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MFF US Northeast => Pennsylvania => Topic started by: wiredstone on Mar 06, 2010, 03:04 PM
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Took a ride up old mine road. Boat launch needs a little more warm weather. Looking good.
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What and where is this looks like a really good fishin hole.
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Delaware on old mine road . Walleye central . And the Digmans Ferry bridge.
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Thank you looks really good fishin
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Got the canoe ready . Just wait for ice out. Waleyes are waitng. ;D
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I hear that goin down to the susky river today to see whats goin on and whats biten. I heard the walleyes and smallmonth are biten pretty good now.
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Got the canoe ready . Just wait for ice out. Waleyes are waitng. ;D
There getting them abve narrowsburg friend got a 10 lber 0n monday sorry no pics
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I hear that goin down to the susky river today to see whats goin on and whats biten. I heard the walleyes and smallmonth are biten pretty good now.
If you want to hook up some time , I would be glad to go. It is slow moving 8 to 30' of water. Great for any boat or canoe.
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Thanks for the report and pics. Do you float trip it with the canoe or is it slow enough to paddle upstream? Thanks
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Thanks for the report and pics. Do you float trip it with the canoe or is it slow enough to paddle upstream? Thanks
I have paddled up stream about 1/2 mile in a canoe by myself from the bushkill launch.
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You guys think all this rain is going to shut off any chance of fishing the D this weekend?
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Caddis and I are headed there now. Fishing from shore.
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Good luck. I wished I lived up that way. No walleye around here (Delaware County) as far as I know.
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Caddis and I are headed there now. Fishing from shore.
Good luck out there. If you get a chance, give us a report on the water level. thanks!
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Water is rising fast. Fished from shore , but forgot my boots. My little island I stood on sunk fast. Boats are out but no fish. Lots of debris in the water.
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i'm going to buzz by the river early tomorrow and see if it is fishable. hopefully i don't get swept away
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River is six feet high. Tried 10 mile launch for a few casts. No luck.
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Got the canoe ready . Just wait for ice out. Waleyes are waitng. ;D
Now your talkin', Wired!
Can't wait to see the pics there, with you holding the eyes! 8)
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Any reports? I am thinking about trying it this weekend. Thanks
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Nice eye ! She is blown out pretty good right now. Good for cats !
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ooo You are fishin for eyes in my spot, haha luckily Im usaully the only shore guy there this time of year. That is one of the better areas for eyes all year, but there are some others which I will obviously not divulge. Nice pics I need to get some of mine scanned and on here, will be funny having pics of eyes from the same place.
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Luckily Im all Catch and release except for stockie trout and perch during hardwater. My biggest eye from there was around 8 lb 26". Ya Late Fall/Early Winter and the Pre Spawn can be red hot then you get the post spawn and it becomes problematic. Smaller jigs tipped with fatheads can be killer when they turn off and I dont even do well post spawn, some of the old timers got the small tipped jig thing down, Im still getting the hang of it. When you fish from shore unfortunately you are forced into using much bigger jigs, unless you get a nice flood and a certain creek creating clean water/muddy water color line and I score bigtime then. Wow I just gave away Big Ds walleye secret for this time of year, but then again anyone can go read a few articles in an In fishermen and figure it all out anyway. Good luck to all on Big D it can be really good if you figure it out, and please catch and release as much as possible, eyes dont get 8 lb+ without C&R.
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hey guys ,im just curious wheres the pics from?im new to ne p.a. and these river and lake names.i like catch and release,and bouncing from place to place in my kayak.
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Fished from the shore this morning. River is high and the muskie are in shallow. No hits, but good to get out.
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Fished the delaware yesterday, caught 4 smallies on jerk baits... had a bunch of other hits and follows as well. Also had a muskie hit near the shore but didnt catch him. Water was still pretty high but the color is good
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hey mark ,thanks for the info.i thought all the talk was about the delaware river.listen i heard i have to get a launch permit for my kayake,what is that?and is that for any area in pa? ??? and is the delaware slow enough somewhere to use a kayake and thats productive?appreciate any info
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The section between Milford and Shawnee, sounds huge and it is, but there are so many productive slots in there. No shortage of smallies if you are good at reading the water and its pockets. Many riffle run situations for summer eyes as well, just be on the water a alot and you will find out.
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locnar appreciate the info,it going to help save me alot of time having to do trial &erra about every place around, thanks.mark you definitly peeked my curiousity about that.where is that nasty part exactly.im just curious cause i take my old man with me sometimes and i dont want to have to worry about him rolling or something.im hitting 30,and in great shape but hes 64 and in alright shape :-\.i dont know if he'll be able to moneuvor quick :laugh:but thanks for your info too mark, i appreciate it.definitly helps save time for me.
