Re: Delaware 6/7
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The Smallmouth fishery has catastrophically collapsed. Here is an article from a guy who believes the Delaware River lost 70% of its Smallmouth bass:
http://jbkasper-outdoors.com/River_Stories.php
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Smallmouth fishing continues to be a big question mark and numbers have never been the same since the record years of 2007 and 2008. The spawn in 2009 produced one of the smallest ever on the river and the 2011 year class was also very poor. Enter the columnaris disease that ravaged the population in 2010 and 2011, and the fishing in 2013 was the poorest I have seen in the 50-plus years I have been fishing the river.
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I guess the dead shad collect around Route 80 because the water slows down at that section. It was interesting to see all the vultures feeding on the fish. I bet a lot of bears are feeding along the river at night.
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Last edited by Eskimo; 06-12-2014 at 02:20 PM..
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