April 24, 2024 - 10:46:32
A lot of good-sized spawning stripers were caught and released along the Delaware River heading into the final days of April, with spots along the Philly side proving especially good. Down around the bend a bit, Steve from Smith Bait said Port Penn, Collins Beach and the Power Plant were the places to find some big bass on cut bunker and bloodworms. He also said Slaughter Beach was giving up some black drum.
April 24, 2024 - 10:46:31
“Perch fishing was the name of the game in the sweet waters of the Diamond State this past week,” stated Steve over at Smith Bait and Tackle in Leipsic. Steve said spillways at Garrisons Lake and Silver Lake remained the top spots and some bass and crappies are also being caught in those lakes as well. The top trout spot in the state was White Clay Creek where some decent size rainbows are supplying the fishing.
April 24, 2024 - 10:46:30
At Smith Bait Steve said big stripers continue to be caught and released from Port Penn, Collins Beach and the Power Plant. Cut bunker and bloodworms remain the prime baits. White perch are available in the tidal creeks and rivers with live minnows a good choice when bloodworms are not available. Black drum have been caught out of Slaughter Beach on crabs.
April 15, 2024 - 09:20:11
A couple nice trout made the scales at Smith Bait and Tackle Leipsic last week. Steve said Ed Bachman had a 2.48-pound rainbow and Kolton Greg a 2.13 rainbow, both from White Clay Creek. Steve told us the water levels are still high from last weeks rains and this cut into the numbers of anglers fishing on opening day. In other news perch and crappies are still being caught in the spillways at Garrisons and Silver Lake, along with a few largemouth, we were told.
April 15, 2024 - 09:20:04
Billy and Joe Mister, Bruce Carlton and Jim Osborne fished ocean structure with green crabs and caught a limit of tog. Henry Lewes fished the Broadkill River and caught a nice bunch of white perch including two Delaware Citations the largest of which weighed 1.20-pounds. On Thursday, Curt Reuter caught a 17-inch flounder from the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal on a swim shad. He was fishing for striped bass.
