Thoughts/help/options for Upper Delaware..

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Originally Posted by AndyS

Upper big D is no place for a 14 foot w 28 HP motor. Mostly drift boats as the current can be wicked, and one minute you are fishing 20 ft deep water and the next minute you are going over gravel bottom with an inch or two to spare ! Hire a guide and do a float trip and get the lay of the land. Some stretches even a canoe could be tossed. Then you have stretches like Long Eddy where a small boat and small motor could work. Plenty of shore line access on both sides of the river. If trout is what you seek, beating the banks on the Beaverkill and West Branch can't be beat.

meh, not really all that big on stream trout fishing... If I want trout I can fish the Finger Lakes and catch Lakers, Browns and Landlocked Atlantics.. I prefer to jig deeper rocky areas in river systems for Walleyes and SMB, and whatever else might be lurking .. I was thinking more along the lines of the type of fishing activity one sees at the Water Gap bend.. Boats jigging along the bottom in deep water.. From what I gather I will not find that kind of environment in the part of the Delaware thats closest to me near Deposit.. I guess thats more for waders seeking trout.
I have a feeling I will have to drive further southeast on the river to find the deeper water areas where a boat might be better used.
At my age, with pretty bad back issues, my days of portaging are over,, I want to launch the boat and fish an area where I don't have to worry too much about wiping out on gravel bars. I have gotten some info from a very kind forum friend about an area that I have long been aware of, but have never visited.. Its not that close at over 110 miles each way, but might be worth a few visits this coming season.... bob