Fishing Log

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

Fished Zane Grey from shore tonight 4 - 6 pm hooked 7 landed 5 water temp. 60 deg. double dart rig.

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....