Took an early leave from work on this fine day and made another attempt - brought in 4 nice sized cats - but still no bass - or anything else for that matter. Went to the mouth of the rancocas... just cats though
Tried using clams... from the can. Could that be why??
Well better late than never!! I am hoping to head out of Darby creek on sunday. My first time out for Stripers, for my pop and I. Any suggestions for fishing out around little tinicum island?? I have blood worms! And hope to do well. trampoline2.gif
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Grab a chart of the area fish the points of flats humps points of fingers areas of shallow water adjacent to deeper water. Good luck let's us know how u do. Ur in a good area from wht I've heard in the past. Fishfinders and high low rigs read my above threads I've found fish from 13-34 ft of water most smaller fish have been in 13-15 ft range.
Hello fellow fishermen im new to fishing the delaware river. New to fishing form a boat too. I went out last weekend and unfortunately found out the i was undertackeled and had no blood worms which i guess is the bait of choice. Anyway i went out from under the comm barry bridge and was scouting around but i didnt have a fish/depth finder so it was tough. Needless to say i didnt catch anything. I was hopein maybe someone could point me in the right direction. Im gonna try this saturday again with new toys and the right bait so any help would be great. Thanks
To all newbie big D and striper fisherman with boats, I am willing to Jump abord and show u a few pointers and even share spots I fish with u. Jus send me a personal message and many we can link up.
Jus got a reliable report tht spawning may have begun. Good friend of mine said he saw bass on top when the sun was going down said looked like 3 fish and one bigger one.
Bass feed and only stop right at the spawn 3-4 days but I have not heard of any migratory fish being caught yet temps actually indicate tht big bass should be around and moving onto spawning areas even looking at my logs 54 and I had keepers it's up to 54-55 they should be around.
I have heard they r getting shad up north and some of the first waves of bass usually come with the shad then the next waves with the herring. I'm not hearing anything about herring showing up yet, has anyone else? I'm going to check out the creek Tomm maybe and see if there is shad or herring swimming around at the falls, again my logs show herring&shad at the falls at 55 skipjack later. It's suprising to me we r not hearin more on big fish in the river. Maybe with the higher population of 2011 class fish around the bigger fish r not willing to compete for the offerings and are avoiding all areas where there is a high population of smaller bass? This could very well be happening too. Big bass are notoriously known to avoid smaller bass. Or maybe te river is heating up to fast and the bass r waiting for temps to stabilize a bit first before making a major push north. Idk jus casting out thoughts. I won't be on the river til thurs hooefully things get bumped up a notch and we all catch blitzes
looks like saturday will be the nicer day of the weekend. we will be out a little earlier this weekend, working the bloods and clams for all we can.
Anyway Mu i have to agree with and confirm everything you said in your last post.
All the big fish i caught has been when there is a lowl in the small fish action.
Usally on the worst weather days, cloudy, over cast, light rain. i guess the bigger fish are more at ease in the shallow water when there is little sun.
Most other boats anchor up by the island.
Will only use bloods until the perch move in, after that we have a ball with plugs around the area bridges.
then when the water reaches 60 degrees we wish them well for another year and move on to small mouth fishing.
So if anyone has question about MU, his post, or his information i have to say from my experience he is dead on.
Tks for the kind words.... But u shouldn't stop at 60 the spawn continues til 65 and 68-70 is when the push back out has happened in last 5 years. I'm
Hitting the river before sunup til about 1pm. I'll be down on by pensauken flats.
your welcome MU, its tough on the wife when we leave off the blood worms and we do get excited about the smallies up north. they are a blast. so by May were ready for a change of pace anyway. Like i said though we save plugging for stripers around the bridges for the end of our day, its usally a blast.
I have fished the flats more then a few times, got a few good ones here and there its just hard for me to pass up my spot, i got a 42" and a couple of 30" bulls last year and a 36" the year before.
Oh no doubt that is a great spot but I have several spots tht produce even better at certain times.
And I heard the smallie action is great but I'm addicted to Stripers and I chase them all year don't really target any other fish. One of these years when I have enough money I'm taking a Stripers trip for a year and jus gone to follow them from north to south an back again an them try get a book published about it. Won't be for another 3 years but it's gone to happen.
I do want to try smallies again haven't done it since I was a kid up past flat rock damn. Maybe this year.
Do you think i will have better chances at *** than *** i had good results behind the *** last year but i just started going to cbb this year been out twice and only 2 cats lol but it was nice out there
its the **** its nice spot you can take the kids and the grill and have fun catching fis im new to that spot though only 2 catfish so far but nice view i enjoy the scene i just caught me 1 5.5lb and 1 6lb large mouth bass st pattys day honestly i love largemouth bass fishing the best more skill in it but i love stripers for the fight if anybody knows any good spots to catch largemouth please let me know asap:smiley17e:
Same results as before fish r not getting any bigger yet. And I did also witness spawn activities this morning so they gota be around. Back out again sat&sun.
