Delaware River old report 7/4/17; 10/7/17

[MudCat08]

Went up to the northern Delaware R. stretches this July and October to fish midnight hours. Got one decent Walleye in July and a PB brown trout in October. The brown fought like hell and ended up being 21". Time to pick up fly fishing? hahaha
Daytime fishing included the usual suspects - little smallmouths, fallfish, sunfish, and rock bass.
Also managed to catch a brand new species of fish - a big Gizzard Shad (at least i think that's what this is.) I always thought I saw pairs of shad swimming around in the river in the middle of summer, but i guess what I've been seeing were gizzard shad and not the salty counterpart.

[AndyS]

Cool report. Congrats on the PB BT.

You would think with all the Gizzard shad there would be tons more baitfish in the river.

[FASTEDDIE29]

There are a ton of those Gizzards in that river. I've snagged 10 in a row jigging at times. It's basically a big river baitfish. Cut it up into chunks and hold on if you get the right bite. There's also about 100 million Shad fry in the river right now as well, this would be after the greatest American Shad run in years. I've snagged them on the jig as well. Hahahaha!!!:)

That Brown is a beauty!!! The Walleye is a beauty as well!!! The Gizzard is cut bait!!! LOL!!! Congrats on the great big river PB Brown!!! Nice healthy looking fish!!!!!:D

[thmyorke1]

That brown looks like a 5 foot sub sandwich. :D Always nice to see a PB.

[JDTuna]

Great walleye and beautiful brown!