Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

  Took Thursday off as Jean came down and I enjoyed spending the time with her. We sat on the back porch in the evening and watched the deer come for the apples under the tree on the corner of the porch. A couple of the old girls seem to now recognize Jeans voice and don't spook when she talks to them.  The River Master cranked up the release at midnight Thursday morning to 1,000 cfs and cut it back to 900 cfs at midnight this morning. So far, it has continued at that rate. The increased flow coupled with last nights 44 degree temp cooled off all of the rivers. Yes, both the EB and BK were back up over 70 today in the bright sun but the BR started off around 58 and never got above 63. The results were predictable, bugs and rising fish from when I got there at about 5:00 until I left at 8:00.  Love seeing rainbows on a bright sunny day. To say the fishing is unpredictable would be an understatement. The fishing remains on the WB and the upper portion of the BR. If the increased flow

For those of you that are just looking for a new blog post to read with your morning Joe, or worse yet, those of you that are still fishing, I'd say it's time to get out the honey-do list and start crossing items off. Never, in the thirty-two years that I have owned the fishing camp have I seen really good fishing turn to excrement as fast as it has the last ten days. Why? I've touched on most of it.  Too many fishermen in too little river, irregular flows, an endless string of sunny days with above average temps, no rain and fish that know the game and have taken their ball and gone home. The outlook - If the weatherman can't get tomorrow's prediction right, how do you expect me to give you a meaningful outlook? We are sliding down the mandated release scale due to the date (it's September 1st) and because of the dry conditions. Without major rain events there will be significant reductions in the releases, starting today with another decrease October 1st and a