Fishing Log

I wonder how the 3 fish limit pertains to bow shooting guys, they are a game fish with a 3 limit per day.

Fished at Smithfield on Sunday and had a good day. All colors worked pretty well. Landed 39 and lost 5 at the boat, and had a few quick releases on downriggers. Lots of fish surfacing all day long. Not many boats out, which made it even more peaceful. I'm finished with shad for the season and will be switching over for bass. Tight lines!

Got out a guest of the clubs fishing donation finally, Graig and his son/Daughter had a great time with 33 fish in the boat and lost about 6. yes lots of fish smacking at the lures and getting foul hooked, shore guys were also catching in the Easton area. guys try the dart with a small spoon dropper, with a slow retrieve, it works ,got one more trip to get out and this month should still have fish in the area. Pappy

Are they still catching them between Easton and the Water Gap or is it over in this area?

Fished above the Gap on Saturday, Monday , and Tuesday (today 5-29). water receding each day. Stained but def fishable. Saturday had a dozen on spoons. Monday had 42 with most on spoons and a few on small darts. Tuesday had 25 had more on darts today than spoons. Sure seems like there is a lot of spawning activity going on all day, but most fish still felt pretty solid .

Fished Smithfield today and had a decent day. Hooked 23, landed 20. Different colors all worked. Best time was from 11:30 am to 1:45 pm. Water was high, stained, but pretty clean. Not much mess on the spoons. Tons of fish surfacing all day, and good average size caught.

Fished Turtle Beach 3:00 to 4:30. Nothing.

Fished north of gap 4:45-7:30 on Thurs. Water way up, moving pretty fast, still and very discolored. Thought it was gonna be just casting practice, but hooked up on first cast and hooked 6 landed only 4 as they used the current well and couldn't get 2 nice Roe in. Also hooked a nice little spike striper. So I'm gonna guess you're still gonna be catching them for another week or 2 in Milford Dingman's Gap area due to all the rain keeping the water up and cool.

Just want to thank all the responses about spoon paint.

whats up with all the spam attaching to the posts ???????????

In the town of Lackawaxen .

Shadbobo...I use the vinyl jig and lure paint. Not crazy about it but it gives good color. If you get that make sure you get some of the thinner too. I put down two coats of white before the color to get the brightest color and then finish it with a clear coat that has some sparkle in it. I do use some Testors model paint for the odd colors I can't get in vinyl. I put two coats of color on my spoons as well. You'll see the difference between one or two coats yourself. You can't be in a hurry.

For you spoon makers, what type of paint is best when painting spoons? Thanks in advance.

OK, I took a leap of faith and went to Easton yesterday morning. I found the Lehigh to be rough and muddy, but the Delaware running higher but I could see the bottom under my feet in a couple feet of water. That means I could see the edge of the boat launch pavement, which is as far as I ever cared to walk. I was the only guy there fishing and found fish stacked up on the line where the rivers met, and they were feeling very frisky . I was there for about 3 hours and caught more shad than I have ever encountered before. Once I dialed in to their position and how they wanted to be served I was regularly going 6 or 7 fish for 10 casts. They didn't want any jigging movement of the double dart rig, just reeling it in caught many more fish, and they hammered it more often than not. They preferred the 1/32 trailer dart, which caught 4 fish to every one hitting the larger leader dart. They liked chartreuse and wouldn't touch yellow and red or pink and anything. One guy showed up as I was "one more cast" -ing myself. He said he'd been watching me from over by the fish ladder catching fish. This morning I stopped by again around 10:30 and fished an hour going 4 for 6. I guess it was the Wallenpaupack release that had the water 3 feet higher and brown and it was also carrying a lot more debris. The Lehigh was thundering over the dam. The fish were hitting near the crease where the rivers converged again, but it was a whole different game. Worth the effort for a while, but nothing like yesterday's excellent action. A kibitzer from above told me he'd seen guys hauling in fish earlier in the morning from somewhere above me "in the white water." I never stepped off the asphalt this morning and wasn't about to try anything more adventurous.

James their supposed to open the flood gates at Wallenpaupack at noon today going to dump alot of water all at once in the river. Also there was a big fire in Narrowsburg last night right along the river I'm sure we be getting debris and dirty water from that too. Fished Zane Grey Thursday 9:00 - 10:00 am got nothing main river was up and muddy by the Lackawaxen was better but not clear.

Can one of the locals give us an idea of river conditions at Easton?

That last post was me forgetting to sign in again...

Is the river fishable in the Water Gap area?

Kurt...had that happen a few times too. How many times did you have a boat come close bye and you catch a fish. That happens ALOT!!! Maybe catching them every time you move has more to do with stirring them up with the motor???

Hey Kurt.....We experienced the exact same thing as you did....every time we moved caught a fish then nothing....interesting......

Jack...there’s something to be said for beginners luck! Lol

Fished just south of Easton Saturday landed 33 lost about 10 in 5hrs...went back today and only landed 4...what a difference a day makes...same spot...River is in good shape water temp was 57...

Took a German exchange student out yesterday 1:30pm between the storms - the boy never fished before in his life, but was placed here locally in Blairstown by my girlfriend. We netted 10 in a few hours mostly roe, and he got to land 7 of them so a real good experience. His very first fish of his life was a 5.8lb roe which was a legit money fish for the bi-state! LOL For having never reeled a fish in before, it took a lot of coaching in heavy current to coax that gal into the net. He even got to experience 3 on at once - but action was sporadic at best. By end of the trip he was a pro at fighting fish, learning how to fight with the rod and only using the reel to collect line when the fish is giving back (and not just reeling continually against the drag which is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me).

Fished Easton today with my nephew from about 10:00 to 3:30 landed 16 lost at least a dozen. Water was 60.5 and clean! Some nice roes up to 4.75 maybe. Sean over from me had at least 30. Left before the storms rolled in. A great day to be out.