in, it took us 5 mins to drain the water. The leak scared me so much, i had 3 bilge pumps installed and 3 batteries total. Overkill can save your life.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

That's a good idea, crossing the bay would have been much less stressful haha! We broke every single brace in my boat crossing trinity bay. Good thing you had a pump, that could have been a very bad day! Good luck out there!

[@TrinityRiverTxExcursion-he6sx]

Did you motor get ripped off the transom from hitting a hill or rock?

[@TrinityRiverTxExcursion-he6sx]

like you guys i carry a lot of survival preps. My Buddy Roser wants us to do a long drive and camp out for a few days, but i am concerned about destroying my boat, and its fiberglass.

[@Kevin-rb7yy]

might as well!

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Next trip is Dallas down!

[@michymc.2078]

adults wear a pfd brothers !!! have fun be safe

[@michymc.2078]

saw the kid had one thats good

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yessir not a bad idea, you as well, take care!

[@paulferraro4781]

disappointed, not much video for such a journey. Not much on getting thru lock and dam or around livingston dam??

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yeah wish I took videos, Livingston dam was easy went to browders marina on the edge of the dam and got a ride to the spillway ramp in the river trip was just over 550 mile and took a little over 40 gallons of fuel

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Lock n dam was tough, my buddy nearly lost his boat, we emptied mine and carried over the dam

[@juliewoods6534]

No first aid kit?

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yes it was! Thanks for watching! We had a large first aid kit in the boat. We probably should have had a small kit in our packs to

[@juliewoods6534]

@@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780 I enjoyed it. I would have liked more detail. Y'all got other trips planed.

[@winstonrocco1981]

Should have taken boat out of water had it welded broken transom is dangerous

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yeah I took it to a tig shop after the trip, crossing the bay snapped every single brace in the boat!

[@user-mm5zy8cz8x]

550 miles ? maybe 150

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yessir old steamboat maps said 550, we ran 20 miles an hour for around 9 hours a day for three days,

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

If anything it was farther one day we ran nearly 12 hours not full speed though. Went through 40 gallons of fuel

[@johntex105]

River to the Sea, I thought this was a Joe Biden campaign video supporting Hamas. Guess I was wrong....

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Yeah...sounded better last summer

[@Leolanischpani]

Biden doesn’t even like hamas tf are you on abt 😭😭😭

[@turboFPS]

This was a super cool trip

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

Thanks it sure was, the next big trip will be Dallas to where we started hopefully in the fall

[@turboFPS]

@@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780 im super stoked for you to film that I really really enjoyed this.

[@rabbitridgeoutdoors3780]

@@turboFPSthanks again, I'm glad you enjoyed it, there's plenty more coming up