I prefer the natural flow of things so tht would be the fallen tide when the river runs it's natural course.
On another note I am beginning to be very much baffled by this spring run. The temps r perfect last year with water temps 10 degrees lower at same time last year I had keepers landed this year nothing but 10', 09', 08', class fish. I checked the creek not a blueback shad or skipjack around there yet. Shad r up north the first big push of mature males usually follows the shad then the females follow the herring. Other than the really clear sky and no chop on the river I can't understand why these fish have not come
Up earlier than last year as I was always taught fish follow bait and water temps! Can wait til sat and sun looks like rain I sure hope so I'll be on the river. More than 80 bass have hit the deck of my boat so far this month an not one over 27" not many over 21". It was cool catching rats first couple trips but enough is enough last year class is doing extremely well compared to
Other years so the future looks bright. Hopefully it really kicks in soon.
I think maybe it has more to do with the moon cycle then it does water temp. But then even in past years large bass would have moved up river before river even reached 50. Last year with the rains and fast water the spawn
Was a good one this year once the mature fish arrive the waters will
Already be perfect and they will not be staging as they would in previous years rather maybe they r going to do the deed as soon as they reach the spawning grounds and then eagerly push right back out??!? Idk jus my thoughts. But I'm trying to check over the moon stages of previous years against water temps and c if I can find some proof tht maybe once this cycle starts (I think Tomm) everything will fall into place. I deff saw signs tht maybe some bass r spawning. This is one of many reasons I love and respect Stripers it's always an on going challenge year after year. I'm gone to Get'em figured out this weekend dawn til dusk or more if I have to. Can't wait til 2019 lol if I'm
Alive should be a good amount of 30" fish running the river. Keep logs and make a notation somewhere 2011 class they r all extremely strong and healthy and in good numbers and watch out for them in 6-10 years. But right now I want some
92'-97' class big D bass.
Sorry for blabing off. Tight lines.
Thanks MU It looks like high tide is 4:40 AM Monday and it supposed to be cloudy in the morning so we will see what happens. my neighbor is at cbb today I will let you know how he makes out. As for the moon phase if you follow what they say it seems like you would not fish to much.
Lol I fish regardless but I'm looking at moon cycles to pinpoint if the bass move according to moon cycle or the water temps. And I'm
Pretty sure it's different in sprig and fall. Fall water temps along with bait more so dictate the bass movements. Spring there is also a school of thought tht says bass move up river to spawn according to water temps. But with the different winter patterns we had then previous winters I'm thinking maybe in spring the actual natural urge to reproduce may be more influenced by the moon then water temps and bait.
I'm jus one of Those guys who wants to know everything there is about the striped bass the how's why's Whts where's and when's !!! I study striped bass I don't jus fish for them I live for them
Lol
If your not fishin your not catchin if the moon phase fits in to when you can fish it all good. My neighber ended up with a bunch of 21" or less today but they caught one 30" that shot sperm all over. where are the big girls?:sign17:
I've had first year bass sperm on the boat but a 30" good sign the males show up first females a week or so after. I have recently learned tht a bass will sometimes not spawn every year. I did not know this has anyone else heard of this? Also the more photoplankton in the river which is cause by higher water temps helps to have a successful spawning year and this year maybe te bass r waiting til the river fills up with food for the larve and fry. Last years class will be considered a dominate class among the population (Thts good news). Strong currents and higher water levels helped increase survival rates of last year larve.
Early morning and dusk 5-7 males will bump a female to the surfae where swifter currents are and continue bumping her to release her eggs then they release sperm to fertilize the eggs. The eggs must remain moving with current and the higher the water temps the faster the eggs hatch and the higher the water temps the more food avaiable to the fry once they finish the sacks after 30-55 days.
Jus bored waiting for Tomm to hit the river.
Fished north of cbb from about 2pm until dusk yesterday. We did pretty well, caught an released two keeper size males one right at 28" one about 30", caught a half dozen shorts and a bunch if catties. The boat next to us had a striper that was just under 28". All caught on clams n bloods.
good to hear Krex got he bloods and setting my GPS with some areas that look good can't wait to hit the water monday morning. I'll report in on how we make out.
We were out yesterday, it was ruff but we stuck it out until about 1:30pm. Only five shorts in the boat for me and the wife got skunked (unusall) the action was just to slow to warnt staying out in that wind. Checking my weather site for today and deciding to give it a go again today. Looking for our first keeper of the year and i wont find it in my living room, lol.
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