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Komar | Vernon | Sunday April 21st 11:35 am
Thanks for the info, hopefully it will be better by Thursday when I plan on hitting the Smithfield beach area. Enjoy your holiday
Warden | Bville | Sunday April 21st 8:38 am
Happy Easter to all. Just came across Milford,Pa bridge, river bank full chocolate milk. Better fishnets later this week. Good luck
Komar | Vernon | Sunday April 21st 8:36 am
Thanks Rich I'll do that.
Rich Fasanello | | Saturday April 20th 8:21 pm
KOMAR, Change the nj to pa and get the whole river from upstate NY. The Delaware will be at the top of the page and some water temps will be on the extreme right. They will be in celcius but if the cursor is held on them a window will open with degrees f.
JD | | Saturday April 20th 3:26 pm
Will they clear the mud from pburg ramp again before the tournament like they did in the past??
Komar | Vernon | Saturday April 20th 12:36 pm
Thanks ShadHarris, I will add it to my favorites. Tight lines
ShadHarris | Not on the river | Saturday April 20th 11:06 am
Komar scroll down until you see Delaware River. Then choose your station. Lots of data to play around with. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/current/?type=flow
Komar | Vernon | Saturday April 20th 9:31 am
can anyone give me the web site to go to so I can check the river height at Montague? Thanks
ShadHarris | Gap | Saturday April 20th 7:22 am
my buddy Todd and I picked at them last night not too far from Worthington boat ramp from shore. Water "was" still several feet high and quite stained, but the slime was gone and just had to deal with some floating debris. Visibility about a foot, temp felt about 50/51. Combined we only did about 4 for 9 in about 2.5 hours. Some real tiny bucks mostly. I can only imagine what it will look like tonight.
RPS | Greeley | Friday April 19th 5:46 pm
Fished Zane Grey boat lauch today 3:30 pm to 5 from shore caught my first shad of the season. It was on a double dart rig. There's not as much slime in the water as there was but the water is still very high.
Kurt Miller | Northampton, PA | Friday April 19th 5:44 pm
Good day today. Lots of action, and some nice sized fish. One DR was really hot. Other rods caught fish, but not like the hot rod. Saw Rusty and another guy doing well also. I love it when that happens! It was nice to not have to fish in a crowd. I was expecting more boats. Too bad the rain will most likely mes it all up again. Now for the waiting.......
Rusty balls | Easton | Friday April 19th 5:28 pm
Fished Easton today with Dave hill Ended up with 22 Shad a lot of nice roe
Lawrence | | Friday April 19th 10:48 am
Thanks Chris! Yeah I’ve been fishing off shore and haven’t had a thing. Thank you for the update
Chris | Port Jervis | Friday April 19th 8:45 am
Hi LAWRENCE Fished Port Jervis with 3 guys yesterday . 3 hours . Not a hit! Throwing darts. Water was still stained , but don’t think shad are up this far yet. Definitely a slower year so far.
Ryan | | Friday April 19th 8:02 am
Anyone think it’s worth Shad fishing tomorrow with all the rain we’re getting?
Lawrence | | Thursday April 18th 7:05 pm
Has anyone been catching closer to Port Jervis? Been out every chance I get and haven’t had any luck
Jason | | Thursday April 18th 5:39 pm
caught 20+ today from shore (New Hope). Mostly buck, 2 or 3 roe but no monsters except one I scaled. All hit hard and fought strong, felt much bigger than they were. Spoons and darts, hot pink and chartreuse. Fished 7-12 then again 2-4:30.
