Angler 119's Delaware River Fishing Report

  Woke up this morning and checked the obituaries, didn't see my name so it appears that I've made it to 82.  Jean and I are still down here in the Florida Keys where the process of "summer proofing" our house is nearing completion. Our current plan is to head north Tuesday with arrival in Lafayette scheduled for two days later. The fishing - The high point of the winter was learning how to throw a cast net, (to catch pilchards to use for bait). Experienced cast netters throw "pancakes", I threw mostly bananas and figure eights. By the time I finally learned to get the net to open consistently the wind started blowing and hasn't stopped.  The Tarpon have started to arrive and for the last week there have been guides staked out on the most popular spots along the migration route whenever the wind drops below 20mph. There have been small craft warning for the past three days with winds blowing 20 to 30mph. The bonefish have disappeared from the flats here ...