Fishing Log

Started at a spot in Milford this morning with no bumps. Sopped by my local bait shop on the way to Matamoras and grabbed a couple flutter spoons, and a dart color, white with chartreuse top, that the owner said seemed to be producing a bit more than other colors. Managed 10 for 16 over 3.5 hours, with a walleye. A slow pick, but much better than what I've been seeing.

Complete and utter shad beat-down just N of Bushill from 3:15pm to 6:45 tonight. Mostly roe 4 to 4.75 lbs. I set the first rod and it hooked up before my hand left the rod holder - instantl, and it was a stream of doubles and triples for first 1/2 hour, landing 12 in 30 minutes before a welcome lull. Hit 50 in the net at 6:30pm (we use I pitch counter for the hell of it), and 50 was the number we said "enough is enough" except we still had 3 lines and and wham - triple and we landed all 3 and got the hell out of there leaving a mad bite. I have seen a lot of great shad bites and I really don't like to fish for shad much more than 3-4 hours that is enough for me, but this is probably a top 10 session in my 40+ years of catching them. All they wanted was hot pink head, glow white body, UV pink or UV pearl tales in sizes 1/16 and 1/32... Tried other colors just to see, tried spoons just to see, but there was no point just gave them what they wanted. It was nice to drop anchor and never have to move and catch them on both sides of the boat and down the middle -clicking on all cylinders... As awesome as this night was, I still prefer catching them in the waders! This was after getting up 4:30am to catch 18 from shore this morning, I am beat.

Killed them in Easton today next to Rusty and and the boys in the boats from shore... 25-30. Home my 1pm.

Only had one today I can't find them!

Fished Zane Grey launch this morning 6:30 - 9:00 hook 20 only landed 11 foul hook 2 and many hits that didn't hook up water temp 58.

18 of 24 this morning from shore, gap area, 3 were bucks. Started very very slow for me then sort of got in a groove for a while then it died at 9am and I left.

Fished Gap area tonight 5-7:30 in crystal clear 60 degree water still running a tad high but otherwise excellent conditions. "Sporadically good" is how I would describe it, there were several times during the session I got 3 fish on 3 consecutive cast, but then 20 casts with nary a bump. At times it was windy, at times it was calm. Nice balmy weather. 1/32 hot pink head glow white body was great for the first hour but ended last hour with 1/32 chartreuse & bright green to scratch out 16 of 21 hookups.

WG or anyone, know if they are still catching shad at Connowingo dam? Thanks ken

Anyone have an opening for 2 people for tomorrow, Sat, May 5? grossman_hampton@yahoo.com

Heading for the confluence for an hour or 2 fishing this afternoon. Leave me some fish, please.

Started out below Riegelsville. 9 for 14 then left ran for lunch. Headed north and went 1 for 2 then back down to a different spot below Riegelsville and went 5 for 6. More debris toward the end of the day. Water started out at 57.2 and ended at 59.4. Fished from 11 to 6.

Fished in Trenton between 8:00 to 10:00 am; to mid tide. Same as Yesterday went 2 for three...no roe shad. One of the shad had a lamprey stuck to it...never seen that on any shad I caught before. Also caught 8 herring, and a small mouth bass. The two guys I was fishing from shore with, also caught about the same number of shad. The water was fairly clear, and didn't have a lot of debris. Till next time.

Fished from 7am-2pm- hooked 2 - very windy- slow fishing

Onemoreshad, what part of the lower river are you referring to? It was a super slow afternoon where I am and I did not see much rod bending. I'm just curious and not looking for any specific spots. Thanks in advance

Fished in Trenton between 7:30 to 9:30 AM, which was near high to mid tide. I always fish from shore, and today the shad were hugging the bottom. You know what that means, some lost tackle. I was using flutter spoons and 1/2 ounce in line weight.I caught a mixed bag... 2out of three hooked shad, 6-8 herring, 2 perch, and the guy next to me caught a 14" walleye. I don't know when the run through Trenton will be over... Until my next report, good luck up north.

Another banner day on the Delaware today. Landed 56 and lost several more. Water temp 52 in am, rose to 56by 6pm. Several triples and a few doubles too. Some debris in the water. Fish caught on flat lines and plug rigs through the day. Mostly roes with a few bucks in the mix. Saw one herring caught this pm in the boat next to me. Several boats out today. Water will warm up with the hot days coming. May begin spawn earlier than normal. Flat lines and plug rigs were the ticket today. See u on the river.... Kevin

Fished Zane Grey 1:00 - 6:00 pm today hooked 12 landed 10 also about 12 bits that didn't hook up. Water temp hit 51 tonight.

Fished from 7-11 am from boat. Had one knock down in the Rapids up river. Moved to the steal wall and sat on large piles of fish but just wouldn't hit. Water temp was 47.1 with the pequest running a degree colder. Shore fisherman not doing well either as of 15 minutes ago. Hopefully the warmer water turns it back on.

Fished the Bi State tourney this weekend . Fished a bunch of areas as far north as the gap .And as far south as Lambertville. No matter where we fished . Shore and from the boat seemed to be all cookie cutter fish 4- 4 1/2# ,fish . Highlight of the tourney was fishing with my buddy Chris and his two daughters. They fished hard Saturday teaming up for 27 shad to just under 5# on Saturday. With brooke returning sunday to catch another 17

What size boat was it.....Glad to hear everyone is ok....boats can be replaced....lives can not....I knew people that drown in the river.....Thanks to all that helped in rescue.....Fishing was slow today....

How was the fishin in Easton today?

Keith, glad you were able to land a bass, at Bulls Island. Keep at it and learn from your experience. Shad Fishing is time on the water and being out on the river. I've been doing this for over 30 years and always learning. Check out our website, www.DRSFA.org for more information on shad and our club. I present a shad seminar annually at our April Shad mtg and have had several attendees commented on how they improved their success from the seminar. Good luck Kevin

Kevin - thanks for the tip. As my dear dad would say "the fishing was good at Bull's Island, but the catching was not." My boys and I had a nice day on the river and caught a beautiful bass on a shad dart. Nothing else. We also spent several hours fishing up at Belvidere. Saw some fish caught to the right and left of us, but we must have been doing something wrong.

Shadpappy, I saw you pulled the 2nd guy out of the river today, do you have any idea how they are doing? We pulled his son out. Any idea what happened? All his son said was that their boat sank.