Fishing Log

Another 10 Shad today. Not big numbers but it has been consistent. Right around 10 fish the last 4 outings.

SHAD_OH - just search on swivel bullet weights on Amazon for weights, and I would also add a lot of 1/16 darts into your collection

ShadHarris , thank you for the information, i must be going heavy on weight and slow retrieve, getting snagged up alot and losing set ups. very frustrating, if you dont mind me asking where do you buy your darts and inline weights ? i ve been purchasing the leland shad darts only ones i can find, im gonna join the DRFSA and hopefully purchase some at one of the meet ups, thanks again for all your help

Hey guys i'm very new to shad fishing and fishing the Delaware, when fishing in dingmans area how much weight should i be using? the river seems much lower up river, thanks for any information given

Finally got out with the boat yesterday. Fished from 300 till 500 trolling. Boated 10, 4 roes 7 bucks all on 1/32 pink and white darts with flashtails. Water temp 62

Another slow day. Caught a six pack over the course of 3 hours. Highlight of the day was a Bald Eagle perched in a tree directly across from me and watched me for a good half hour.

shad harris i would like to thank you for the information you provide, this newbie thanks you, please continue, dont let let trolls get you down

Managed 7 today. Slow.

SH, Your remarks about the virtues of wade vs boat fishing reminded me of an incident where shore guys were hitting them really good while boaters were doing nothing. Finally one of the boaters moved next to shore and tied the boat to a tree and began fishing. My friend remarked " That sure is an expensive pair of hip boots you got there mister."

Whoever you are - 117 over 12 hours is not "great" fishing. I never said it was best ever. I have had much better action in the usual 3 hour sessions that I normally do. I mean at times, it was as good as it gets, then 30 minutes of nothing. I had much better from shore wading week before when I did literally land a shad every cast most of the session for 3 hours (a few brief lulls of course), and could not remotely count.... I don't by into the 3 rod BS vs 1 rod wading. I can promise you, I can catch more shad on one rod wading, than my own boat with 6 rods, when the fish are there, and wading is my preference. The way a dart presents itself on the reel and drift, and coming accross the channels and main slots they are running is much more effective than dead sticking 6 rods. Of course - finding those shore spots are often at a premium and now with a big stretch off limits N of worthington due to Old Mine Rd closure, further reduces those options. I am at the point where I may only wade unless someone wants to go in boat... We always keep count during the tournament more for historical purposes to compare year over year. As I reported - same spot three days later, only 1 shad in morning and got out of there quick.

River temps have reached spawning threshold temp of 54 and the 50 + degree nights forecast will keep it up there. Expect to see spawning displays at dark very soon.

Fished today from 3:30-6:30pm, hooked 2 landed 1, thought the action would have been better, but still happy I hooked 2.

Fished Zane Grey from shore tonight 4 - 6:30 got 0 not even a bump water temp. was 57 deg. water is very low and clear.

An even 10 today. In the mix were 4 of the biggest roe I’ve seen in years.

Day 3 of Bi-State report. Bit of a struggle all my best anchor spots. 15 of 20 in morning. Then did a bold move which I rarely do. Went to the wider deep water and trolled. Started picking at fish here and there but at least we were catching again. The fish seemed to stop moving today. Then we ran into a mother lode of fish. Trolling 4 rods with darts - bam all 4 rods at once. Kept working that area and catching good for a few hours. It slowed a bit and history told me at 4pm better get back to anchor spots. We did - got 7 fairly quick and then an hour and half of nothing. Ran buck up to troll spot and as soon as first dart hit the water was hooked up and had a few need doubles and singles and called it at 7pm. Overall 53 for the day. Nothing broke 4#. 31 on the troll 22 in the anchor. We probably lost 20 or more trolling. Lines very far back - as we are not using downriggers or divers. Makes sense. Twice in the troll our only rod with a double dart rig landed two at once. Getting tired of the boat would rather be wading. Maybe will finish the tournament by wading tomorrow afternoon.

Fished from 3-5pm, cloudy, cold and breezy. hooked 1, landed 1, on flutter spoon, action was slow, but happy I got out.

I know what ur saying about the boats.us pwt shore fisherman have limited places to fish as compared to boat.had a good shore day Thursday caught maybe 25 all day but there was a boat guy below me that probably caught well over 100.they had 2 rods out each fisherman and had singles and doubles costantly.thursday was slower and I caught fish today but had to move south 2 or 3 times til I got on them.good luck to all.hopefully a pwt shore fisher will get it again.

Seems like there should be two categories for contest. Boat (3 rods) and wade (1 rod). On the other hand the 1 rod won last year. Go figure.

Just reading replies here shows the old saying 10% of the fisherman catch 90% of the fish still holds true. If only catching 1 fish an hour you need to move . Unless your spot is a great travel corridor. And you’re waiting on the next pod moving through . These fish are moving hard up the river . Still a good spread of fish from Way south to way north . Yesterday spoon color choice was way more important than on the crazy days where they hit anything shiny . .

I believe Shad Harris caught that many. Using 3 poles per person, it equates to 1.7 per hour. Add in numerous doubles and triples, with the other poles still fishing while catching fish, and his dedication and expertise, very reasonable.

Fished Milford today. Very slow but I managed 3 nice roe. Talked to another gentleman. Told me he got 6 but bounced all around. Now. With all due respect, would you cut the crap with these numbers. Too many of us out there living reality.

Put into perspective the 117 shad catch is certainly far from impossible. Two angler = about 59 each. Two rods each = about 30 per rod. Over a 12 hour period = 2 & 1/2 shad per hour per rod.

Yes Shadharris, You are NOT BSing. I saw you boat at least 70 before I left.

The number - believe it or not for shad landed as per below post was “117” out of at least 137 hookups.