I took a break to go and see what the rain did for the river. I got there at high tide just before the flip. The rain hadn't done much for the flows or turbidity but I see it did bump this morning up to 12,000 cfs.
As spring goes on so does the growth at the river bank. That makes for plenty of flies caught in the branches. Luckily the low flows allow for some wading in the right spots. For me the skunk continues for 2026, but I know, well hope, that soon I'll bring one to hand. I've only went a few times and the most has been for about an hour. That's a far change from the marathon two-a-days I'm used to.
I haven't seen any bait but Delaware Joe did snag a herring on a plug the other day. So at least one is here. Sometimes when the bait is sparse it's better and the fish are eager to eat. But there's always a slow down when the fish are concentrating on spawning. They comes early, hit what's in front of them and annoying them, and then go do their thing. After that it's game on as they put the feed bags on and there's usually a lot of bait around to satiate them. Sometimes they linger, other times it's chew and screw, well leave, after they screw.
The madness continues and it looks like I might have a buyer for the trains. Two buds from Syracuse who collect and flip, so we'll see where that goes. They say it's freezing up there and there's snow in their forecast. High 90's a few weeks back and now high 30's at night. The rivers down to 55 now, after almost hitting near 70. Why can't we ever have "normal" weather anymore?