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At the end of Foul Rift there is a very nice area, especially during low water for wading. The only trick is finding access, on the Jersey side there is a nice place to park right near where Foul Rift dumps in, it is a money spot for multiple species. I dont mind giving this spot out as it isnt fished much if the water isnt low and wadable. One of my honey holes, but good luck getting to it. If you wanna see a true shad funnel for the shore guy here is your spot, catch and release please, big smalies in the area and they dont get 6 lbs by being eaten by us, and believe me if you dont think 6 lb smallies live in the river all over then think again and change your tactics, I have a certain European technique that owns smallies on the river, but Im not telling that much.
Foul Rift is right near Belvidere and is many miles away from the Milford-Shawnee region, which has very little in the way of dangerous rapids
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thanks for the info locnar.i didnt want you to put your spot out there like that if its a good one for ya,but i appreciate anyways.im always catch & release so dont worry about seeing them disappear.i just love paddling on the water and catching any kind of fish and just taking pics.but anyways how do you fish the river?do you have a canoe or kayake?cause im going to be going alot this summer so i can find out where to fish and what to throw at them that will make them go crazy.
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My wife and I did a conoe trip from Hancock to lordsville. Water was clear and cool.
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Saw 6 nice stripers where the east and west branch meet. Tried for some smallies but no luck.
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Still it was a great day ! :thumbup_smilie:
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Hey I know that madman!!!! 8)
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THE BOTTOM RELEASE DAM KEEPS IT NICE AND COLD. THOSE STIPERS COME A LONG WAY.
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THE BOTTOM RELEASE DAM KEEPS IT NICE AND COLD. THOSE STIPERS COME A LONG WAY.
Are there a decent number of stripers that come up this far? I fish narrowsburg area a lot and I was wondering if its worth fishing for them in the area. Never have seen one.
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Hey I know that madman!!!! 8)
Hey so do i ;D i fished with that guy once ;D ;D
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Are there a decent number of stripers that come up this far? I fish narrowsburg area a lot and I was wondering if its worth fishing for them in the area. Never have seen one.
Right where the east and west come together is good. We saw 6 swim under our conoe in 4' of water.
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Are there a decent number of stripers that come up this far? I fish narrowsburg area a lot and I was wondering if its worth fishing for them in the area. Never have seen one.
Theres not a stretch of the river that doesn't have them now a days ;) ;) They are slowly taking it over, atleast the smaller resident fish that never seem to grow are :-\ :-\ Just fish any deeper pool or the confluence of any trout stream and you'll get into them. Most will be in the 12-20" range but theres a some fish up to and over 20#s mixed in
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Theres not a stretch of the river that doesn't have them now a days ;) ;) They are slowly taking it over, atleast the smaller resident fish that never seem to grow are :-\ :-\ Just fish any deeper pool or the confluence of any trout stream and you'll get into them. Most will be in the 12-20" range but theres a some fish up to and over 20#s mixed in
Thanks for the info. I can think of a couple good spots that feed a good quantity of stockies into the D. I'd love to hook into one.
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They must of swam right past my spot on the river. I have been there twice another couple of guys have been there a few times and no one has seen or caught any stripers. First year that this has happened to us. stripers have been caaught below and above but not there.
the hole has turned into a big sand flat that is choked full of weeds now. there is a cold water release every week also.
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They seem to be at the top of the hole on the pa. side.
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Took the mad iceman on the west branch today to perfect our float with a bead. No fish but great day to be out. Water is getting colder. ;D
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Thanks again Wiredstone for getting me ready for the SR... Always it's a fun time fishing with you, and that dude at the store made the day!!!
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i agree, cant wait to get back out on the river and catch some real fish. with that said, i stopped by and took a few casts over the weekend just to see if i could get anything to hit. did have one hit and broke my line immediately. All i saw was a big flash so not sure what it was.
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wired...the dingmans ferry bridge...is that the one you pay a toll?? if so, I know the exact spot...can you sucessfully shore fish this area? Or can I bring a boat and lauch somewhere?
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wired...the dingmans ferry bridge...is that the one you pay a toll?? if so, I know the exact spot...can you sucessfully shore fish this area? Or can I bring a boat and lauch somewhere?
Both. :thumbup_smilie:
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wired...the dingmans ferry bridge...is that the one you pay a toll?? if so, I know the exact spot...can you sucessfully shore fish this area? Or can I bring a boat and lauch somewhere?
I believe there is a pay launch just down river from the bridge...as to the toll, my buddy works the toll booth, haven't paid to cross that bridge in years ;D ;D
Once walleye season closes I'll start putting time in on the D again...in the meantime, I'm too sick to be out on the ice so I'm making up a buncha shad spoons...its almost that time of year ;D ;D
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Last year I was getting shad 1st week of march under rt 84 bridge
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Man, that is some nice water down there. Beautiful pics, Wired.
