The River .........Reports 3/26 - 4/2

[In Depth]

Yahooooooooooo ! :D :D

It's that time again.
For the benifit of our newer members i'll explain what this tread is all about.

In the spring there are incredible numbers of people who fish the deleware for several different species. In order to keep all the information relativly organized this thread was conceived. Kinda like one stop shopping. If anyone wants to start a thread about the river thats fine too, this just makes finding river information a bit easyer.
Topics discussed are not limmited to stripers , if it swims in or has anything to do with the river it's fair game on this thread.

Each week there will be a new thread started and this will last until sometime around memorial day. Of course there are still fish to be caught after memorial day but by then the major run will have subsided and that is when my efforts are spent targeting other species in the salt for the rest of the year.

Now for some details :D As many of you know the bass have arrived but not in great numbers, however they are being picked. The lower end of the river has been seeing some larger fish but most are still on the smaller size. Fish are being caught all the way up to trenton but it's still a lot of work.
The shad bite has been on at the usual spot :D ;) and today i got my first herring of the season on a sabikki, of course it was on the next to last cast of the day so it will be swimming around tommorow looking for a bass to eat it.
The river is averaging 45 degrees and the PP is at 57 or so.
As i've said in a seperate thread the PP will be shutting down for maintance in two weeks so keep that in mind if you are planning a trip there around that time.

The water is a little off color but not dirty and so far i haven't seen any major prop busters floating around in any kind of numbers.

Soooooooooooooooooo Get out and do it to it!!!!!

[ 03-27-2004, 08:14 AM: Message edited by: In Depth ]

[matt]

ID , THANX FOR THE REPORT I'LL BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE RIVER REPORTS

[Mega Bites]

Ran my Nitro South of CB with GetItWet in the passanger seat and caught 3 stripers a fat pearch and a catfish. Water temp in 45-47 range. Chaz said he would post the report so keep an eye out for his post and pics. Nothing big so don't get too excited.

[ 03-26-2004, 08:14 PM: Message edited by: Mega Bites ]

[fatboy]

You know things are about to start lookin up when this thread starts. I.D good job and tight lines this upcoming season!!

[Ron Redington]

Yahoooooooo! The RIVER REPORTS http://www.binaryrhyme.com/ubbicons/dance.gif

Ok everyone, you know what this means! It's time ta put down the "Honey Do" list as break out the fishing rods :D

Looking forward to the reports Craig! Thank you http://www.binaryrhyme.com/ubbicons/thumb.gif

[Mega Bites]

Originally posted by Ron Redington:

Looking forward to the reports Craig! Thank you http://www.binaryrhyme.com/ubbicons/thumb.gif Oops...I thought this was an open forum for river reports....sorry Craig

See our post here (http://www.thebassbarn.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=2;t=005718)

[ 03-27-2004, 08:54 AM: Message edited by: Mega Bites ]

[Get it wet]

Sorry Craig

I didn't look for this last night when I posted. So I just posted River Stripers. It will be in here next time.

[In Depth]

No problemo guy's, glad to see ya caught yesterday.

[Creek Duck]

Went out this morning N of Tacony Br.,heard some fish were caught around there earlier in the week.Fished first 2 hours of the outgoing without a tap,few other guys were around with the same luck.Will probably go south tomarrow,somewhere around CBB,will post my results.

[bill cameron]

me and the rat went out again today,we fished from 8:00am till 1:00pm,he got 1 short and a cat,i got nota,at dead slack we both had several taps but no takers,water temp stayed at 47,fog looked pretty cool as it came in on us,i'll post pics in a differant thread

[Bassin' Large]

Fished the Delaware from 1:00 to 4:00. NADDA!!! Not even a cat. I had my 2 girls with me so there wasn't as much fishing going on as I would have hoped. However it was a beautiful afternoon. Calm, warm and not another boat in sight.

[phillyfisherman]

Ahhhh, it is grrrrreat to see the River Reports back on the Striped Bass Forum.

It can mean only one thing.....the STRIPED ONES ARE HERE!!!!!!!!! :D :D :D

Craig, Luke....I'm waiting by the phone! :D ;)

[DaPlumber]

Will be out on the river from 8:00 till 2:00 sunday . 14 ' jon with a 25 rude , holla if ya see me .

[In Depth]

Hey Philly,

I had a luke sighting yesterday, he's still alive!

[BobEver]

In Depth:

I am VERY glad to see you will be covering the River Reports again this year. Catch 'em up!!!

[Topcat]

The robins are back but the sure sign of spring is the start of the river reports. I'm looking forward to a good spring. Hope to see you all out there.

I'll be out as many tues, weds and sats as I can. Usually out of Trenton or Yardley in a blue Lund - 30 hp merc starting this week.

