Delaware River Report / Conditions September 19, 2017

The Cannonsville release was dropped to 225 yesterday.  This morning it was brought up to 240 cfs.  The low water and bright sun spiked the water temperatures on the lower West Branch and Mainstem.  Definitely check the water temperatures today before you fish the West and we should avoid trout fishing on the Main altogether.  Unfortunately this situation seems like total unnecessary political posturing as the decree parties try to come to a flow agreement.  While we’d love to see an agreement signed that is mutually beneficial to all river users, putting the downstream ecosystem in peril to prove a point seems reckless and spiteful.  The current storage for the NYC Reservoir System is 84.4%.  Normal storage for September 18th is 76.6%.
Please let the principles know that protecting the river ecosystem is much more important than some political posturing / power play:

Here’s the contact information for the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court Decree Party Principals/Designees :

Paul Rush (NYC): prush@dep.nyc.gov, 845-334-7107
Mark Klotz (NY): mark.klotz@dec.ny.gov, 518-402-8233
Jennifer Orr (PA): jeorr@pa.gov, 717-772-5633
Dan Kennedy (NJ): dan.kennedy@dep.nj.gov, 609-292-4543
David Wunsch (DE): dwunsch@udel.edu, 302-831-8258

We should have cooler weather today but that is relative since we’ve been in quite a heat wave.  The air temperature will peak around 78 degrees.  We should have sunshine for most of the day.  We do have some heptagenia and olives on the buildings this morning.

Hatching:
Slate Drake #12 – 14 – Isonychia bicolor
Light Cahill – #14 – Summer Sulphurs, Stenocron spp.
Little BWO – #22 – 26- Pseudocloeon sp.
Blue Wing Olives – #18 – Baetis sp.
Olive Sulphur – #18 – 20 – Heptagenia hebe
Little Tan Sedge – #16 – 18 – Glossosoma sp.
Green Caddis – #16 – Ryacophilia sp.
Tan Caddis #16 – 18 – Hydropsyche spp.

 

Click on the gauge below for the most recent update:

West Branch at Stilesville, NY 252 cfs
49°
West Branch at Hale Eddy, NY 296 cfs
56°
East Branch at Harvard, NY 127 cfs 59°
East Branch at Fish’s Eddy, NY 331 cfs
66°
Mainstem at Lordville, NY 709 cfs
68°
Beaverkill at Cooks Falls, NY 138 cfs 64°
Cannonsville Reservoir Release 240 cfs
West Branch at 191 Bridge  N/A 61°
West Branch at Walton (Cannonsville inflow) 115 cfs
Cannonsville Reservoir Capacity 74.2%
Pepacton Reservoir Capacity 84.1%
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