Maybe a couple of the rebels will meet ya down there sometime. 8)
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Im definitely interested in walleye fishing the delaware this season...its such a beautiful river
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Last year I was getting shad 1st week of march under rt 84 bridge
Last year most of our ice was gone by then too ;) ;) Personally I prefer fishing for them once they make it to some of the tribs...I love p*ssing off the trout bums when I hook a shad and actually have to fight it to land it instead of just winching it in like 1 of those 10" stockies ;D ;D
Im definitely interested in walleye fishing the delaware this season...its such a beautiful river
Hard to argue with that ;D ;D and the walleye fishing can be amazing if you put your time in and learn where they tend to stack up ;D
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that stretch between pa and nj is open year round for eyes, correct? limit 3 18"? when is a good time to pursue them...ice out I imagine?
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Ice should be almost out of here soon !
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good...this rebel is gettin antsy...but not before I take the next few days off to get in some more hard water fishin!
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that stretch between pa and nj is open year round for eyes, correct? limit 3 18"? when is a good time to pursue them...ice out I imagine?
From I believe I84 down its open all year...3 fish @ 18" If she doesn't get too muddied up, from now until they start spawning in early April are great times to fish for them (I do best on jigs this time of year until the water temps hit the mid 40s, then its jigs and stickbaits/ crankbaits)...it usually slows way down for me come early April until the end of the month (it varies on water temps) and then picks up again after they are done spawning
We've been picking at them through the ice on the river all winter although this year was pretty slow compared to years past. Still marked plenty so I know there's plenty of them still there but much fewer biters :-\ Guess that means more for me to go put in the boat instead ;D
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Im definitely interested in walleye fishing the delaware this season...its such a beautiful river
I'm game for some good walleye fishing.
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thinking about tryin out a stretch of river next saturday...
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New to the area...going to be fishing more this year...living in Philly area. Never fished for Shad before...would be interested in trying!
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Early season walleye is perhaps the most difficult fishing to be done in the river, during spawn and directly after when its cold and the water is high can be frustrating at best, thank god for early season shad. I do tend to catch some monster smallies right after ice out, caught one of my biggest ever early in the season on a shrimp from my lo mein I ate while parked looking at the water.
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Its still jacked, but Ive seen guys still dragging boats down and launching them when the water is higher, that was last fall dont know about now.
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Worthington and Copper Mines launchs are open . The del gap is closed
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BUMP......
Should be SHAD season soon........
Water might be A little cold from the run off right now though.
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I was thinking the same thing. I say 2 weeks we start seaching. Checked a few creeks and they had 45deg. Working on early trout now . Waiting for my Reg. for my conoe ,then I will be ready. We have lots of darts and flutter spoons made.
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I have to get out there to the BIG D and give it a shot. Seems like some real good fishin.
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heard my fisrt report of shad being caught. they were caught in the wind gap area. I have not heard anything up north yet on my travels but will let you know.
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Got down to the river again today to do some fishing. Ended up catching one 16 inch walleye. Had a big (probably around 25 inches) eye follow right to shore and go after my lure right next to my feet, when he turned to swim away half of his body was actually out of the water on shore. Had another smaller eye follow right to shore and a big smallie at the same spot. Caught a beautiful 3 lb smallie toward the end. Only fished for around 2 hours.
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Lots of guys on the river now. Shad should be in full swing soon.
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We took a ride to Port Jervis today. Water was high. But got my shad darts wet.
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Then we stopped at Poxono Island. A guy was pulling his boat out because the water was too high. The shad are there.
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That water color and the wind has me inside reading today, water color is bad enough without the wind gusts ruining any chance at a decent drift.
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the river looked good today when i drove through narrowsburg today. there was two guys fishing from the bank on the PA side boat launch. dont know what they were catching if anything.
if the shad are not up yet Im sure they will be by the end of next week. four days in the 70's with it staying about average after that.
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Was up north yesterday. River was low and the bite was slow. Not many bucks up there yet ,but this rain should get the moving.
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Don't have my camera card reader for my lap top yet. I went out and took pics this morning. She went from 100cfm to4600cfm over night. Saw 50' trees coming down river. :o The big D will be up tomorrow.
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We got lucky. Everyone around us is out of power.
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Sounds like major stream bed changes again!
Its a safe bet...she was ripping at 127,000cfs (Belvidere gauge) :o :o With any luck the fallen trees on 1 of my favorite walleye stretches will have gotten blown out...I musta lost $30 worth of jigs on em this year :-\
Under I80 on the PA side:
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a trib on the NJ side:
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My daughter and I walked down the trail on the other side of the ball field. Brush was real high. I think this water should have knocked that down nicley.
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Dmntd, thanks for the good pictures! Those trees may be gone from your spot but there will be new jams of debris we will have to deal with! I'll have to be careful running the boat when she goes down. A new adventure after every flood! Mark
It'll be a learning experience all over again. Thats exactly why I love fishing rivers though, just when you think you have em figured out they change and you start all over again ;D
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Funny , I was just thinking of the Big D. They have been landing some nice walleye latley.
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Tried to get after some walleyes today on the Delaware near the water gap. Had one walleye on but lost him. Only fish I caught was a big old brown trout. 21.5 inches and thick. Real good fight, i thought it was gonna be an eye cause he was staying down and i finally saw the long profile but then got it to shore and was surprised to see spots.
