Fishing Log

Not a touch below Lambertville yesterday afternoon/evening. End of the Earlys I guess.

Went out for an hour to run the boat no hits a ton of slime on the downriggers and line

Spade and Howie and the rest of the crew, decided to scrap fishing for today because of up coming hi-wind conditions. Will give it a try early next week.

Is it worth trying tomorrow in easton? What is water temp?

ANY REPORTS OF SHAD UP IN DELAWARE WATER GAP.

Fishing report 3/26-3/30-had a work schedule last week driving to North Carolina and South Carolina (from pa.) so I was able to stop at several locations in both states. 3/26 I caught 2 American shad at the Neuse River NC below the Falls lake dam. 3/27 I fished the Tar River NC in Rocky Mount for 1.5 hours and landed 9 Americans and 1 hickory shad. 3/28 and 3/29 I fished the Santee Cooper rediversion canal at St Stevens SC and landed 20 + American shad in about 2 hours before dark both evenings... they were about half spawned out and half fresh, predominantly roes In the 4/4+ Weight range, which are BIG for southern shad! Started driving home on 3/30 and stopped at the Tar River again, landing 6 American shad but losing 15 or more others...fish were hitting strange and spitting the dart? Stopped at a tributary of the Susquehanna River in the evening on 3/30, and caught several hickory shad, the first “local” shad I have caught this year.... the hickories are definitely on the big side as well... looks like a good year in the ocean feeding and surviving. All shad caught on double dart rigs, 1/4 oz with 1/16 ox trailer... color does NOT matter!

Fished Easton Saturday from 6-6 Caught first Shad at 1010 Ended up with 6 shad

Picked one up on a flat line in 1 hr of fishing north of reigelsville. Water temp around 48. Lost an anchor. Gotta weld up a new one before I head back out tomorrow.

Got one at worthington

Launched from Yardley Wednesday & Thursday caught shad both days

Went out from Yardley to Calhoun St today from 5-730pm. No bites. Water temp were 45 degrees.

Thinking of going out Sunday anyone catching anything in Trenton or Washington crossings.

Any fish at Worthington yet?

SHAD FISHING AROUND THE PORTLAND AREA.

first shad caught at Easton yesterday..water temp was 44 degrees

The first Shad were taken this past week. Although they were Hickories, the Roes were nice sized. Could I get a return email from Rick in Greeley, PA. And good luck to all my Shad fishing friends. Please be conservative.

Glad to see that shad are starting to be landed in the lower sections of the Big D. Those of you who are new to shad fishing please attend our Annual Shad Night on Wed April 17 2019 at the Se Wy Co Fire Hall at 7pm. The hall is located on rt 378 just off Rt 309. Door Prizes, fishing trips, guides, refreshments, and guides and shad tackle too for purchase. I will be presenting a seminar on shad fishing the Delaware as well as tips, techniques and tackle for the boater and shore anglers as well. I will cover all aspects of consistently landing shad on the Big D. We will have raffles and many door prizes too. Please share this with your fishing friends and bring along the kids too for an educational experience on shad. Hope to see you there. Kevin, ( shadillac) Ingram 36 year member and volunteer DRSFA

Way to go Alex - glad to see the early bird at it! Amazing you got the shad to bite all the way up in Port Jervis this early! (Just kidding folks these are lower river fish)

Went 6 for 7 between 1000 & 1300 hours today. A decent class of fish ran thru my spot during the period. Landed 5 roe all 3# and above and one average buck. One roe probably went 4#, but I wasn't going to wade back upstream to put a 4 pounder on the boga. Water temp 40.8 when I caught my first 3.5# fish in pic. The afternoon was a dead as my previous 6 trips for the year had been. The best I can say is that I caught the first roe that I know of this year. A fishing buddy of mine got a buck last Friday. "When they are there, they're there. When they're not, they're not". PS I might have hit double digits before the bite ended, but I had to pick up my 6 weight and try to score one while they were there. The shooting head that worked in the same spot last year at the same water height was hanging the bottom on every cast. Basically, an exercise in futility. Pretty day though, for March!

Hey WG, Bill, I work in Princeton these days and would be happy to meet up sometime if you're planning to be on the Delaware in my neighborhood. I haven't seen you in too long. Let me know. Joseph

Took another ride yesterday. Would be better with more water. Temps are close but unfortunately this week will set it back.

That's probably why Rich did not say the shad would be on time, but that the bite would be on time.

I will be at bechtelsville Fire Co fishing flea Mkt on Sunday March 17 from 8-1 just north of boyertown off rt 100 stop in and say hi Last flea Mkt for the year soon we’ll be on the river

If (In)accuweather is correct in the latest long-range- - - mid -Delaware -River region - - - forecast, the rest of March should have near normal temps as opposed to the 5 to 15 degrees below normal we have been subjected to since January. If so, there is hope for the bite to be on time.