Eastern Marine Fishing Report ~ 04/12/10

Mike B. — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 13:07:04 +0000

Fishing Reports by Mike B. at Eastern Marine

With the opening day of trout season, Stripers moving into the upper Delaware River, and a steady fresh water bite in local area ponds, anglers had more choices of where and what to fish for than fingers and toes. Eastern Marine had a steady stream of customer traffic, all in search of their favorite rigs, lures, and live bait offerings. Trout fishermen headed to White Clay Creek stocked up on their favorite color of Berkley Power Bait, Rooster Tail Spinners, and live baits. Many anglers returned to weigh their catch and see if they qualified for citation honors. Never have we issued so many Delaware Sport Fishing Tournament Citations on opening day. The overwhelming majority of anglers said they were pleased with the quality of the fish that were stocked. The staff at Eastern was busy all day filling out angler paperwork and taking pictures for our “Wall of Fame”. Anglers who receive citation honors get their photograph taken with their fish and we display it in our bait department. In October anglers are encouraged to pick their pictures up free of charge, for fishing records, scrapbook, etc… Thanks to the state for a job well done and it appears a good time was had by all. Trout will be in good numbers, as stocking will continue throughout the month of April. Eastern Marine will continue to stock a full line of trout baits all year long.

The upper Delaware River was the destination of anglers in search of big female Stripers. Striped Bass are running hard and the bite has been intense. Customers I talked to said Battery Park, Dobbinsville Beach, Delaware City, The Pipes, Augustine Beach, and Sam Greens Beach have all produced Stripers ranging from 26”- 48” inches. Bloodworms have been the go to bait and here at Eastern Marine we have the biggest worms at the lowest prices in town, or just about anywhere for that matter! The bite has been best on the incoming tide in the skinny water (Battery Park, Dobbinsville). In the deep-water spots (Governor Bacon, Reedy Point) the outgoing tide has produced. A giant 16 lb 2 oz Channel Catfish was also weighed in this week. Ismael Hernandez of Newark DE was fishing the C & D Canal with bloodworms when the behemoth 29” 16 pounder struck. Congratulations Ismael on your fine catch!

Freshwater fishermen have had a consistent bite at both Beck’s and Lum’s Ponds. Alex Manelski brought a 1-1/2 lb White Crappie to the scales and received his second citation honor in as many months. Noxontown Pond has given up several good reports. Pete Fecther and Mike Bowen fished Noxontown on Sunday and recorded a mix of 150 White and Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass to 3-1/2 pounds, and a dandy 4 lb Chain Pickerel. Fecther and Bowen were throwing a 2” Kalin’s grub in a Tennessee Shad Pattern on a 32nd oz jig head. Edward Brown of Claymont DE fished Lum’s Pond and also caught a citation 1 lb 15 oz White Crappie.

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Eastern Marine Fishing Report ~ 04/12/10