By the way - the Pa fish and game is replacing the ramp in Yardley. They put in a 60 ft concrete ramp and even put in a breakwater to divert the river current so you don't have to point the trailer down river to retrieve the boat. Looks like it should be reopening this week. No one has been able to launch there this year yet. There are probably a lot of p'd off shad fishermen about.

[In Depth]

I don't think they will be too upset with a new ramp ;)
It's only 10 or more years over due. Now we can launch witout driving half way out in the river :D

[logic186]

Fished the last hour or so of the outgoing on Saturday South of Neshaminy Creek, one decent bite early on, after that nada. Water was at 47 degrees. Saw a couple of full sized trees floating by!!! Got to keep your eyes wide open instead of the throttle.

[jim rosen]

fished the river bank south of philadelphia - brother (1st time out) caught a short,me-(10th time out) still batting zero- or a thousand depending on how you look at it- saw a gentleman catch a nice 33" 15lber beginning of outgoing tide, second time saw him do that in as many days-he must be a local(which he is) looks like my new best friend.

[jim rosen]

fished the river bank south of philadelphia - brother (1st time out) caught a short,me-(10th time out) still batting zero- or a thousand depending on how you look at it- saw a gentleman catch a nice 33" 15lber beginning of outgoing tide, second time saw him do that in as many days-he must be a local(which he is) looks like my new best friend.

[Red_Cherokee]

Fished the river 3/28 5am-9am.....skunk, not even a tap.

[design]

hmmmmm, maybe I did do good on Sat 3-27
fished myself and grabbed 6 before 8am, but appeared all were catching up and down the river.
nothing really over 20", first time out this season, no complaints smile.gif

after 8:30, thats' all she wrote, dead for everyone and I mean DEAD.

[Topcat]

Went out of Trenton 3/29. Fished high to outgoing for a couple hours. Tried for herring near the marina. Zilch - Nada. Saw some shad caught by the power plant. Water temp was 50.5 degrees.

[In Depth]

The weather this week doesn't look good at all.
I don't expect to see any real jump in water temps till next week :(

[Creek Duck]

Hit the water today on the incoming from 5:00-7:00pm.N of the Tacony all by myself not a soul around,few taps but nothing serious.Probably done until saturday,and I'll be heading more South.ANY DAY NOW!!!

[Candy Man]

Does anyone know if the Katmandu park is still closed?

[Candy Man]

Does anyone know if the Katmandu park is still closed?

[sunnydaze]

Was in the area so I did some recon.

At a spot north of DOD and near the CBB a 36" striper was taken by Jimmy @ 12:45 pm on bloods. Sorry Jimmy I forgot your last name. L something? Nice Italian guy.

Went to DOD next, water temp was 45. I was told it was 42 this morning. I saw 1 small catfish and a small striper (14") taken around 2:00 pm on bloods.

The tide was ebb.

It was getting really cold out there. Dress warm.

Oh, while I was at the 'other' spot north of DOD a DRBA cop showed up at the location and made comments about the recent increase in garbage. Seems they will be kicking fishermen out with the ATV users if it continues since it's technically private property.

[BobEver]

Candy Man:

I think its pretty much closed indefinately due to supposed structural damage to the wall there.

[In Depth]

Yo candy , whats up guy?

Yea it's closed. Everyone seems to shifting to the wall at trentom marine :rolleyes:

[Fishguts]

Hit the spot north of the DOD last night.Got word the bite was on.A few guys have been picking away at the bass for 3weeks.A 34" was caught at the top of the high and a few shorts.I fished for about 40minutes and had one 29".

[DaPlumber]

Sorry so late . Fished sunday , me and my partner had about 25 between us biggest was 22" . Was not prepared for how cold it was in the am . (have a cellar full of foul weather gear , good place for it lol) not a bad start , left just as the tide was turning at 1:30 . Be at it again soon .

[Candy Man]

In Depth, I am fine but Katmandu still being closed in really bumming me out. Hope all is well with you

[sunnydaze]

3/29 - Report from Mark Boriek, NJDFW Fisheries Biologist

The commercial gill netter in the upper bay off of the Cohansey River drifted 800 feet of the light gauge (A. shad can detect heavy gauge monofilament) monofilament for one mile. His net was ripped up by striped bass, although he did catch 100 of them that he released. Caught a total of 7 A. shad in the ends of the net. There are so many stripers that they fill the net first, the larger ones tearing through it. The shad avoid the entangled stripers, swimming the length of it and escape around the ends, a few are caught there.

http://www.state.nj.us/dep/fgw/shadrpt04.htm

[In Depth]

Sunnydaze,

Thanx for the info .


Fishguts,
Thanx for the report and welcome to the barn.

[In Depth]

If anyone can get some live herring the fish are definately around the upper tidal areas.

Geting herring around trenton is brutaly hard at this time but it's rather early. If you can import them from elsewhere your gonna have some fun.

[brelind]

Fished a pond next to the river, jersey side, got a small largemouth, talked to a guy that got a 30" striper in the river.