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That old brown most likley was coming out of the Broadhead. I get the breeders in Feb. when they are done spawning. Nice job !
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Took the family to Washingtons Crossing today. Great day. Only saw 2 boats on the river from there to Easton. Rumors of an early run of shad must be false.
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Took the family to Washingtons Crossing today. Great day. Only saw 2 boats on the river from there to Easton. Rumors of an early run of shad must be false.
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I'd put $$$ on them already being in the river, not in huge numbers but the early run fish should be there ;) with water temps still in the low 40s very few will be willing to hit though
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the shad should be around somewhere. i saw somerwhere that the water temps are in the upper 40's and low 50's.
thats shad temps. Ill let you all kno what i see when i drive over the river on wed. might give it a whirl if i see any boats or shore guys.
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Big D Shad SpotBURN??? Question:
A few years ago I used to try for shad near Water Gap - just down the road near the Portland Power Plant.. old railroad trestle.
There were several pull-off parking spots .
Is it still in LOCK-DOWN status to keep Fishing-Pole Wielding Terrorisrs away??
any info wouldbe appreciated.
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Big D Shad SpotBURN??? Question:
A few years ago I used to try for shad near Water Gap - just down the road near the Portland Power Plant.. old railroad trestle.
There were several pull-off parking spots .
Is it still in LOCK-DOWN status to keep Fishing-Pole Wielding Terrorisrs away??
any info wouldbe appreciated.
I've never been hassled back there but I've only fished that area for 2 or 3 years now and usually stay back towards the old trestle rather than walk up towards the outflow from the power plant
a buddy of mine was hitting quite a few shad down in Lambertsville early last week so that should put some up near Easton by now...whether or not its in fishable #s I couldn't say though
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Here's a link to the Shad reports..
http://www.drsfa.org/fishin2012.htm (http://www.drsfa.org/fishin2012.htm)
they are getting closer,,
just checked my tackle closet - I have a whole bunch of darts and flutter spoons in da house..
just might have to get them wet..
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Anyone been fishing the delaware lately? with work i havent had time to get out but the boat is ready for the next time i can!
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Was down by the Gap today. Water low and clear. No shad found there , but reports of shad in Digmans looks good.
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how far up do you think the early run is up of shad. I sw five boat trailers in the lot at milford on sunday. and several people fishing the shore in matmamoras.
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My buddy did 8 sat and 3 Sunday under 84 in port jervis side.....all big roe s !!!!
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I figured it would be good there. ::)I was headed there Sunday ,but my wife wanted to stick close by. I did great fly fishing for trout. ;D
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Was on the river last night on the boat fishing for bass before dark and then did some cat fishing. Missed a big walleye right away, followed the bait right to the boat and short striked it. Then lost a smallie and another eye and had a few other hits. Caught two nice perch only. Just before dark started cat fishing but couldnt find them, lost one but only landed 2 eels. On the way out heard a lot of stripers breaking water and ended up watching a few of them nail my bait but never hooked any of them. As we were pulling the boat out around 11 pm, coyotes started howling like crazy on the Jersey side of the river which was neat. All in all didnt land much but had a lot of action, river is way low, hit bottom on a few spots i never even came close before
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Shad are in heavy now. First time out for me ,and what a blast it was.
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Shad are in heavy now. First time out for me ,and what a blast it was.
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What were the water conditions?
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River is at normal flow and is murky. Gold and chartruse seem to be the ticket. I was using a green and white shad dart with a yellow and silver flutter spoon. Guys with gold where doing a little better. Shad are all over the river right now. Water temp is in the low 50's
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I was out on thursday evening and the river was running a littl higher than normal and had about two foot or less visibility. I was up beteen NY and PA. there was a rediculous hatch comming off and everything was active. My first cast with a green n chartruse dart produced a buck an then about five minutes later i got a roe on the same dart. for the rest of the night it was steady swing and misses. I never even had to run a spoon. we seen several shad coming up and surfacing right in front of us.
I think I probably had a dozen or so bites and hooked 4 and lost 2 in about 2 hours.
good day to be out not to hot and not to cold and the fish were biting.
River is at normal flow and is murky. Gold and chartruse seem to be the ticket. I was using a green and white shad dart with a yellow and silver flutter spoon. Guys with gold where doing a little better. Shad are all over the river right now. Water temp is in the low 50's
Im glad the river came down a little bit . I wish it would clear up a little bit.
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Today they hit silver for me. I like a dart &spoon combo. Gets them every time. What a blat. Ran into some nice guys today. My wife hung out in a chair and watched. Now that is a moters day. ;D
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Today they hit silver for me. I like a dart &spoon combo. Gets them every time. What a blat. Ran into some nice guys today. My wife hung out in a chair and watched. Now that is a moters day. ;D
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We got out April 15th and landed 6 big Roe. We were 6-10 and also landed a nice smalley. All were on darts or f spoons, color didn't matter. We fished above the Belvidere launch. Once we marked fish and anchored it was game on for a pretty steady 3 hrs of action while still trolling (sitting still).
