Delaware River Trip report

“you could not have asked for better weather. they said it was going to thunderstorm all 4 days but it did not. I went up the day before everyone else. I got to do alot of swimming at the Milford Beach. As I was pulling into the last leg of my trip i was greeted by a turkey that would not get out of the way till I threaten to eat him. The campsite that conk suggested was perfect. thank you so much for the idea!

everyone else arrived Fri night. spirits were passed around and enjoyed.
Mapleleaf
scorch
twinkletoes
spiderloins
Steve
Andy


Sat we set out for the trip. after shuttling the cars we all took off. everyone went at there own pace. I was treated to many different animlas. ground hogs, deer, bald eagle,dead eels, ducks, geese, bear in camp (ony heared him and then saw paw prints, herons, osprey, and I have to tell you that Matt (twinks boyfriend) is the best person to take on this kind of trip. He knew what everything was. I think he got a kick out of teaching me too!

twinks and Matt got to enjoy all the rocks HAHA


there were a few bumps in the trip, but all in all I will only look back and smile about it.
i am ready to go back and do this trip. i want to try for a much longer trip.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/559325987rPKhjD”

“great pics...thanks for sharing!!!!”

“Nice pics. You folks need some sun - ya buncha whities - lol!”

“Nice pics, thanx for the show!!
See ya later.
Randall”

“You did alot of swimming. How cold was the water?”

“not cold at all. it was perfect! looking forward to going back. durning the week when no one is there! I had the beach to myself.”

“Was it a bit nipply ... Uh I mean nippy ?”

“It was a blast...will post pictures this weekend!”

“Mapleleaf -

The object in the photo on the first page of the album captioned "What is this?" is a stonefly nymph - major Delaware River trout food. The reason the "shell" was empty in the later photo was because the stonefly shed it's nymphal skin/shuck when it hatched.”

“cool but hatched into WHAT?”

“The nymph hatched into an adult stonefly. The nymphs live in the water, then hatch into adults and fly away to eventually mate and lay eggs in the water. They leave the shuck behind as they molt into adults.”

“ewww I was swimming in fish eggs and fish porn?
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“It goes on all the time on the streams, millions or even billions of mayflies mate over the water each day, lay eggs and die afterward.”

“Mental image

Mapleleaf swimming in bug semen.

Yep mayflies are bugs, not fish.

But the fish do their equivalent of banging in the water too.
And where do the fish go potty? both #1 and #2 ??
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“not only that, but you were also swimming in the spawning grounds of Atlantic lampreys...ewwwwww!”

“well, doesn't this go nice with my morning coffee.........hehe............lampreys? fishy crap?.......bug semen?......must be marine biologists thread............”

“LMAO

ignorance is bliss”

“Hey, Mapo Leef!!”

“hey marko, sorry i was not able to hang out with you more on Sun. but I was so tired. between all the drama and the trip I was just pooped!
we need to plan a trip. Ithaca July?”

“OMG raom no need to post that nasty thing. we did see a lot of them dead. i guess the fisherman were not to keen on them.”

“Here are my pictures: http://outdoors.webshots.com/album/559378438uGMhVV”

“Looks like my favorite kinda trip...good weather, calm river, no or little wind, animals and birds to see, cool rocks, good friends and lotsa fun...thanks for sharing the pics with us...see, SOME of us LIKE trip reports, read them AND look at pictures...LOL...”