Wednesday, April 17, 2024
04.16.24 Amazing it was four years ago....
Monday, April 15, 2024
04.14.24 Time to rotate, well retire, some flies.....
darker back, which you can't see, gives it nice contrast in the water. They too will be retired one day or will get stuck, broke off, or donated to the local jetty or bottom of the river.
Saturday, April 13, 2024
04.13.24 Getting a few for the tank....
Been fishing when I can as the semester starts to wind down. Been dancing in the rain and trying to position myself best for the wind. Bringing a few to hand. Losing some flies. Having fun. It's seems just when things are looking good Mother Nature shows herself at the most inopportune moment.
We got hit when hard rains which really blow most of the river out. Now the temps are getting too warm too quick, in my opinion. You hang out in the 40's and hope to hit the 50's and then it jumps 10 degrees in 6 days. It's only going up. Everything weather-wise these days is always extreme. Next thing we know is the air conditioners will be getting fired up next week.
Thursday, April 11, 2024
04.11.14 Me and Joe, 8 hours, one fish....
Me and Delaware Joe hit it at 6 am and finished at 2pm. We did take a break for breakfast. Flies, plugs, bucktails, bait....you name it. Only thing to show for it was this nice smallmouth that took a 7inch fly.
Wednesday, April 10, 2024
04.10.24 Another body recovery in Trenton...
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
04.08.24 "No Lunar Eclipse bass for you.."
2024 Lunar Eclipse. Image taken at 1531 hrs. Lot's of cloud cover. Stayed north. No bites.
Earlier in the day my clinical group finished up at Clara Maass- Class of 2025.
Monday, April 8, 2024
04.08.24 "We're gonna need a bigger fly..."
I came up with something that works for me. I bought these mini clothes pins in the dollar store and use them when I have material going every which way and I need to tame it before building the dam in
few fish and am looking forward to catching a few soon. All of the waters; Raritan Bay, Navesink, Hackensack and the Delaware are off color and just need of a few days of warmth, and no North wind, to get things going. Tomorrow is the new moon and the Lunar Eclipse and in two weeks the full Pink Moon. That's when the gettin' could be gettin' good.
Sunday, April 7, 2024
04.07.24 Maybe I should have joined in the fun...
hangs off the back does more bad than good. Gill plates, eyes, a second set of hooks in the mouth, or even the pectoral fin depending on the length of the plug, can be places where the needless hooks find a home. If needed you can hang a single hook or what a lot of plug makers do these days is hang a flag, or bucktail, off the back.
Saturday, April 6, 2024
04.06.24 What's next? The locusts?....
I've won this a few times as well as the NJ Pick 6 scoring 5 out of 6 two times. I've told Theresa that we will be winning the lottery one day, hopefully it's for the big prize and no one else hits.
Friday, April 5, 2024
04.05.24 Things are on hold for most of us....
Thursday, April 4, 2024
04.04.24 Ye-ha, fun times...
And it hasn't even crested yet. It's good for the fishes though and always better than a drought. I have fished the last two days, before and after work, not surprisingly....nothing. Was thinking maybe some fish pushed to the bank and were starving to death. If they did go for the fly they would have been knocked unconscious by the debris flowing down the river.
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
04.02.24 Watch out this could be coming your way...
And then we have the Delaware River and the three border states, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsy. Three states with three different sets of regulations. Last year I fought to find out the "real" regulations as the wording on the NJ Fishing Digest can be open for discussion. So this year I read in the digest
Monday, April 1, 2024
04.01.24 Got a nice 40 pounder to end March....
Ok, April Fools. And not only did I not catch a big fish but March 2024 will go down as a one fish month. Hope you had a wonderful Easter. I did. I was able to see, or talk top, almost all of my family during some part of the day. But yesterday was all about the big move. Juliet found a place in Crown Heights, Brooklyn to call home. Of course it was on the top floor of the above building and if I didn't have a heart attack after that then my left ventricle must be in good shape. Can't say enough how proud I am of her. Moving to a new part of the city, alone, without knowing anyone in the hood, that's pretty impressive if you ask me.
On the way home Erin and I hit the Brooklyn Navy Yards and the Wegman's for some bread and brie. It was a good move because for a while we sat in bumper to bumper traffic traveling across Staten Island. As the day progressed I wondered if I would be able to squeak out some Easter fishing.
Conditions were looking great and I liked the way the water temps were trending however it looks like we're going to have a cool down, and maybe some snow, this week. That's okay, it just means the fish across the state will have a little less pressure and be able to do their thing unscathed.
This weekend I got my new SA Sonar Titan line. I spooled it up and can't wait to use it. I like the way that Triple Density technology sounds at least on paper. Sinking lines are great bit they have to be heavy enough, and tapered just right, to get you down without keeping you down, if you know what I mean.