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Sometimes you can get them on anything other times they are picky. I ran into some guys coming back from where I was and they said it was slow. They where using gold.
I went down there with silver and smashed them. You never know. They are a great fighting fish for sure. Good practice for steelie season from shore. ;D This rain should move them around .
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Sometimes you can get them on anything other times they are picky. I ran into some guys coming back from where I was and they said it was slow. They where using gold.
I went down there with silver and smashed them. You never know. They are a great fighting fish for sure. Good practice for steelie season from shore. ;D This rain should move them around .
Yes they sure can be picky...i had real good days using a black/white dart...the old "skunk" dart we called it. It would outfish everything else sometimes.
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River went up 7'. Those fish will be on the move north now. ::)
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they will be dodging lots of debris that's for sure !
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That is the biggest shad I have ever seen, congrats!! Great Fish!
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Down already @ Belvidere to 25300 cfs and the GH is 3' lower too! http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv/?site_no=01446500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060 (http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nj/nwis/uv/?site_no=01446500&PARAmeter_cd=00065,00060)
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Should be good for the weekend ;D
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Went up to the 84 bridge Sunday. Few shad around but very sunny and slow. I hooked into something strange. :o
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I think it was a Navy Seal ::) lol
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I released him unharmed to swim another day ;D
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:rotflol: :rotflol: :rotflol:
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Went up to the 84 bridge Sunday. Few shad around but very sunny and slow. I hooked into something strange. :o
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I think it was a Navy Seal ::) lol
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I released him unharmed to swim another day ;D
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I think you should have had it mounted! That baby would have landed you some dough at the auction if it was mounted!
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Only happen to you Kevin. LOL
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I know the shad fishing has been hot but has anybody been getting into the stripes.
I heard that a guy got a 9 pounder near pond eddy. so it it was not a hold over or a run away from the pack then they should be making there run up te river.
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Have not heard too much about anything going on. ::) Plenty of guys on the river though. Going out tomorrow for shad again.
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Headed out in the fog this morning with fishgalore. First cast was a nice row. and it went on until the weather chased us off. Best day shad fishing ever. 30+ day easy. Saw hundreds swim by. :thumbup_smilie:
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Great time today Bro.....thanks for a blast! Nice job with the camera.
My 2nd pair of glasses are a bit out of whack in the one pic! LMAO
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I did not see that when I took pic. lol
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Those fish are tough to hold to take a picture!
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Here is that sunrise pic at Smithfield beach .
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Great fish!
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The wife and I took the canoe out for a few hrs. Water dropped at least a foot. Current was very different today. Made some adjustments and the game was on . Nancy proved to be a great net man ;). Shad from a canoe is unreal.
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All 5 and 6 lbers today. I am beat ;D
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Nice job netting 'em Nancy! Those are some beasts wired! Nice.
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Fishgalore and I went out for shad and walleyes today. No waleye but the shad liked my swim bait. Went 10 for 12 on shad. Slowing down ,but still plenty of shad in the river.
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Here is that sunrise pic at Smithfield beach .
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OMG Wired i never seen this shot...awesome color i like that you included some of the boat great job!! :thumbup_smilie: oh ya nice fish...guess i mised out on another run :rotflol:
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I wish I had your camera that day. The sky was on fire that day.
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wired are you still fishing down around whre you have been fishing? Or have you ventured north. I was thinking of going to the Zane grey fishing access to take my old man out for some shad. was really hoping to get him some shad. Our other option is going to milford ad fishing there.
thanks for the info in advance. we're going out in the morning.
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They should be up there. And yes I was in the same area. An old timer told me ,he gets them there until mid june. Seeing more dead ones and sea lice now. Still some fresh fish to fight. They are up at the tri-state marker, but not like down here. ::) I might take a ride up today. ;)
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I wish I had your camera that day. The sky was on fire that day.
real nice color...i tried to call Glen this weekend no responce yet :-\
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Took the wife for a ride today.Not to many shad up north. We did find some nice land in Narrowsburg .Water is low and clear.
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nice pic's Wired were all go in north next weekend u in :-\
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Got things going on the next 3 weeks down here. Remember Duffys PARTY ON THE 29TH
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Got things going on the next 3 weeks down here. Remember Duffys PARTY ON THE 29TH
i didn't hear from him yet about directions...are you staying for the day or over night
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Friday and Sat. night
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Fishgalore and I went out for shad and walleyes today. No waleye but the shad liked my swim bait. Went 10 for 12 on shad. Slowing down ,but still plenty of shad in the river.
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Wired smoked me this past outing he caught lots more than I. I went 1-2 on shad and 0-0 on anything else. The plan was to fish for Walleye. I tried just about everything except to fish at night on the Big D even though we went at the break of day and were the 1st on the water near our location.