Kurt Miller | Northampton, PA | Thursday April 18th 3:02 pm
Is there still a lot of rock slime coming down? How's the boat fishing from the Delaware away from the Lehigh River Confluence?
rusty balls | | Thursday April 18th 1:55 pm
vince if ur fishing from shore the Delaware is a mess right now from all the rain...not gonna get much better after Friday night rain
rusty balls | | Thursday April 18th 1:54 pm
wd 40 no longer has fish oil in it..the older stuff did and could be used as an attractant
vincent morris | east bruns | Thursday April 18th 1:31 pm
want to take my grandson fishing for shad need a good spot for shore fishing he is 10 gonna try to go this weekend or it is spring breakso maybe next week
Chiggy | Frackville | Thursday April 18th 1:04 pm
Jim, a very tiny spritz of WD-40 works wonders
Jim U | Middletown | Thursday April 18th 12:27 pm
A couple of years ago I read about an attractant that could be applied to shad flies. It was pink in color and worked great. I can't find my bottle and don't remember what it was. Anyone out there have any idea? Thanks
Rusty balls | | Thursday April 18th 9:38 am
Had our annual raffle night last night It was well attended with probably over 100 people Food was provided and Kevin Ingram did his yearly presentation and a ton of door prizes For giveaways
Cal | | Wednesday April 17th 2:41 pm
WG, thanks I got it!
WG | | Wednesday April 17th 9:19 am
Cal, check your email
Clay | | Tuesday April 16th 11:27 pm
Jack, I think I've fished with you a couple times from shote. I have a quick question for you, shoot me an email (clay dot emerson at gmail). Thanks!
Cal | Felton, PA | Tuesday April 16th 4:52 pm
WG, calvin.tull@gmail.com
Joe H. | Susquehanna | Tuesday April 16th 3:52 pm
Reading the reports latey, I'm in agreement, something is changing fast on the Suski. I've fished this river off and on since 1968 and I hope NY, PA, and MD. can come together get better control on what is dumping into this watershed.
Komar | Vernon | Tuesday April 16th 1:03 pm
Crossed over the Delaware at Port Jervis Sunday evening. The water was over the banks and looked like chocolate milk. I haven't seen it like that in awhile. Hopefully it will clear and go down soon.
WG | | Tuesday April 16th 12:28 pm
Cal, what’s your email address? I’ll be out this afternoon and I’ll update you
Cal | Felton, PA | Tuesday April 16th 11:32 am
WG, I am giving a shot again tomorrow. We will see what happens.
Joseph C. | Phoenixville, PA | Tuesday April 16th 8:21 am
I tried the Trenton wall yesterday morning. It was supposed to be low tide but the river was the highest I've seen it there and rising as I watched. I was able to find some wrack free eddies to cast into but they were all out of fish. With the river temps well into the 50's the action should be ready to take off as the water clears and comes down to more easily fished levels. Meanwhile I'll be twitching.
WG | | Tuesday April 16th 6:52 am
Cal I agree that the hickory run has been tough catching lately, but the river levels have not been high enough (it was medium flow for a solid week or more) to force the shad closet to the bank. I will say that plenty are being caught upstream of deer creek and I’ve got great reports from up in the octoraro too..... now that the water is higher, try the rocks below the dam again .... I think you’ll do better now .... good luck
RPS | Greeley | Monday April 15th 6:50 pm
The river at Zane Grey has gone up 6' since yesterday. The parking lot at the boat launch is under water.This will take a while to her back to fishable.
Scott Hause | Northeast PA | Monday April 15th 5:53 pm
The date fished below Deer Creek was 04/12/2019.
Scott Hause | Northeast PA | Monday April 15th 5:50 pm
Fished below Deer Creek from 8:00 am till 2:30 pm, no hits or hook ups. I saw no other fish caught. I have heard from locals due to the cleaning of Peach bottom power plant not even the carp are in the river as usual this time of year. If you take notice below the dam there is a large amount of small particulates in the water and a dark stain. This is not noticeable as much down river but is most likely the cause of the poor Hickory shad run so far. Don’t waste your gas at this time.
Cal | Felton, PA | Monday April 15th 1:22 pm
Started out at Conwingo on the rocks. Fished for an hour an nothing. Fished a few hundred yards below the mouth of Deer Creek, nothing. So fished from 12:30 to 4:00 PM and not even a bite. This is the worst I have seen in 20years. I am really starting to get concerned. I don't see many birds either. The fish I have caught this year have been WAY out in the river. Nothing is close to the shore line. WG, do you have any thoughts? I am trying to convince myself they are late, but I am not feeling very good about this.
