Fishing Log

loose lips sink ships Spaz

Any shad coming up the river? I hope nobody is gonna lie this year about their reports. Loose lines Karl

George, The Bordentown boat ramp is technically located on Crosswick’s Creek, which is a tributary to the Delaware River. NJ Regs specify fishing for Shad is open on the “main stem” only. Beware that fishing at the Bordentown boat ramp is a ticket waiting for a place to happen!

3 nice shad landed and 1 LDR. Double dart rig fishing from shore on the D. My best 1st shad trip of the season ever. Henry, be careful what you wish for!

Capt. Alex Craig, Thanks for your 1st shad of the year report. 40.2F! Awesome! I'm heartened, and believing is halfway to success at this time of year.

Duck Island power plant is closed and two warehouses are there now. There is no longer a public fishing area. The Old Wharf is being rebuilt near the railroad bridge. You can fish behind Arm and Hammer ballpark in Trenton.

Greetings all! My annual one time 1st fish of the year posting. 3# roe released at 1220 hours, 3/12/23. Water temp 40.2. Water clarity darn near gin clear. Hooked slinging tandem darts. Fished from 1100 hour to 1500 hours. Only had the one bite & was fortunate enough to be able to capitalize on it.

I hope everybody is flattening or removing the hook barbs on their spoons and darts!!

Caught and released 11 shad.

Stop in at Huntington fire co sat night March 11 from 6-8 for the Shad tournament meeting and get your Shad fishing supplies from Rustyballs tackle and guide service 484-239-4723

What was watrr temperature Charlie?

We destroyed them today for about and hr near yardley on poor mans downriggers. About 10 or so shad with some walleye mixed in.

Can shad be caught on the Delaware around Philadelphia? Also interested in getting shad reports.

Anyone know of a website where one can get shad reports for the susquehanna river below Conowingo Dam?

*Free Seminar * Delaware River American Shad Fishing March 29, 2023 7pm Silver Lake Nature Center 1306 Bath Road Bristol PA 19007 Hosted by Kevin Ingram, 35 year member , volunteer DRSFA. Over 35 years experience fishing for American Shad on the Delaware River. I'll share timing, tips, techniques and locations to consistently land shad in the Spring. Shad fishing merchandise will be available for purchase at the seminar. RSVP via email: ingramk134@gmail.com Hope to see you there !

Reports from FL of shad catches in the St. Johns River for about a month now.

Caught my limit of 6 hickory shad with teasers in Manasquan Inlet this evening on the low tide during a nor’easter before the rain storm. Landed 45 shad at Manasquan this fall.

Caught 30 hickory shad at Manasquan Inlet this fall.

Caught 15 hickory shad on teasers in the ocean on my last 3 trips with my new homemade rig.

how's the shad fry population looking in the river this year?

Last harrah.fishing Worthington track mainly to check on fish numbers in spawning rapids.caught my last 2 shad still fresh and strong on small dart early.then put gear away and observed for 2 hours.did not see many fish spawning a few dead ones on beach.normally there would be thousands of fish stacked up here now but I saw maybe 50 in 2 hours of watching.numbers are definitely way down .i have been at this for 50 years and talk to a lot of people from game wardens to park rangers to fishing guides to old river rats like me and they all agree.hopefully things will improve and they will allow more liberal limits on the stripers and other predators.

Only 2 today. I’m done for this year. 238 caught and released. Good season. All caught while wade fishing. See you on here next year.

Water temps of 70 and up overstress shad and cause a high mortality. Those aware of this usually don't fish in those conditions.

30 caught and released today. Saw lots of Shad moving upriver while I was fishing. 236 caught and released so far. 3 or 4 more outings and I’m done. Think I can hit the 300 mark.