Fishing Log

Scattered catches being reported almost up to Easton.

Thanks Riverwolf, and thanks for posting the new hotline number. I had the old one in my cell phone, not much use now lol

45 degrees at Reigelsville......call hotline at 610 774 8116 for updates on shad run...

Where could I fish from shore somewhere around the Del. Water Gap? On the Pa side. Any help would be appreciated.

For shore fishing I would use a medium weight rod 6 to 8 ft in length. Years ago I used a nine footer but found that can be a pain casting around trees and brush.i fish from shore mainly and seldom wade anymore so I have been using a six foot medium ugly stick with a Shimano reel with six pound mono early in the run and later on will run four pound when the water is low and clear.it is personal preference the most important thing is to have a reel with a good smooth drag.good luck tight lines!

Need advise on rod selection, gonna be fishing from Easton to above the gap. Throwing darts, spoons, and assorted jigs and plastic. Will be in waders. Thanks in advance.

44 degrees

I think he meant to type WG.

Spoke with a walleye fisherman who fishes near Trenton he says there are some shad around down there.i saw fresh shad fillers and roe for sale at valley market so it is soon go time.

To the troll - nope not fishing yet, neither is RW. Will be sure to post honest reports once I start though, to help others. Those of us that been doing this for many years stay in touch all up and down the river. We state the bad, the good, and everything in between.

Yeah, those numbers will go up, 30 is not that many.

It's almost time. 41 degrees and climbing to the magic 50!

I caught an 18” 1 lb 6 oz hickory shad in the Atlantic Ocean this evening.

My conversation with NPS about coppermine parking area. Rumors are circulating that Coppermine parking area is permanently closed. Please verify or refute. Today at 8:11 AM 8:11 AM Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area The Coppermine Parking area has been reduced to allow the resources in that field to recover from years of use. There is still room for parking, but it is limited. Today at 2:11 PM 2:11 PM ME In other words, the unused portion will become overgrown in line with park service policy of continual reduction of access to what was sold to the public as a RECREATION AREA - NOT a wilderness area. We were once promissed a cartop boat launch on every major river "eddy" (pool). Instead only continued reduction of access has been the policy. If you people have your way only boat owners will be able to access most of the river in the not so distant future. A severe violation of public trust, in my opinion.

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!