Fished overnight for Walleye and Hybrids on Lake Hopatcong Saturday into Sunday. Mike had 2 Hybrids on, one to the boat (I saw it then it bee lined for weeds where it shook the hook. It was about 5-6 lbs) and the other broke him off and took the Zara Spook. There was plenty of top water noise we just weren't on 'em. Another bud lost a 30" Waldo at the boat the same night, same lake.
Mike & I switched to smaller fish along the shore in the am and hammered, Crappie (White & Black), Perch, Sunfish, a couple LM Bass, one tiny Smallie and a few Rock Bass. Lots of fun for about 3 hrs.
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Always a good time with you buddy. I think many of the shad stayed down low this year. Not much going on in the north.
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Always a good time with you buddy. I think many of the shad stayed down low this year. Not much going on in the north.
2 weeks ago I ran into a large pod of hungry shad well north of Callicoon. Last weekend a buddy got a few also. Always hit and miss for us up north. I havnt been on the river like normal though this year... The walleye action has been decent and the troutin has been real good... 8)
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weired to here they are up north this late but true.my son caught 2 fishing for trout saturday at loardsville.
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All I can say is the Gap area was great this year. Plenty of 5 and 6lbers
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floated from Poxono and the Water Gap this morning with 2 buddies....its ridiculous the number of shad in the river....I think we went maybe 3 minutes without having 1 under the yaks and in many spots we saw 40 or 50 schooled up like bunker but none of us brought any shad gear figuring they'd be few and far between :-\
did manage a half dozen eyes between us with only 1 keeper and a few smallies, rockbass, fallfish, and a channel cat
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floated from Poxono and the Water Gap this morning with 2 buddies....its ridiculous the number of shad in the river....I think we went maybe 3 minutes without having 1 under the yaks and in many spots we saw 40 or 50 schooled up like bunker but none of us brought any shad gear figuring they'd be few and far between :-\
did manage a half dozen eyes between us with only 1 keeper and a few smallies, rockbass, fallfish, and a channel cat
It has been a blast. My daughter told me yesterday at Worthington , there where fins all over. I got them on Swim baits last week. ;D
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It has been a blast. My daughter told me yesterday at Worthington , there where fins all over. I got them on Swim baits last week. ;D
we had them chasing bomber long a's and a few very short hook-ups but that was it...if we were actually rigged for em I'm sure my shoulder would be sore from fighting fish and not just paddling :D
reminded me of bonefish...just fins/ tails swimming around in the shallows ;D
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Kayaked a section of the big D today with a group, nice day to be on the water but lots of others on the river as well. Did catch 7 smallies and a few rock bass. Between the group we probably got 30 smallies and we didnt fish hard, just mainly floated and hung out. All mine were on top water
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Took my project boat up to Smithfield beach today for a test run. Ran about 7 miles up river in the low water.
Worked great, still getting used to the jet. Saw lots of eagles, a black bear and a y-buck in velvet. Caught 2 smallies and a fall fish
just screwin around. Great day for a float.
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Sweet ride ! :thumbup_smilie:
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Nice rig. I'm giving some thought to switching from a glass bassboat to a jet rig. I starting to miss my old river days. Yours looks perfect.
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Sweet rig....goodluck with her!
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Took my project boat up to Smithfield beach today for a test run. Ran about 7 miles up river in the low water.
Worked great, still getting used to the jet. Saw lots of eagles, a black bear and a y-buck in velvet. Caught 2 smallies and a fall fish
just screwin around. Great day for a float.
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THAT IS ONE NICE RIDE BROTHER.I LIVE 10 MINUTES FROM THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER REAL CLOSE TO FALLS. I WOULD LOVR A RIG LIKE THAT. I GOT A 14 FT.25 HP. LONG SHAFT. DOSE OK BUT YOUR RIDE WOULD BE IDEAL.I USE TO FISH THE DELAWARE IN THE ZANE GRAY AREA. LAUNCH WHERE THE LACKAWAXEN DUMPED IN.USE TO GO UP RIVER ABOUT A HALF MILE.CATCH BASS EELS AND AN OCCASIONAL WALLEYE.USE TO LOVE TO FISH THERE. WOULKDENT EVEN TRY IT WITH THE BOAT I HAVE NOW.I WOUD LOVE TO TRY IT AGAIN ITS BEEN 18 YEARS OR BETTER. WE USE TO DRINK AT JUNGLE JIMS BAR UNTILL IT BURNED DOWN. WAS A GREAT PLACE.GOOD LUCK WITH THAT BOAT. REAL NICE MAN.
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NF ON THE SUSKY YESTERDAY
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Thanks guys, had it on the susky for a few days. really cool, first jet i've owned, it's hard wrapping my head around being full throttle
in 6-8 inches of water. Had a long shaft 20 Merc tiller on it before, was stuck in the pool I launched in. This motor lets me draft about 3 inches.
Good times Kevin !!!!!
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Nice one wired...hears a good shot of the boys in action and a shot from Duffy's deck
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Great pics guys, good times
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Good stuff! You've got a great river rig there NF! She scoots pretty good too! Lol
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great pics brother.beautiful day to be out.lots a luck with that ride.
