2nd report for Pete

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It was not a smooth trip driving up to the river yesterday. First I had to navigate the Route 80 closure, which actually wasn't too bad yesterday morning at 7:30 am. I took a chance and stayed on 80 to the Route 15 detour and I only lost about three minutes as I managed to make it through the two detour traffic lights in only one change. The next obstacle was a tire that ran across all lanes of traffic from a guy who was changing his tire on the backside of Allamuchy mountain. And then there was the fog atop Mt. Pocono that was still present on my trip home at 2:30 pm.
Now for the fishing report:
The water temperature was 51 degrees. There were little black stones on the rocks, some small caddis coming off and a good number of small olives with no fish rising. However quite a few of the fish caught took a size 18 silver bead head baetis on the dropper which was high in the water column.
I finished up with thirteen fish from 14-20 inches. In one of the pictures you can see where the fish did battle, probably with the resident band of mergansers. I guess it was a little too big for them to actually eat it.
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Sounds like quite an adventure but by the looks, a very satisfying one! Nice fish but you did not follow the rules of the site when posting these pictures. You're supposed to inbox the Admin with the GPS coordinates if you're attaching images like these.
 
DC, sorry I forgot the site rules. I'll remember the next time to just not post any pictures with the report.
 
I think if the Admin was smart, he would have designed an app to suck the data out of your phone and give him the gps info, which he could then sell on the dark web.
 
Damn, thirteen fish, especially in that 14–20 inch range, is no joke, and that battle mark on the fish is wild… mergansers are relentless. Glad it slipped away and gave you a fight instead.

Hope your next trip is less chaotic on the road and just as productive in the water
 
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