Fishing Log

Shad Harris ya last night was the best this season. ZG is always good when the Del. is rising and muddy it pushes the shad to the shore where the cleaner water from the Lackawaxen dumps in and they just hang there.

Fished Zane Grey launch from shore in the rain tonight 4 - 7:30 pm hooked 40 landed 30 current was tuff tonight river is rising and muddy the Lackawaxen is clear about 50' out from shore water temp 55 deg. Double dart rig green and white 3/8 oz red and white 1/32 oz.

Fished milford beach area 8am to 1pm ... only 1 fish a few boats out and guys hooking up a few not alot of action today but hey the weather was great Water stained Water temp 54

Fished north of Dingman's, south of Port Jervis. Loaded up with big roes. Great morning!

I noticed there are some darts being sold these days that are not on specs. The barb or snell is very undersized and does not protrude very far from the hook shank. If you are not landing a decent percentage of hook-ups, this may be the reason. The barb can be bent out further with a pen knife or pair of dikes, if this is the case. It is not realistic to expect to be able to land a high percentage of fish that can be 6lbs. or more with some of the inferior darts I have seen out there. I realize there are some Puritans among us who bend the barbs flat so as not to injure the fish, and I respect that. But those are the facts.

Launched Sandts Eddie. Water high and stained. Not muddy. Temp 52.9 plenty of parking no fish yet

Any readers on the water this morning? Conditions? Muddy? Stained? Water temp?

Action very good today. Super slow retrieve triggered the strikes although that contributed to numerous misses. Warmer temp should lead to harder hits. Some jumbo roe in the mix.

I managed 5 shad in 3 hours down in Bushkill. I know it's not huge numbers, but I got a feel for a new spot. The bonus was stopping by another spot and talking with Bill F. I got a few more tips from his 30 years of shad fishing and I wanted to give him another thanks here.

Joseph C, which side of the Art Museum? I fished opposite side of it tonight (by I-76) for a bit and got nothing but the tide was really low. Low tide was 7:30 pm. I fished 5 pm to 6:30 pm.

James L. - yeah ill be out on the water not from shore thanks for the heads up tho ill fish toward the nj side. Hopefully the weather holds out

Another good couple of hours fishing by the Art Museum on the majestic Schuylkill River yesterday afternoon. In less than 2 hours I landed 8 bucks and one 6lb (damn big, but I don't have an actual scale) roe. No hickories. I used a flutter spoon, which is unusual for me. Also interesting was that the River herring, which had not been at all visible the day before, were going berserk with their mating activities up along the rocks. ----- Now I'm looking forward to getting back to the Delaware, and maybe bringing home one or two for my annual shad feast.

Barryville Sportsman is now closed

Hey Brian,the Barryville Sportsman may not be open ? Stopped there last Monday was closed. May want to call there.Kinda appeared no activity there for awhile

I'm bringing my boys to Barryville, NY this weekend to try our luck at the shad run. It's been almost 30 years since I fished there with my grandfather. Hoping to have some luck. Anyone have any spots they can recommend? We will be fishing Friday - Sunday. Picking up our licenses at The Barryville Sportsman!

I tried the Schuylkill yesterday and was happy I did, mostly. I caught 3 different Alosa family fish in abut 10 casts, and ended up with 4 for 6 on non-herring bites. The last hooked fish beat me up pretty well: it hit close in and proceeded to rip drag, screaming straight down stream, hugging the bank. As I maneuvered to get an angle around some shoreline debris I fell on the rocks, broke my rod tip off, banged up my reel's bail, and somehow snapped my line.************* I went up to the fish ladder where a maintenance crew was working and was able to look down into the flow. There were dozens of shad making their way up, and at one quieter bend I could see 3 massive catfish, maybe 15 to 20 lbs each, swimming like defensive linemen. Clearly they could eat anything they wanted.

Fished Zane Grey launch from shore 5 - 8 pm hooked 15 landed 10 water temp. 50 deg. water still high but coming down good if it doesn't rain to heavy again.

I tried below Lambertville at noontime for an hour yesterday. Nada. A couple other guys there caught even less, almost. If things pan out, I will try the Schuylkill by the Fairmount Dam around midday, for the top of the tide today.

Fished Zane Grey boat launch from shore 3 - 5:30 pm hooked 5 landed 3 then rod broke . That ended my fishing for the night. Water temp. 49 deg.

Randy, there is a couple hundred miles of the Susquehanna that anglers are denied access to because of the railroad in MD. and PA. You enter at your risk. If they see you they will prosecute.

I had meant to say Smelt. It was def a Smelt, not an Alewife or Herring. I would have taken a pic but I felt bad for the little fella

Stopped by the boat launch around 7 ish PM. No good reports. One guy fished for 12 hours, I think he told me he got 1 near the end of that. Wow! Also, noone on the Pequest for trout on Saturday morning between 519 and the Delaware. River too high and the wind was awful. Newbie here? But I want to try that stretch in the chasm below Rt 46 down whatever that road is..... nice stretch of water.... too fast right now. Hey, not sure about posting conditions other than shad on here. SORRY.... should I be doing this somewhere else? Just moved here, loving it.... just want to do things right and not tick anyone off..... let me know...

Hi Dennis, maybe we can meet up some day. Its been too long. My number is listed.

I recently drove to the Portland area to shore fish and found that the area is posted by the railroad company. My question is do they allow fishermen to walk in or do they enforce the trespass signs? Thanks in advance!