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Great pics LV. I can only get closeup shots with mine. Wait until NF gets all 3 cylinders burning. He might keep up with you Josh ;)
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I bet he will!! Lol
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anybody walleye fishing?
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I am getting ready too. See you on the river soon. :thumbup_smilie:
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Did pretty good over the weekend! Caught a couple eyes and a bunch of suckers and fallfish.
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My buddy hit the smallies hard today. Smallest was 17"
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Nice! I only got 1 keeper eye and alot of suckers. This rain should get rid of the river ice then things should get going good. I have to get a photobucket account then i will post some pics!
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Not looking like this coming weekend will be much better either :(
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I was thinking of checking out this weekend as well! Weather looking good for the weekend but river level dropping and the water temp went way down again. Hopfully it doesn't ice up to bad planning on taking up my light trout rods for some carp and suckers. Alot of fun catching them on light tackle.
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Great day to be out Mark! I'm surprised at how crystal clear the water is!
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Nice
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I've been trying fore walleye in the Delaware for the first time this year. I spent a couple days fishin by the Dingmans Ferry bridge and didn't have a bite. Any pointers? Should I be looking for an access with deeper water?
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boerboel, the eyes maybe spawning right now...perhaps there are post and pre spawners as well. Think shallow and low light. Heading out to the DWG on the boat tomorrow before it is gated off forever! Mark
I wonder if they will stop the city people from having picinics there. Last year was nuts there. I heard milford will be shut down too.
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What is being shut down and why?
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NICE SMALLIES BUDDY.RIVER LOOKS NICE.
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Sweet pics. ;)
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"I wonder if they will stop the city people from having picinics there. Last year was nuts there. I heard milford will be shut down too. "
Wiredstone, according to the Pocono Record the gates will be closed leading to the parking area. Specifically they don't want picnics because of all the garbage and associated clean up and hauling costs. This is a bunch of BS. Federal budget cuts because our a-hole legislators cant wipe their own a$$es. On the other hand the Park is spending $300,000 to replace wood road signs with metal ones along river road. :cookoo:
The Gov. sucks. :wacko:
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heard there were boat trailers in the lot at milford the other weekend. and that you could still use the ramp if you paid.
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Anyone seeing shad in the river yet?
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Not heard anything on the shad run yet....but I can t wait...!
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Not heard anything on the shad run yet....but I can t wait...!
Shad reports are good.
http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/del_river_rpt13.htm (http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/del_river_rpt13.htm)
Especially check the Lewis Fishery reports. They are in in big numbers now.
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I got two bucks last night above Zane grey.
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Jiggerman you get them from shore or boat? Dart or flutterspoon? I have a place not far from there in N.Y. and will be up there the first couple of days of May to hunt gobblers. Have never fished for the shad there but always wanted to take a whack at them. When I first started going up that way in 1994, the Lackawaxen fireman or some group used to have a shad festival? I don't know why they stopped it but I do remember seeing signs for it.
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Icebum,
Both Shad were on darts. the first was a black head/ orange body/ white tail and the other was green head/ chartruse body/ white tail. I had flutter spoon tied behind both darts and the shad still hit the darts. the river was kind of up a little with the rain last the other night but it was fishable. the shad i caught were hugging the shore line. and hit while reeling as slow as you could without losing your darts to the bottom.
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Thanks it is one of those things I always want to get to doin but other stuff gets in the way. Like the crappie and bluegills and bullheads and, well you get the picture. Zane grey is a short drive from my place in N.Y. It's at Highland lake, spend a ton of time up that way. It is hard to believe I haven't fished for those shad yet.
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I hit 3 shad at Zane grey today on the fly rod using darts I tied. All were about 18 inches.
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hitting the river in the morning. Shad time ;D
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Great day to be out. Slow up above the gap today. We saw schools of 100 to 200 in the shallows. Got a few today ,but in deeper water. ;)
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Was down by Belvidere today. Slow there too.
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Is that Fish Galore? Mark
Yeah, that's me. 22"er and a nice fight just not enough fish found to bite today. I had another to the net but it shook the hook and I had one peel some drag but when I went to set the hook it was off. Worked several miles upstream to no avail but I learned new sections of the river. Nice day with Wired.
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the shad have been going on for weeks now. got my first one 3-4 weeks ago all the way up river near lackawaxen river. now the numbers are in and the roe have showed up. before it was all bucks. not as early as last year but almost average arrival of the shad up this way.
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I say in 2 weeks it will be on fire.
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Cool mist on the water this morning. Got one 6lber today. Fishgalore got a nice perch on a dart too. Lots of fish in the river.
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Great pic! thanks for sharing!
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Shad are all the way up top now. Not big numbers but I saw two diff pods on the upper main and one lone straggler up on the east branch. One pod stuck around long enough for me to put a jig in front of them... ;D
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Plenty of eyes around also...
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NICE EYE.LOVE THE COLORS OF THEM IN THE DELAWARE.NOT GRAY LIKE IN THE SUSKY.
