Fishing Log

Started out at easton noaa site said river at 5 ft closer to 10 and rising lots of debris!going to try one more spot should of went trout fishing lol.either they had major rain up north or they are cranking water out at the dams.

Will echo Rob W’s sentiment - FINALLY. This has been a bad run for me. I wish I started earlier than 4:45 because that first hour was pretty darn good as in “the way it should be”.

FINALLY 35 shad, mostly gigantic roe. Fished from 2pm to 7pm at dingmans. No wind, little debris, clarity fair, temp 57

I took my lunch at Easton yesterday. I got there just before noon and had the whole place to myself. The water below the dam was high but very fishable and beautifully clear. I had less than 2 hours to fish. Hooked 10 landed 8. One weird thing: for some reason 2 fish in a row took the dart down into their gullets. They were the first 2 fish all season for me that I released trailing blood. Darts hardly ever get swallowed like that. By the time I left a couple boats had set up and I saw a couple guys fishing across the way. I saw shad swimming around my legs - such a cool place!

RPS, will you be at Zane Grey tomorrow after 10 am? My buddy and I want to pick your brain about a few spots above the lackawaxen. You can call me. 570-510-1496. Thanks J

I went to the beach at IBSP yesterday morning. It was a beautiful day but the fish were elsewhere.

Fished dingmans from 1pm to 6pm. River high and fast. Very heavy stain, no algae, plenty of wind. Temp 53. Caught 6. River needs a few more days to lower and clear up.

I had a surprisingly productive couple hours from shore below Lambertville this afternoon. 2 American, both bucks, 4 Hickory roes, and a 14" striper. All on darts. The guy next to me was catching Herring on a flutterspoon.

First water at summer level and cold. now high and cold. Next week higher than normal temps so river temp will rise fast to the closing temp of 70. Not a good recipe. only 2 yesterday in 90 minutes.

River stage 7.5......temp 55....Rain up north will bring river back up....let's hope not....at least not muddy it....

Nope. I guess the river's going to need time. I will heave to drive east and see if bluefish are willing to play.

River at tri state monument Muddy, high, fast Needs two more days at best

If the Delaware is all hopped up and running like chocolate, is the Lehigh maybe worth trying? I picture it as less likely to be mucky, but I don't know it well at all, myself.

River herring were a problem yesterday. Fishing in the lower river I couldn't get through them to find any shad. They hit both smaller and larger darts I had to give up.

River is blown out for a few days.....Stage 10.2.....temp 59.....Upper river creating might be fishable by Fri or Sat...

Since there will be limited fishing in the near future due to river conditions, I will give yesterdays report. Fished Milford from 2pm to 630pm. Temp 56.5, little wind, water clarity fair, river snot. Anchored at choke point in 10 feet of water. Caught 5. Fish finder showed hundreds of fish traveling north.

The river at Berryville went up 3 1/2 feet over night. They had 3" of rain up in Wayne county last night.

Phil I always crush the barbs on my hooks I usually don't have a problem. I know by the feel that the dart was hitting fish but they were not biting it. Anyway I put on all new darts and leaders last night and will give it another try tonight.

PA fish comm. 2012 schuyllkill study. wish it was more current. https://pfbc.pa.gov/images/reports/2012bio/6x07_09schu.pdf

Another slow day. Fished Bushkill today could only manage 2.

Mike, I don't know that shad have reached as far upstream as the Black Rock dam, but stripers have been caught there by people I know. I don't know anybody who's tried to catch them above the Flat Rock Dam. WG has caught them there, though. My guess is that they have made it to Phoenixville, just not in numbers large enough to register.

Joseph C. do you know how far the shad migrate up the Schuylkill? Are they coming as far as Reading?

Fishing was very good on the Schuylkill yesterday evening. I fished from almost 5PM and was walking out at 7PM. 4 landed on my first 4 casts and 6 for 10 before it settled into a more reasonable percentage. Early on it was about 50 / 50 Hickories and American shad, then the Hickories tapered off to 1 in 10 or so. I have no idea how many I ended up with, but it was for sure my best outing of the year. I met a guy who had just moved to the city from Pittsburgh and had never caught a shad. He was using a fly rod but had had no joy and no confidence in his tactics. After I lent him a dart rig he finally hooked up with a fish that pulled like hell and he was in heaven until he saw it was a big catfish. He finally did get his first shad on his spinning gear. I can't remember his name - sorry guy! (It's all those concussions I enjoyed as a youth that have left swiss cheese in my head.)

Another slow day above Smithfield beach. Caught 3 in 2 hrs. But 1 was my personal best. About 25 inches, 5 to 6 lbs.