Smallmouth Crush on the Delaware

[Broad Bill]

Originally Posted by thmyorke1

I could have sworn i saw some shad (like 8-10 inch) swimming fast around one of the slower/weedy edges. Couldnt get a good glimpse of them but definitely had the forked tail and oval body shape.

8-10" for this year's YOY juvenile shad would be too big for shad. There's a number of different shad/herring species in the Delaware, that's probably what you saw. Large schools of bait fish skipping along the surface around 2 inches long at this stage would most likely be shad which is probably what you saw on the surface.

I would think some of the smallmouths you caught would have been spitting up shad as I'm sure they're gorging themselves on them.

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by Broad Bill

8-10" for this year's YOY juvenile shad would be too big for shad. There's a number of different shad/herring species in the Delaware, that's probably what you saw. Large schools of bait fish skipping along the surface around 2 inches long at this stage would most likely be shad which is probably what you saw on the surface.

I would think some of the smallmouths you caught would have been spitting up shad as I'm sure they're gorging themselves on them.

thanks, yea true might be another herring.

i didnt happen to see any bait skipping myself, think Gerry did, but rather some bigger schools subsurface around one of the weedy edges. The bait didnt look very "herring/shad" like though so curious if I could find that out.

[dales529]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

One of the most amazing days of fishing I’ve ever had. We stopped counting at 50 fish and also had one Walleye.

Jake and got a treat fishing with Mikey Topaz on his custom built drift boat. This thing is sweet and comfortable. https://www.facebook.com/MikeKGuideService

Fast Eddie, Luke and Barry Kayaked and crush them too

If you haven’t done a trip like this I would highly recommend it. The fishing is insane and so was the scenery as well a watching a bald eagle swoop down and grab a fish.

Really great trip which I’ll never forget.

Knew it the second I had to bail. Great trip Gerry, Mikey sure knows how to find them. On the mend and will reschedule as soon as my PT and other treatments are over!

[Mikey topaz]

Originally Posted by dales529

Knew it the second I had to bail. Great trip Gerry, Mikey sure knows how to find them. On the mend and will reschedule as soon as my PT and other treatments are over!

Missed you man! I’ll get you out sooner then later! Feel better