Delaware · saltwater

Indian River Inlet

The Indian River is a river and estuary, approximately 15 mi (24 km) long, in Sussex County in southern Delaware in the United States. The river is named after a Native American reservation that was located on its upper reaches. From Wikipedia

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Beaverdam Ditch Near Millville, DE, 7 mi from the saltwater.

1cfsat build, Nov 12, 11 AM MT

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The typical week here, from 9 years of record: 1 cfs to 5 cfs, around 2 cfs.

Also gauged at Millsboro Pond Outlet At Millsboro, DE: 31 cfs, Nov 12.

The season, November

Usually workable this week. Pick your window and fish it well.

  • Slow jigs and blade baitsdeep
  • Small, slow streamers

Typical for the week over 9 years: 1.0 to 4.7 cfs. Running 1.0 cfs today, inside that range. Flows are not forecast; check the gauge the day before.

  • Flows swing a lot this week most years. Carry both a heavy nymph rig and a dry-dropper and let the gauge decide.

Written by the app's rules engine from the calendar, the gauge record and the snowpack, not by hand, so it says only what the data says. The weather for the week comes with the app.

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Flows from the U.S. Geological Survey, snowpack from the NRCS SNOTEL network, text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Built Nov 12.