Fishing Log

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What a day!fished above dingmans started at 445 am.nothing til the sun came up at 545 then wham.caught 6 in a row on small darts.as sun came up fish were everywhere.broke out fly rod and that's when the fun started.hammeredthem for hours on small flashy streamer i tie .then they stopped broke out spinning rod and crushed them again.then back to the fly rod and crushed them on that again.stopped at 2 because my arms were ready to fall off.a mix of buck and Rowe.it was very strange.the water really warmed up was,a mix of spawning fish spawned out fish and fresh fish that were not spawning but heading upriver.i also saw some dead fish coming down.starting to wind down may get out next week yet can probably catch them above narrowsburg for another month.what a strange year!

Thanks everybody for sharing your season with me. I look forward to watching things warm up next February. In the interim I'll have to make do bothering stripers, blues and fluke, I guess.

10 more today and a nice 18 inch walleye. Not done yet.

11 more today. This spot is Golden late season. 9 big roes, 2 bucks.

Did anyone fish today? How are the river conditions for tomorrow looking?

Caught 7 Shad today and 2 small Stripers all on darts. Above Eshback.

Dan this is typically how they act when it is spawning time.you can go to a micro dart or I like the fly rod with a small flashy fly but it is much harder to get them to hit.from what your seeing it is time to head up north where the water is much cooler and the spawn a little bit later.good luck.

I observed the shad stacked up swimming through a small rapid, I could put a dart or spoon in their face every cast but they would not bite. Is that typical behavior when the fish are getting ready to spawn? Also witnessed many fish swimming and jumping at the surface

Fished above dingmans so much for it being a bad run.started at 5 am had the place entirely to my self which is the way I like it.first cast it was still dark caught a nice row.then caught one on every cast afterwards til I left at at 1045.i stopped counting at fifty and I think I easily doubled that.used darts color didn't matter fish were stacked up like Chordwood in rapids getting ready for spawning.water is very warm did observe spawning activity once sun came up

14 today but no lack of fish. Dingmans and Milford get ready. Saw tons of fish moving upriver today in the clear water. They didn’t want to hit much but there’s lots on the move.

Best day so far at my late season spot that always seems to produce. 31 caught and many missed. All big heavy Roe. Back at it tomorrow.

Above Bushkill Sunday evening caught 3 in the fast water but the water temperatures really soared. The last roe caught fought well in heavy current, but it takes a lot of their energy with the higher river temps. Probably go back a few times to fish for other species and check out locations I haven't fished before.

8 today.ill take it. Double dart rig. All in swift current. This spot produces every year from now thru the 1st week of June or so. Caught over 100 here in a 3 day stretch here last year in early June. Hoping for a repeat.

Unfortunately he died about five years ago.i miss him greatly I am still using the last of his darts.i used to drive him crazy with all the different color combos I would order and as u said he would liven things up.i was fortunate to learn from him and some of the other greats like Portland Charlie,bupper Sweeney,Barry Colby ,dick buchfeller and many others.god bless them all I hope they r enjoying the great shad run in the sky.

I will give you my bear story.i used to camp out with one of the founding members Lester Siegfried every memorial day at ten mile river below narrowsburg.we were fishing in the morning and heard some horrendous bawling in the brush but paid no attention to it because the shad were hitting on everycast.as it was a holiday weekend a lot of rafters were on the river .this guy in the front of the raft came thru the river right and front of me and in a thick new York accent started yelling at me asking me if I wanted a beer As it was early and the bite was on I declined he kept yelling and pointing behind me.i turned and realized he wasn't saying beer he was saying bear and right behind us was I large bear eating a freshly killed fawn.i must have looked like Jesus walking on water as I took off for the other side of the river.lester dropped and lost his rod because he was laughing so hard and was on the other side of the river The bear paid no attention to us or the rafters and just sat there until it was done eating the fawn and then it slowly ambled off.

Fished Zane Grey 5 - 8 tonight hooked and landed 6 also a few bumps that didn't hook up fished from shore double dart rig most on small dart. water temp. 69 deg. Also saw spawning activity and two dead shad in the water.

Fished Zane Grey 4 - 7 tonight hooked 9 landed 5 fished from shore , double dart rig water temp.65 deg.

Was fishing the Delaware last summer and heard a large splash downstream. A bear had jumped in the river and swam from pa to the jersey side. Have seen beavers and an otter also.

I have twice seen bear swim across above Zane Grey over the years fishing.

Bushkill area 4 till dark, wading. 1 shad,1 smallie, 2 walleye,1 brute of a brown trout. Switch between shad fishing and casting a crankbait. The last hour for everything but the shad. The brownie was 21", dark underbelly. Look like it was in the Delaware a while so I left him stay. Also 2 doe swam across the river. Not the first time I've seen that but always cool regardless.

Went from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, ran a double dart rig with a split shot above, nothing.. no action anywhere to be seen, water was decently clear, ok current, lots of top water pollen string and leafs, bottom still clear but weeds are slowly growing along the normal bank edges. Thats a wrap for me, skunked all year, hopefully next year is better.

"That roe is what we call a Professional release." ...and for bluefish we say a fervent THANK YOU!

Fished dingmans from 3pm to 7pm. Caught 14, most after 6pm. All roes. Temp 60, debris heavy, water getting clearer and lower, no wind