Delaware River

Today I decided to head to a new place to try and catch some good browns, and it worked. Landed a total of three fish, 14", 16" and 18" wild browns. Started the day off by missing a fish, which could have been the biggest fish of the day. Didn't get a great look, but it seemed like it was 18"+. It was sitting right under the end of a fallen log in a deep cut. I then missed a second good fish, smaller than the first, but still a good size, sitting in a current break behind a massive bolder. Both of these fish took the blue husky jerk, and I missed the hookset on both. It wasnt long after when I landed my first fish, the 14". I kept fishing upstream, and had a couple more browns follow the husky jerk in, but the action slowed for an hour or so. I got to the biggest hole of the day, a 90° bend in the river where the water was pumping and it cut a deep run into the rocks. This is where I used the dep diving crankbait. I thought I saw a tail of a fish just poking out from the overhanging rock, and after a few casts, my suspicion was confirmed with the 16" brown. After no more action, I moved to the next hole, where I put on my mepps agalia. I took a cadt in the run, not expectong much, and as I was about to pull my lure out of the water, the 18" fish came out of nowhere and smashed it in the shallows. I fished a bit more, but called it quits soon after. 5 hours of fishing where I tied my ob brown os a pretty good day. Although these were very nice fish, I know for certain there are some much larger ones lurking in this river. Unfortunately, I will have to wait until my spring break in March to head back, but it was an excellent day on the water.

Delaware River Walleye

Two wall eye maybe 10minutes apart using a deep diving lure