For anybody in the area, I have been having VERY GOOD success on the Delaware river this year, just north of the Smithfield Beach, PA boat launch.
Catching nice sized smallies every week!
Last Sunday my son and I went out for a half day and we caught over a dozen rock bass, over 1/2 dozen...
Beltzville can get crowded on the main section of the lake, but there is a "finger" near the boat launch that goes back to a nice quiet spot (it goes under a road bridge). There are some nice nooks in there that produce fish quite easily. Also there is a spot just past the bridge where the...
Wow...what a lousy day, weather was pretty nice, but not one fish. :cry:
This was the first time we got skunked this year...we tried everything but not a single fish. :?:
I have the 5HP B&G 4 Stroke on my 15ft Jon, it pushes me and my wife and son quite well. Great motor, never gives me problems. It is loud though, but I got mine new from someone who never used it for only $400. so it was worth it to me. A similar Mercury would have cost me 3-4 times that much.
We went out from the Smithfield beach area (a little north of the gap), if you know where that area is? I like that area because there is some nice deep pools where the fish will hold.
It put up one helluva fight...in fact my wife broke her reel...lol
It was a cheap reel anyway, gave me an excuse to go out and get her a nice baitcast reel...lol.
Went out on the Delaware river in PA yesterday with my wife, it was a beautiful day.
Fishing was not that bad, but could have been better. The biggest fish of the day was a nice 15 incher my wife caught.
We used live minnows, but I was also using lures. I had a few missed hits on the lures...
We fish on Beltzville lake all the time, it's only about a 30min drive.
I have been to Mauch Chunk (or Jim Thorpe) but not to fish...what bodies of water is good fishing there?
[edit] I just realized you meant Mauch Chunk Lake (thought you meant the town, which is what Jim Thorpe used to be...
Well, I've spent the whole summer getting out almost every weekend with my son and wife.
We have had a blast, this was one of the best purchases made, we have had so much enjoyment out of it, even on days where my wife doesn't feel like fishing she sits on the front deck reading her book and...