Fishing Log

Anyone no the river conditions from Bushkill on north?

If The Answer is 12 - was the question “how many eggs in a dozen@?

Fished pa side of Washington's crossing and managed 2 buck and a roe before storms chasesd me out o spoons from shore.water cloudy with debris and on way up.hopefully won't get blown out but looks like it will be unfishable again

after getting on some fish wading N end of the Park in the morning, i figured would be killer afternoon to take boat and hit some of the usual early season hot spots. Figured would just need one drop and have constant action. Quite the opposite - that is why it is called fishing not catching. I made 4 stops from 3:30 to 6pm and only netted 4 shad and a few other hits but very sparse action and really low marks on the hummingbird. The first spot, in 2017 had a 60 fish 3 hour session right around this same time in identical water conditions. The water was clear and 52.3 degrees, and a little on the high side but overall perfect conditions but the fish just were not there. I should have went way North as a buddy got on them good much further North of me, boating 40 night before then 15 yesterday morning before it dried up to no fish at all once it ended. Thats the way it goes - the run is not completely "filled in" they occupy certains stretches for a day or two then move on, and just have to wait for the next body of fish to backfill the voids... Seems like the main body of fish with a better roe to buck ratio are way south still. I guess you could call the fish up here the "early runners" which clearly some made it up to Port Jervis and beyond already.

Mid Northhampton area of the river. 3 hrs. single 1/4 oz. + dart. Landed 17 of 22 hooked.shore.

Fished Washington crossing on jersey side from.shore.caught 9 on spoons mostly roes and 2 on darts plus 3 hickory shad.all action between 7 am and 9 am then it shut down.waterhigh but clear.

Well thankfully Old Mine Rd off rt 80 opened, all of Worthington is driveable and then it's blocked for rest of the year all the way to Millbrook. No they are NOT opening it, my buddy spoke with NPS Office and they said they are leaving it blocked. Started off early catching by 6:20 am, double green chartreuse. It gradually slowed - only went 5/8 all frisky decent size bucks in 2hrs, 20 minutes. Major wader leak had me heading for the hills, but it was basically dead slow anyway.

Steve Meserve <lewisfishery@comcast.net>

Fished Easton yesterday got around a dozen Shad mixed more bucks than roe … still got a few openings for Shad trips.. call 484-239-4723

Mid river slammer today

We pulverized them today, some real nice size roe with some smaller bucks mixed in this evening and some doubles too. poor mans dr's got the fish as usual in 8' of water. Moved around to some different spots to keep it interesting finding fish in all the locations. Nothing on darts.

Fished Lambertville from shore today.river high but clear caught 12 on spoons and 3 on darts .mostly buck also a few walleyes and bass.water definitely warmed up but only fishable at high water spots.hopefully we don't get an inch plus or it will blow out again.fished from 8 to 2.

Fished harmony area tues 330-630 , water 49 degrees ,landed 11 lost 5, & 1 walleye, all on spoons ..mix of roe& buck.

Fished Zane Grey tonight 4 - 6:30 pm got 2 shad and a chub water temp.48.74 deg.

Any info on conowingo if they are hitting yet?

Interested in fishing reports

I've seen the gauges but has anyone has eyes on the river at Milford, Pa. Thinking about going tomorrow. Supposed to be a nice day for a change. Thanks in advance!

Middle river hot today

THE NEW NUMBER FOR THE SHAD HOTLINE SPOSORED BY THE DELWARE RIVER SHAD FISHERMENS ASSN IS BACK IN SERVICE..THE NEW NUMBER IS 610-774-8116

Also, hard to believe they can accomplish all that is projected with $11 million. With the labor and supplies needed, you can burn through just 1 million $ so fast it would make your head spin.

I doubt the government is doing much with the roads in the Millbrook area. Cobblestone wheelchair ramps and million-dollar outhouses take priority these days, Disney on the Delaware is the mantra. There is no thought process about the seasons that people use the river for even if the tradition goes back 100 years. Whatever they can waste the most taxpayer money on will be on the things to do list.

Went down to take a look at river scary high moving fast and lots of boat sinkers coming down.so much for early season.

Early in my shad fishing career we had one, maybe two seasons like this. It would have been late 60s or early 70s. Same thing every week. Water up to top of riverbank. If I remember correctly CA was in a similar pattern. Three storms per week but only one reaching us.

River already a mess flood stage by Friday will be unsafe and unfishable for a week .here we go again !