Dela-whack! (Pics)

[Kid Catch]

4 hours ago, Matt Van said:

Good to know! Thanks for the advice, I appreciate it man.

Any time brotha

[Gmarrazzo]

On June 14, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Kid Catch said:

I was about 4 miles down river from you in the morning, before I left for the Raritan. Did okay in the AM, all on paddle tails. Funny thing is I've tried, and tried, and tried to get a consistent Delaware bite on the keitech and regardless of size or color it's been sparse action at best. Done better with them on an umbrella rig fishing largemouth in lakes. Although, my Girlfriend had a striper swipe at the 4 inch last Thursday but didn't swing and missed it. My personal experience has been that a Reaction Innovations or similar style swimbait gets a whole lotta attention on The D. I rig it on as light of a weighted hook as wind and current will allow, and am looking for a nose-down, very slow fall rate. Later in the summer I'll throw it heavier when smallies move into the faster nervous water. I (and the striper especially) like a blue/purple back with a white belly. I maintain that it's all about the fall, let that tail thump on a controlled-slack line and be ready to swing when they nab it. Not many mushy bites on the swimbait. Usually a very easily detected strike though I'm also *awesome* at getting too jumpy, swinging too soon, and blowing out the fishes mouth before the hook's had a chance to pin it. Easily lost triple what I've caught on swimbaits in my first year or so fishing them. Over time I've learned to calm myself down as best I can and familiarize myself with an effective hookset method. But it ain't always easy, know what I mean?

Catch a nice one, and game over - hooked for life. If you're looking for a fight, you'll find it in the bronze ones,  

I recently rediscovered my joy of fishing and have become very fond of smallies - fishing Neshaminy Creek and now venturing back to Big D? Igrew up in Morrisville and I'm familiar with most stretches of the river in Bucks - can you tell me where you are wading in?

[fishinfiend]

well done!

[Keepin.it.reel]

On 6/11/2016 at 10:38 PM, Gundog said:

Nice fish. I fished the big D around Matamoras PA 20+ years ago and it wasn't easy. But on those special days it seemed the fishing gods smiled on me and it was awesome. Everything from rockbass to muskie were biting.

where were you fishing back then? i live literally in that town and i cant seem to find the big ones. only like 2-3 lbs. tryna catch a monster. caught a small stripper couple months ago but only like 14". my buddy caught a good sized smallie 4lbs in may. oh and to the guy who started this thread, badass bro. the pics and the fish, nice catches

[Gundog]

7 hours ago, Keepin.it.reel said:

where were you fishing back then? i live literally in that town and i cant seem to find the big ones. only like 2-3 lbs. tryna catch a monster. caught a small stripper couple months ago but only like 14". my buddy caught a good sized smallie 4lbs in may. oh and to the guy who started this thread, badass bro. the pics and the fish, nice catches

Just north of Milford Beach off of 209. Road leads down close to the river and there are spots you can bushwack through. Big ones are hard to come by but if you are there at the right times its more fun than a guy should have with his pants on. Late spring/ early summer were the times for big fish. Before all the tourist start paddling down river in there inner tubes. 

[Keepin.it.reel]

12 hours ago, Gundog said:

Just north of Milford Beach off of 209. Road leads down close to the river and there are spots you can bushwack through. Big ones are hard to come by but if you are there at the right times its more fun than a guy should have with his pants on. Late spring/ early summer were the times for big fish. Before all the tourist start paddling down river in there inner tubes. 

hahaha i like the pants on joke. ill have to use that one. and i go there all the time. one of buddy lives in that house there. i caught some good ones but still no monsters. guess ill have to get out there more. what were you using for bait or tackle there? 

[Gundog]

On 10/4/2016 at 0:00 PM, Keepin.it.reel said:

hahaha i like the pants on joke. ill have to use that one. and i go there all the time. one of buddy lives in that house there. i caught some good ones but still no monsters. guess ill have to get out there more. what were you using for bait or tackle there? 

Crank baits and spinner baits mostly. If the water is muddy I make sure I'm using a big colorado blade on that spinner bait.