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Fewer Eagles, Opening Day Changes, Green waters

Last week I talked with Charlie Bright at his shop at Rt 590 on the Tow Path. He said there were fewer Eagles this past winter. Comfirming what I had seen. Only a few birds early in the winter.
One thing that Charlie was concerned with was the new staggered season opening. I think only time will tell on both eagles and opening days.
I am concerned with the color of the rivers. Both the Lackawaxen and the Deleaware are greener than past years. The Lackawaxen has quite a bit of green mossy crap around the edges. This has been growing every year since the first flooding year a few years ago. There are far fewer early bugs around. Usually there's alot of small black and brownish stones around. I've seen only a few and they are real small. Probably normal.

Winter seems to have arrived

Maybe it's a bit late but it's here. Full Blast. I write this from the comfort of my New York City studio. The furnace in Beach Lake , that blew up back in January, still has not been repaired. Oh well the wading would be tough now anyway. As if I'd be wading. It'll be prime Eagle watching for the next month. You can find them from Molly's down to Barryville on the delaware and all the way north to Hancock. There's a pretty good resident population but this time of year there's a lot of wintering birds. You see a lot of immature birds. There heads and tails haven't turned white. Look for them just downstream from openings in the ice-cover opens where they get a look at any bait-fish washed out of the lake. If you see Gulls and you'll likely also see an Eagle.

What size is that BWO? Are they taking the emerger?

Here's a photo of an eagle that I took either last year or the year before. This is one of the wonderful things about the Lackawaxen. Not only eagles but coyotes, bears and all the wildlife in the valley. This is a good time of year to watch for these beautiful birds. Though they are resident year round there is a large population of wintering birds. I have video of at least a dozen birds fishing the Zane Grey pool late last winter.

Welcome to The Tow Path

I have started this new blog to allow users to interact somewhat on the happenings of the river. It's winter now so I'll be getting this set up over the next month or so. I'll be posting articles in the news, Fish and Boat commission releases , a rant or two. Lots of stuff.