Fishing Log

what the hell you want?

Nice ranger lake brown edward.

Due to unsafe shore fishing conditions at my usual spots went to fish the tidewater near the arsenal.caught 9 american and 4 hickory all on spoons.5 buck and 4 nice rowe.

Finally a beat down (on me). Scouted out a new high water spot with a steep bank into the river as I literally slid into it on my back. After that recovery and some wet arms - went 10 of 12 between 3:30 and 5. Good fishing. Not great but much needed. Then between 5 and 6:30 it was literally a fish every cast. Insane fishing. All on double dart green chartreuse with 1/4 and 1/20 ounce trailer. I forgot my warm socks and patched my neoprene waders today so wore my thin ones - got out by 7pm while I could still feel my legs (barely) and with frozen feet. I landed two doubles - they did me a favor they fight each other and not me. They come in much faster! The night really slowed after 6:30 anyway. Even mix of buck / roe perhaps slightly more roe but none would make it to even 4#. I have no idea what my totals were - not that it matters.

Love catching shad

12 outta 15 landed. From shore

new to shad fishing

We picked them apart piece by piece this morning on poor mans DR's. Some real nice roe, the bucks on the smaller side, about and even mix. Nothing on darts or casting. Some debris and the water is a little high too but fish are there!!

Alex: I would give it at least one more day. River is still roaring and very colored.

Don’t forget this Thursday April 18th the last meeting for the bi state Shad contest at riverside Barr and grill at 6 pm About 5-6 miles north of Easton on Rt 611 .. I will be there with all your last minute Shad fishing supplies… spoons,darts,inline weights,diver plugs,dipsy divers, Okuma reels, river anchors and a whole lot more …484-239-4723

To Shad Harris: all the boat ramps on the Jersey side are bad. Would be nice for NPS to put in a decent "1" at least.

Love shad dishing

Yes I know where the Tocks gauge is. It’s by Labar island not really Tocks.

JACK HARRIS: That Tocks guage is actually located near the upper end of Worthington campground. Actual values are most reliable for that stretch of river

I go by this gage for Gap to Dingman’s. 6.5’ is “normal” flow which is rare in spring. It was just starting to fish well at 8’ and clear 52 degree water. Gonna be a while.

Anyone no the river conditions from Bushkill on north?

If The Answer is 12 - was the question “how many eggs in a dozen@?

Fished pa side of Washington's crossing and managed 2 buck and a roe before storms chasesd me out o spoons from shore.water cloudy with debris and on way up.hopefully won't get blown out but looks like it will be unfishable again

after getting on some fish wading N end of the Park in the morning, i figured would be killer afternoon to take boat and hit some of the usual early season hot spots. Figured would just need one drop and have constant action. Quite the opposite - that is why it is called fishing not catching. I made 4 stops from 3:30 to 6pm and only netted 4 shad and a few other hits but very sparse action and really low marks on the hummingbird. The first spot, in 2017 had a 60 fish 3 hour session right around this same time in identical water conditions. The water was clear and 52.3 degrees, and a little on the high side but overall perfect conditions but the fish just were not there. I should have went way North as a buddy got on them good much further North of me, boating 40 night before then 15 yesterday morning before it dried up to no fish at all once it ended. Thats the way it goes - the run is not completely "filled in" they occupy certains stretches for a day or two then move on, and just have to wait for the next body of fish to backfill the voids... Seems like the main body of fish with a better roe to buck ratio are way south still. I guess you could call the fish up here the "early runners" which clearly some made it up to Port Jervis and beyond already.

Mid Northhampton area of the river. 3 hrs. single 1/4 oz. + dart. Landed 17 of 22 hooked.shore.

Fished Washington crossing on jersey side from.shore.caught 9 on spoons mostly roes and 2 on darts plus 3 hickory shad.all action between 7 am and 9 am then it shut down.waterhigh but clear.

Well thankfully Old Mine Rd off rt 80 opened, all of Worthington is driveable and then it's blocked for rest of the year all the way to Millbrook. No they are NOT opening it, my buddy spoke with NPS Office and they said they are leaving it blocked. Started off early catching by 6:20 am, double green chartreuse. It gradually slowed - only went 5/8 all frisky decent size bucks in 2hrs, 20 minutes. Major wader leak had me heading for the hills, but it was basically dead slow anyway.

Steve Meserve <lewisfishery@comcast.net>

Fished Easton yesterday got around a dozen Shad mixed more bucks than roe … still got a few openings for Shad trips.. call 484-239-4723