Fishing Log

30" of snow up here from the two storm's that will cool the water down for a while.

Rusty how do I go about ordering flutter spoons from you?

WG, Safe travels! Can't wait to hear hear word of someone hooked to a shad. This week's weather looks to be the kind that will keep me in my armchair a bit longer.

I fished below Lambertville yesterday afternoon. I guess the water's still too cold and turbid for the shad to unlock their jaws. Soon, though. I switched to a curly tail jig before I quit and caught my first Delaware walleye, 24" and very fat. Maybe 4.5 pounds. I thought I'd snagged bottom at first, especially when my mind is sort of geared to shad power, but a whole lot better than nothing, and a fine first fish of the year in wet water fishing. Gary, there are shad there in the river now, but they need a little warmer weather to get the water temps up to at least 45F. Watch this board and you'll be well informed, I bet.

New to shad fishing, when will they be hitting in Easton? Water temp now around 43... end of March maybe?

I'm going to give it a go fro shore in a little while, below Lambertville. Water temp is low, tubidity high, but dropping, and water level is still pretty high, but hey, what can it hurt? I went to the same place yesterday afternoon but just as I got set to throw my first cast an ambulance showed up, followed by a bunch of earnest looking guys and a truck pulling an air boat. Then another airboat (in case the first one wouldn't start?) Somebody had called to report a kayaker in trouble up by the wing dam, but the kayaker liked "being in trouble," and was having too much fun to go home right then. I found all that out as I was making myself scarce. I neither wanted to be in their way nor did I want to witness a more grizley outcome.

I didn't realize that there is an active message board here, but I am very glad to find it and see many familiar handles as I scroll down the postings. I'm getting that tingly itch that means I will be limbering out my shad rig and maybe getting to wet a line with the warmer weather and water temps going up. The sun is coming out on Monday and I will likely be wetting my feet at the Fireman's Eddy. I wish the joys of the new season to you all!

Ironshad, I remember you guys. The bridge workers? I'll sell you a dozen or so that I was going to give to Rusty!!! I'm working on a big batch of spoons now and should have a good selection in a couple of weeks. I got some new ones I'm working on that I paint to look like a shad dart, both sides with a little flash on the hook. I'm hoping they catch!

Shadfather I would like to buy a dozen of your custom spoons from you if possible! They are awesome and the most durable I have ever seen. Just remember when your pricin then we gave you the tip that landed your money fish last year lol. We were in the brown jet boat beside you on Saturday during the tournament

Just spoke with Mrs. Woo. Peter is recovering nicely but may not be able to monitor the site. Keep praying for him.

posted on woo's lures, 10/20/17 Sorry due to Woo's stroke orders are temporarily suspended.

Guess I wasn't the only one thinking it with the warmer weather yesterday...

Fished Dingmans with Eric sunday..1 shad all day..its over..lots of splashing around with spawners...lots of smallies..see u on the ocean for stripers

fished Easton sunday am boated 10..theyre still there...this heat is gonna end it soon

Rusty Balls and myself set a new personal record with 14 hours fished on Saturday and landed 24 including one smallmouth and one walleye. Biggest fish was about 5 pounds. The fish looked great and put up a good battle. Highlight of day was when Vinnie in the Dollbaby had the fight of his life and shortly after telling Marshall...this fish is BIG!!!...up popped a 6 inch smallmouth on the end of his line. His big fight was with his TripZ that didn't trip! To effin funny!!!

Lab....go north....more fish....cooler water.....Smithfield Beach......Dingmans.....

They posted that it would be open May 22......There was still equipment in the lot..... I would call first...NPS...

Fished south of Milford bridge. 11:00-12:00 5-fish, all bucks. Stopped 3:00 on another flury of activity 3 fish. Caught a 17" brown.

Black and pink tiny flys were the killer the past three trips. Size #6 and #8. Other colors were catching but towards late afternoon it was black all the way!

Chris, keep trying, this time of year I like to fish in 6 to 10 feet of water, try the tails of deep holes. Used double darts on 3 rods all different colors. Caught about 30 to 40. Keep trying.

Here's a photo of my trout earrings I've been working on.

Chris.....what works one day doesn't always work another day.....try diferent things....I'm more of a try something diferent than to change color.....look for pinch points and less water.....I like 8 to 10 ft.....no more....shorten up the length from your ball....I go from 5ft to 20 ft depending on water clarity.....sometimes a flat line with some split shot is all you need......one rule of thumb that I have a problem following myself is NEVER leave fish to find fish.....get out there and good luck......It was a pleasure to fish with Rusty balls and Shadfather......two great guys.....I'll be heading up to Smithfield this weekend......tight Lines......

Chris don't give up. It took me a few years to learn how to fish for shad. The information the guys on this site give you is great. You just need to learn how and where to use it. I have learned that just fishing a channel doesn't always work. I like to find a pinch point in the river usually where there are rapids with a channel going up and shallows to the side . We anchor just to the side of the current so we are partially in the current. I learned from the guys here to not only use downriggers but also use deep divers with the hooks removed and a leader tied to the back loop. I was catching as many with this method if not more than with the down rigger. We also found that just moving the anchor rope from one side of the boat to the other helped. This would move us in or out of the current if we were not hitting them. We also learned to move if you not getting any strikes. All of this I learned from the guys on this board and trial and error. If you haven't done so yet, join the shad club and go to their meetings. They are always ready to help. Keep trying. It's well worth it. Iv'e had my best season so far.

Fished between Bushkill and Eshback on Sunday. We stopped counting after 30. I had my boss out. He is now a convert. That will probably be my last shad trip this year. I want to thank everyone for all the info this year. It made for a very great year. Thank you. P.S We even caught a couple of walleye on flutter spoons