Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

 The unrelenting rains that have created high water conditions and restricted wading opportunities are reminiscent of 2018 and 2021. The eastern half of the system and the BR are once again blown out leaving the WB as the only viable fishing. Jean and I will be leaving early Thursday morning for Dayton Ohio to watch our granddaughter play in a three match tournament (her team won all three matches this past weekend out in Idaho). The lack of rising fish, absence of bugs and the high water will take my mind off the fishing and I will be looking forward to watching Logan play in person. We will be returning late Saturday with peach canning scheduled for Sunday. Hopefully by Monday there will be options for where to fish. Had to chuckle a little bit in reading Jim D's question. I'm old, and while I may well have "lost my religion" years ago, my reference was to Jimmy Clanton's 1956 hit "Just a Dream". Even ED Smith our music expert who seldom, if ever, miss...

 Was last Thursday, with olives from 1:30, 'til dark, and big fish up and eating everything, just a dream or was Friday's one fish effort a nightmare? Had to wait four days and I still don't know. Left Lafayette at 9:00 this morning. Had a pleasant ride down until about five miles west of Deposit I came up behind two small trucks equipped with yellow flashers blocking both lanes and moving along at 15mph. By the first Deposit exit there were dozens of trucks and cars in the parade. Exited, drove through Deposit and got back on 17 at the second Deposit on ramp. Had an empty road all the way to Hancock. Arrived at the Lordville Estate slightly behind schedule and set to work making the bed with clean sheets, (Jean's arriving tomorrow), put away food and clothes, mowed the lawn and at 3:00, set out to fish. At 4:00 I still hadn't seen a single rise.  The fishing - Fished four places, two on the BK, one on the WB, and one on the BR. In four hours of fishing I never saw ...