Lance and I on the Delaware

My friend Lance and I made our first trip to the Delaware 2 weeks ago. We had fun but didn't really start getting into decent fish until early evening. We did find a kayak in a pile of flood debris but it was too damaged to bother keeping. The debris piles were very impressive though. We had to climb 15-20 feet just to get to the top of them.

First canoe trip of the year

My wife and I finaly got our canoe on the water 2 weeks ago. We made a beeline for our favorite lake and after not finding any decent fish in our usual spots we tried some areas that later on in the year will be covered with weeds. I was trying rubber worms, spinnerbaits and chatterbaits and only getting small bass and pickerel. I noticed my wife was getting a ton of hits from a Johnson's Silver Minnow and I started to reach for one. At the last second I grabbed a Berkley Frenzy spoon instead since it has a rubber minnow trailer. It was a good choice all of the bass you see I caught off of it. My wife only landed this one big pickerel but she was getting so many hits from smaller pickerel that she was going cray. We also saw a lot of what we call torpedoes. They are big fish we spook in very shallow water that take off and leave a mud trail and an enormous wake.

Not all fun and games

My son seems to have picked up my total disregard for weather when fishing. He and I were going back down to the Millstone River in Rocky Hill when it started to rain. When we pulled into the parking lot it was still raining. When a small break in the clouds appeared I asked him if he still wanted to fishing. His immediate reply was yes. I think the pictures will speak for themselves.

David at the Millstone

Besides the Delaware River I've also started taking my son to the Millstone River in Rocky Hill since it's closer and a much safer river. The first time we went down I brought my ultra light just to play with sunnies. I found a little spot where I was catching them with almost every cast. I kept asking David if he wanted to try but he kept saying it's Daddy's turn. Finally I cast out the little spinner I was using and handed him the pole. A decent sized litte sunny hit and he reeled it all the way in. The fishing bug is slowly starting to bite him I think.

My son and I on the Delaware

I've taken my son down to the Delaware a couple of times this year not so much to fish but get him used to it. He loves it and is always asking to go to the "Delaware"

January fishing

Yes I know it's June, I've gotten a bit lazy about updating this blog. My wife and I went out fishing back in January it was our first trip of the year. We didn't get anything big and mostly got pickerel.