WG | | Monday April 15th 11:36 am
Fishing report 4/14/19 - fished lower Susquehanna River with a Delaware River fisherman who was sick of the rock snot! bite was again slow. Water levels were a little better for getting some action, fished two locations and landed 25 hickory shad and 2 American shad. Lifts NOT operating when I was there??? Wtf Maryland DNR! Figure those lifts out! I’ve been catching / seeing American shad caught below Conowingo since March 31.... and the lift has caught a grand total of 6?? Please figure this out!!
WG | | Monday April 15th 11:23 am
Fishing report 4/13/19 - Fished the lower Susquehanna River from sunrise til about1 pm, very slow morning as the water levels were medium low. Checked another river with no luck. Went back to the Susquehanna and after the water rise (from hydroelectric release) the shad were biting (aka more accessible) and manger to land 10 hickory shad from 1130-1 pm. Several American shad were landed from shore where I was fishing .... funny the elevators are operating all day but only 6 American shad have been elevated over Conowingo so far..... I’ve seen more shad landed in an hour then the lifts have captured ALL YEAR!! Does anyone else think this is weird?? What’s wrong with the lift operation?
WG | | Monday April 15th 11:17 am
Fishing report 4/12/19 - decided that with all the cold weather and green slime I would hit Fletchers Boathouse in DC again and was not disappointed. My son Willy and I combined to land 301 hickory shad from 6 am til 1230 pm...we stopped after 301 because we wanted to say we got over 300 in a half day..... that’s no fish story. That place is incredibly loaded with hickory shad. All shad caught using double dart rig casting from shore. I will definitely get back there in a week to see if the American shad are at this location in better numbers . According to the locals later in April is better.
BASB4RIVERS | NJ | Monday April 15th 10:51 am
I've heard second hand about shad being caught in the Paulins Kill - any photos? Thanks
Joseph C. | Phoenixville, PA | Monday April 15th 7:35 am
I have been trying out the Trenton hot spots for the first time the last few days. I don't know why I'd never gotten there before. I've worked in Ewing for nearly 10 years and "the Wall" is less than 20 minutes from my office. It's surely not like farther up the river, and the wildlife I see there goes mostly on 2 legs. Still, nice people, and there were a few fish being caught. I tried it on Thursday at lunchtime, hitting it at just about dead low tide and found a guy in well used waders fishing with an intent focus. He looked familiar...WG! It's been years since I got to fish with him, and as ever it was a great pleasure. I only caught one shad, but it was a lovely big roe, maybe 5.5 lbs WG said. It was also a "lilac" late runner. Last night's and yesterday's rain has the river pretty riled up and will require and adjustment in approach. However, there are some spots that get better with the high water. We'll see.
George Shields | Bensalem, PA | Sunday April 14th 9:26 pm
I was fishing on Friday 4-12-19 and got some underwater video of shad. The water was dirty with algae which created poor visibility but I still got some good shots. I actually caught two shad on the camera setup. There was also one shad with a lamprey attached to it. Here is the link to the video. https://youtu.be/BvWVQ9Yrz74
Kurt Miller | Northampton | Sunday April 14th 4:54 pm
Hey, I went to Beltsville too. I did as good as you! Zilch downriggin! At least my lines were clean. Better things will come.
Domo | Riegelsville | Sunday April 14th 4:16 pm
Fished from boat 7:30 to 10:00, 2 bumps on darts, that's it. River high, dirty and weed on every cast, water temp 52. Saw one caught from shore.
| | Sunday April 14th 7:01 am
Read the reports... Went to Beltzville, didn’t have any luck there either
RPS | Greeley | Saturday April 13th 7:11 pm
Fished Zane Grey from shore 12 pm - 1 pm and from 3 pm - 4 pm got nothing. Water was high and muddy 51deg. lots of slime on darts had to clean after every cast.
Sam Berkman | Riegelsville | Saturday April 13th 5:51 pm
Fished near the bridge this morning from shore for about 2 hours. Water was high and turbid. A lot of floating debris. Didn’t catch any Shad or have any bites. I did catch a baby trout though.
Jim | Easton | Saturday April 13th 4:06 pm
Fished the Delaware this morning. Water high and discolored . Three of us were able to pickup one each.

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