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Nice fish Jay :thumbup_smilie:
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6lbs
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thats a big shad wired..... I wish we would of weighed the two big roes we got friday. How long was that thing. I think ours were around 22 -24 inches if i had to guess.
we got 7 up north with 4 definate bucks 2 roe and 1 that was kind of small but really chunky.
I will see if i can post some pictures tonight.
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can you say chrome. lol ;D
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your still getting some down that way are ya. are there still a bunch moving through yet.
they are starting to spawn farther up river already. I went out last night and got one roe that was still tight and got one walleye on a flutter spoon and also got one small mouth. the water was pretty dirty probably visibility of about a foot but it was going down . I managed to find a feeder stream that was pushing some clearer water out and that was where i got the one roe to save me from getting the shad skunk.
orange and black dart was the shad getter .
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We still have 2 months of god shad fishing to go. A guy next to me got a walleye on a pink dart.
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WHAT DO YOU GUYS DO WITH THE SHAD YOU CATCH?
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I only have kept two this year. they were both roe shad. I give the eggs to a buddies wife to eat and then I take the shad and get two nice fillets off of it and scale it and cut it up for catfish and striper bait.
I only keep a couple a year everything else is CPR.
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Let them go. Eagle food ;D
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Bass are biting !
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that had to be caught last week sometime. the river was a mess after the rain on the on the 10th, 11th, and 13th and now it is up and raging again. in between that period some bass of a different kind were cooperating also. ;D
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that had to be caught last week sometime. the river was a mess after the rain on the on the 10th, 11th, and 13th and now it is up and raging again. in between that period some bass of a different kind were cooperating also. ;D
Yes it was last week, and those black finned rock bass where hungry too. lol
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that had to be caught last week sometime. the river was a mess after the rain on the on the 10th, 11th, and 13th and now it is up and raging again. in between that period some bass of a different kind were cooperating also. ;D
every trib seems to have some swimming around too...mostly schoolies (15-24" fish) but every so often a fish ya can't turn shows up ;D now if it'd only stop pouring long enough for them to come back down to fishable levels again :-\
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Bump for 2014. Wired you out there? Mark
Just got back from Maine ice fishing . All done for the year. Ready for the river. We have to hook up this year
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your river trip might have to wait a couple days. drove over the river in port jervis today and its a raging mess of chocolate milk.
On a positive note a have heard of shad being caught north of Dingmans ferry......... only one though so I would not get your hopes up. it will be at least a couple of weeks yet till there is fishable numbers.
catfish might be biting and the carp also.
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The shad are here . The water will drop by Sunday, then its on. My buddies is bringing down my noodle rods from N,Y, state. I will be out there next week ;D
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The shad are all over the place around the gap and east on areas. Still not hearing much up north. I will be trying soon though.
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Was out this afternoon. Started at Worthington , then Poxono. Nothing there. Went up above Bushkill and found a few nice bucks. They did good this morning up under 84 but shut down at 1:00. Water is still high for wading but you can still fish it. Found them holding in the mudlines :thumbup_smilie: Not many guys out today. Only saw 2 boats all day
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Nobody fishing today during my drive up river.. Only seen 1 boat under matamoras bridge..
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Shad are hitting pretty good all over the place. Some nice roe showing up.
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When this water drops , it will be on !!! :thumbup_smilie:
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It's on. Did 4 in an hour last night. First time in lot's of years my wife and I got out for shad.
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Flutter spoon behind a deep shadrap.
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Nice shad ! :thumbup_smilie:
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Got this one while chasing eyes a few nights ago. Defiantly the heaviest muskie I ever caught.... I usually don't smile for pictures but I couldn't help it!
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Nice musky
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Nice fish Jim. C u on the hard water.
Team Ice Holes
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Got this one while chasing eyes a few nights ago. Defiantly the heaviest muskie I ever caught.... I usually don't smile for pictures but I couldn't help it!
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Wow. It probably had a few eyes for dinner.
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Wow. It probably had a few eyes for dinner.
Well the eye population doesn't seem to be suffering so I safely released her
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Hey guys, don't let Jim kid you. He had a bigger one the week before! It was not as heavy, but 1" longer.
Now if only I could get him to stop interrupting my walleye fishing to take pictures of his muskies! :laugh:
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Behind every great fisherman there's a great photographer... Let's just say I'm the fisherman... LOL!
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WHAT ??? Darn, no respect!
The old guy teaches him, and he takes all the credit. :laugh:
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Great fish.Congrats.
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Got this one while chasing eyes a few nights ago. Defiantly the heaviest muskie I ever caught.... I usually don't smile for pictures but I couldn't help it!
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:flex: :thumbup_smilie:
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Its just about shad season. Making inaugural trip tomorrow casting from shore.
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The shad are being caught throughout almost 100 miles of the river now. They are well past the NY border now.
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Bump for the Big D. I haven't been on this site in a decade! Wiredstone you still out there? Mark D