Fishing Log

I want to believe it’s early in the season and the water has been too cold to really have a strong bite even if there are fish throughout the river. The warmer weather will looks better for fishing in the next couple weeks, right on schedule. The DRSFA vets on here should continue to help the beginners by giving more tips, locations, and suggestions. Introducing new people to the Delaware is key for Shad conservation. If people go out fishing and strike out, they quickly turn their back on the DR. C19 is not helping.

Fishery may be put on hold for a few days. A much colder slug of water is coming down from NY. Mid 40s today and another cold night tonight will probably lower it more. Not that they cannot be caught at those temps, in the right circumstances, but as Bill Gordon has often pointed out many times, falling temps tends to give them lockjaw.

Stevunlock, this is a site for shad fishing info. Stop putting up that nonsense or somebody might mistake you for an A##hole .

Does anyone here have any idea what happened the EPRF.net? The fishing forum for eastern PA? It just vanished without a trace one day in the blink of an eye with no warning.

This is the phone number to the DWG park service. (570) 223-3499. People can call and find when Dingman's ramp will be open.

@Jack Harris——- this run looks to be a very very strong run in terms of numbers and beget sized shad!! The late running American shad are in the lower Susquehanna River in good numbers last few days, so they should be hitting the lower Delaware by now, right on time... the early runners were in early and also in big numbers, the water gap area has been great! From March 28-April 6, a friend boat fishing was routinely landing 20-50 each day fishing 5-8 hours. That school is well upstream by now, it’s my opinion that there is always a “lull” between the early and late shad, where fewer and smaller schools push upriver, until water temps warm to lower to mid 50s in the tidal section and then they push upriver

FYI, Fireman's Eddy access is closed.

fished Easton on wed...caught 21..nice conditions..beautiful day to be on the water..cal me for your tackle needs...rusty balls tackle..484-239-4723

Fished south of port jervis from 4pm to 7pm. Landed 18, lost several more. Conditions ideal for April. I think this year will be a banner run. Also everyone should call DWGPark service and demand Dingman ramp be opened

Lambertville is in New Jersey, Tom Wolf is governor of PA...too funny!! Now people, keep in mind, this is a pandemic and if you and your friends want to fish next season, be patriotic. Do your part!!

Does anyone know if the pa boat ramps are open like upper black eddy Rather than enforcement and figuring out a long term solution. Mr murfy took the lazy approach and closed all the state parks

Duff! Check your Facebook it’s Johnny B

Is Lewis netting Lambertville this year? Used to report on here I thought....

Everyone should call the Delaware park to open dingmans launch. It now wont be open till the end of may. Why is it closed. All other ramps are open.

Spade and Howie, fished north of water gap yesterday afternoon, for 3 hours I could do no wrong, see u on the river or at the club. Chiggy

Poxono ramp is still open (for now) but only accessible from north

Time to start writing to the different park offices reminding them to open the parking lots and park areas at once. We pay for these services and its not there job to close us off.

PSA - "real time" update on the section of road from Rt 80, through Worthington, to past Poxono ramp, to Millbrook Village. Entire stretch is being shut down by state and feds, due to excessive garbage left by HIKERS causing health hazard due to virus. My buddy just got turned away at Millbrook section of Old Mine road as he was heading to Poxono. Last few times I been over there including yesterday never in my life seen so many people out and about hiking... Well the effing slobs ruined it for us fisherman!!! This is closing off a major section of shad fishing for boaters and shore fisherman!!!!

Fished with my daughter 1-530, water temp 51 degrees and clear, she got 5 and lost 2, 1 very large roe!, she let me reel in 3 , all caught on down riggers , spoons& microdarts.

fished 5:15 to 7:15 North of water gap area. Hooked 3 landed 2 bucks. My buddy got one. Saw another buddy get 4 while we were there. Very slow pick but it's still early. Lots of guys out fishing did not see any others caught. Perfect conditions. River is normal level and crystal clear, right around 50 degrees.

On water by 11am and 2 right way. Called the fam and picked them up at noon and only one trout to boat all the way until 5pm. Beautiful day. A bit slow. 52F.

My younger son and I fished the Schuylkill River yesterday afternoon for a few hours just below the Fairmount Dam. The tide was heading out. We were trying for stripers, with no luck. You can't keep American Shad there, but a couple of the other folks were catching what they said were gizzard shad. Apparently they use them as cut bait for stripers. Martin Luther King Dr. is closed, so we rode our bikes to the spot by the fish ladder.

Fished easton raubsville reigalsville not a bump except one Smallmouth.still early water is still cold and a tad high for where I was fishing but nice and clear .another 2 weeks should be good or I will fish south.

Craig - Eshback and Bushkill are good spots. Bushkill is a "real" boat ramp and Eshback is gravel only, and larger boats extremely difficult to launch. Also with eshback, if the river get to be much over 2 feet higher than normal, it becomes treacherous to launch there. Lots of different types of water between eshback and bushkill. Long been my favorite areas, when it's fishable.