Fishing Log

anyone catching in Easton today??

I am new to the shad fishing this year. I want to try the smoked shad. Does anyone know what part of delaware river I can harvest shad? Its bit confusing on the PA web.

Can't wait till spring gets here......oh it did? Well then hope to see others with the fly on the river soon. Tight lines to all you fishermen this spring.

I didn't get a line wet, but I hiked McDade with the dog and kids at Smithfield today. The river looked pretty damn cold and lonely! I think we've got a minute before it gets hot up this way. Hopefully I'm wrong.

WG, you have my most sincere esteem. Good for you for making the effort. It takes true devotion tothe cause to get out in this weather. Catching anything is gravy.

Please join me to help celebrate the American Shad and the Delaware River Shad Fisherman's Association at the World Fish Migration Day event at the Delaware Water Gap National Park Visitors Center located on Rt 209 in Bushkill PA. I was selected to be the keynote speaker at this event on April 21,2018 . The event runs from 1pm to 3pm and also celebrates Earth Day and Junior Park Ranger Day at the National Park Service Visitors Center located in BushKill, PA. I will conduct a seminar on Shad Fishing the Delaware River and speak on shad ecology, migration as well as tips, techniques and locations of where to consistently land shad in the Big D. Please share this with your fishing friends and bring the kids as this will be an informative day promoting fish, water, migratory fish species and the Delaware River watershed. Look forward to seeing you there and on the river this Spring chasing the elusive American Shad. Kevin Ingram, 35 year member and volunteer, Delaware River Shad Fisherman's Assocation

ShadHarris, If you're only going to fish at Easton during the shad contest you won't need a permit. Parking is free during the 4 day contest. If you want to park and fish there at any other time you either have to have a season permit, $35 for non P'burg residents or pay a daily fee at the lot every time you fish. If you don't have a permit and are parking your truck and trailer it will cost you $10 for 3 hours and another $10 for the rest of the day for a $20 max for the day. You got to figure out how often you will be there and decide what to do. If you want a permit call the Pburg municipal building 908-454-5500 and put your name and number on the list.

Attended the Pburg town council meeting with Shadster and his brother Jim tonight. The council voted to override the mayors veto and passed the parking lot ordinance becoming effective April 9th. Not sure when we will get the parking passes but if you want one call the municipal building and put your name and phone number on the list. $25 for residents and $35 for non Pburg people.

April 1st, fished Easton from 6:45 till 11. Clear water in Lehigh provided 19 for 23. Was a great morning. Wind picked up, bite shut down.

I was at the last council meeting on 3/20/18 with several other fishermen who have been following this since last summer. The council voted 5-0 that everybody will be paying to park. I think they said seniors and veterans will get a 15% discount. The permit season is supposed to be from April 1st to Nov. 1st. It's not final until the end of a 20 day period from the last meeting. That's April 9th. Permits are supposed to be $25 for Pburg residents and $35 for out of town residents. I believe the mayor can veto the ordinance any time during the 20 days. If he does I think the council can override it with a 4-1 vote. There's supposed to be another meeting tomorrow April 3rd as far as I know. If you want to attend the meeting and hear things for yourself you're welcome to it. If I'm wrong about anything above somebody can correct me.

If u fish burg ramp get your wallet out minimum ten dollars for 3 hours unless it's a special event then it's ten dollars for all day...if it's not a special event it's 20 bucks all day

went to Trenton On Wednesday fished with Buddy Ron only boat there we went 0 for 2. Launched from Lambertville on Friday3/30/18 about 3 boats in am Cloudy, water temp.46 . finally caught shad Joe & I caught 4 for 5 all buck started raining at 2:15pm left at 3:30 good start . hey Weo hope your catching them now . how did U do this weekend Rusty?

And the pay box

Bourgeois parking info

Regielsville, NJ boat launch from 130-330 6 for 6 all buck and 1, 5/ lb roe! All good more to come. Water temp 49 degrees

Took the boat out too work out all the kinks for the first time this year. Surprisingly it fired right up an everything worked like the 16 year old beater that is was new. So I decided to try my luck fishing and went 19 for 20 in under 2 hours. It’s on 46.7 water temp.

Need some help. I just moved to New Hope from Easton. I need boat serviced pretty badly. Merc 60/40. Anyone recommend a place reasonably close to New Hope?

What's the deal with paying to park in Easton

Fishing Report 3/30/18 - Fished from sure with darts from daybreak til 11am. First 2 hours was steady action between 3 anglers. The Vintage fisherman was on fire early, but I think I caught up to him eventually. Nice meeting you Minda today! I ended up landing 18 American shad and lost/missed many more, and the others had at least that many. Good mix of buck and roe, with several roe approaching 5 pounds...water around 45 and level rising. The weather does not look favorable the next week or so for shad catching.....but they are still migrating. One of the 18 fish I caught was a "late runner" with the green/blue above its eyes, the rest had the typical gold/grey above their eyes indicating they were early runners.

Lots of fish coming thru down below now. Had a good day this week. Gota time your shot on a warming trend. Blanked today but I saw them splash on the surface a few times. Guess this is the tail end of the early fish.

After fishing most of the day on Sunday, I never did boat a shad at Trenton. On Tuesday I went to New Hope, I fish from 3:30 to 7, with no hookups. To the port side of me, was a fishing buddy Mark in his vessel, now he was hooking up. He ended the night with 7. I was back at it Thursday afternoon from 4 to 7:15pm with nothing to show for all of patience. But I did get the pleasure of watching a boat that pulled up to my Stern side boat 8 shad. Being a fisherman I guess we all get to have our turn at this misfortune. However I do see brighter days ahead. And as for this fishing report, it is a good report for all of you Shad fisherman, they're on their way north fellows, keep them lines tight !

I spent about an hour yesterday afternoon practicing my casting form at a nice looking spot below Lambertville. There were 3 other guys there when I arrived and 4 when I left and none of us got so much as a bump or a scale. Darts and flutter spoons of all sizes and colors were equally productive. Temperature and timing...

WG fished Weldon tue. wed.and half day thurs, Fished from shore and caught over 200 hickorys,plus 1 American.The hickorys are spanwed out ,American had eggs. Used Two I/8 jigs because of higher flow,hot pink and bright green tied two feet between them. Had a new record for my self 12 straight hook ups and 15 shad .Not much time left for shad down there, Flow was 6000,they are going to increase flow to over 7000.ken.

Fished Zane Grey from 12:30-2:00 today cold wind, water low, no fish. The river gauges say the water is in the high 30's and low 40's in the afternoons.