Fishing Log

Couldn't let it go had to get one last trip in.fished skinners caught 7 on small darts 2 pound.last trip for year for sure

Decided to fish one last time and check our upper river.fished skinners falls from shore and caught 23 on small darts on ultralight. Fish are finally starting to spawn up here.saw decent numbers up at Hancock as well.last trip for year overall definitely way better than last year.

Fished above lackawaxen on pa side private access. Caught 11 on flyrod and missed several others fish r starting to spawn here.last trip for year for shad.will trout fish yet.

Went fishing this mourning ,3 hours off 97 ,went early 530 ,used all my shad dart colors ,river very low not one bite ,LOL

Delaware river

Decided to fish the way upper river.fished yesterday and today for shad and trout with flyrod.fished stilesville and hales eddy.caught lots of shad and some nice browns and one big bow on stone fly nymphs and also caught one shad on a caddis dry fly.fish r not spawning yet up this far and water is still cold up here.

Steves Leaves website does not exist any longer but his facebook page is active. I would contact him through FB. VG - are you out $$$???? I would comment on his page to get some attention

Fished easton from shore for last time caught 9 mainly big contest winning roes. All on small flashy spoons silver and orange.overall a pretty good year.

I feel 2024 was finally a trend upward after 6 years of trending downward, each year seemed worse than the prior when I think it peaked for me around 2017. There seemed to be a lot more shad in the river and good numbers spread throughout from far S to way N... I fished 16 times with a very late start of 4/10, where I only boated 1, and ended my last trip wading with 12 on 5/13. I would have fished another solid week but water temps were over 70 degrees, and the best numbers of the season were settled in between Bushkill and Dingmans at that time but I just don't fish once that spawn starts. My boat accounted for 254 shad, and wading accounted for 177 for a grand total of 431. I waded 8 times, and boated 8 times for an average trip of 26.9 shad combined, but boat average was 31.75, and wade average was 22.125. Now that is a bit skewed, because Wading sessions are 2-3 hours, and during tournament i was basically dawn to dusk 4 days and the very first day of bi-state, we netted 117, but of course not to be duplicated that body of fish rapidly moved north and could not get on them like that again. The other 4 boat sessions were about 3 hours long. I hope you all found a good uptick in the shad numbers this season, I know some of you did, some did not. I will say the size of fish seems to still trend downward, as out of 431 shad, nothing close to 5 lbs. 4/10 - 1 shad, boat 4/11 - 5 ,wading 4/12 - 4, boat 4/17 - 50+++ lost count, wading. This was my BEST outing of season, a few miles N of Gap most of session was hookup every cast. 4/19 - 17, Wading 4/20 - 12, Wading 4/21 - 21, boat 4/23 - 22, wading 4/25 - 117, boat (all day) 4/26 - 43, boat 4/27 - 53, boat 4/28 - 32, boat 5/3 - 6, wading 5/6 - 10, wading 5/7 - 26, boat (tons of fish - well over 50 hits just not committing had to use micro-darts) 5/13 - 12, wading Going back to 2017, I would have to say totals were at least doubled, and average per trip nearly doubled as well but this season was a big improvement over last 6 (for me). I only fish from Worthington to Eshback, primarily. I will on occasion run further South, but not this season.

Warning about Steve's UV Leaves flutter spoons. I placed a small order on April 27th and now a month later I still haven't received notice that they shipped. I spoke with him once and he had to "call me back after work" but of course that never happened. Last E mail he was going to ship them this week (come and gone). This is the worst on line attempted purchase experience I have ever had. Buyer beware!

Fished barryville from shore this morning and crushed them from 6 to 930 then it shut down lots of big roe fish r getting ready to spawn will probably go to narrowsburg for evening.tons of fish up here .

Fished first day of last hurrah weekend on upper river.fished skinners falls today and hammered down on them with small gold and orange and yellow spoon.got camp set up and started fishing at 10 and had fish on til I got tired of catching them.also caught a nice walleye which I am having for diner.fish r showing signs of spawn should be a good 4 day trip depending on weather but the fish r here.

Fished Monday and Tuesday north of the Gap . Good trips both afternoons . Fish were spawning both afternoons for miles way before nightfall 4 more days with river temps above 70 since , its time to let them spawn and make more for the future

Fished eshbachs area today from shore and caught over 50 on darts color didn't matter.will be last trip fish are getting sluggish warm water beats them up.they are stacked up getting ready to spawn so it's time to leave them do their thing.

Went upriver to Smithfield Beach from shore.caught 9 on small gold spoons 4 on darts fish are starting to show spawn.fish were jumping and splashing for an hour after daylight. Last trip of year water is warming up unless you fish the way upper river.

23 more today. Need 16 more to hit 400 for the year and then I’ll hang it up until next year. Been a great season already.

Fished Zane Grey from shore 5 - 7:30 tonight hooked 15 landed 12 had my first double this season a shad on the 1/4 dart and a smally on the1/32. water temp. was 65.3 deg.

Fished Lambertville from shore caught 9 on spoons 3 on darts.action from 6am to 730 am then shut off completely. Mostly roe.also caught 4 herring and a smallie.still some fish moving through and I have it all to myself!

Fished Philipsburg today from 3:30-6:30pm, a gentle rain the whole time, hooked 2 landed 2, a small buck then a big roe, all on gold flutter spoons, also a bonus smallmouth, had the whole river to myself, happy I went, life is good.

Finally got to fish upper river today.fished skinners falls from shore and ended up with 33 landed a dozen or more missed.most on quarter ounce orange and black dart fish r starting to stack up in the rapids in preparation for the spawn.saw some splashing at first light.fish still fresh eggs still on small side.killed on which I am eating for dinner over the fire .should be good for another month up here.

Fished Smithfield Beach today and whooped up on them 73 landed many more missed.all.on plugs with small gold or silver spoons.best action was from 7 to 930 had a hard time putting 2 rods out.lots of big roe.

10 Shad today and 2 bass then the rains came so called it a day

Caught 3 shad up to 4lbs and lost three at PA fishing beach/Narrowsburg on the Delaware using 1/8 ounce chartreuse shad dart. Nice fights, got a lot of hits and the fish at 6pm. Used 6lb test.

Kazoo - the correct answer is "yes" and anywhere in between.