She thinks the bass fishing was better before last week's deluge of nine inches of rain. After the rain, the water temperatures on the river have been in the upper 60s making the bass a bit sluggish. The bronzebacks are hitting better as the water warms up throughout the day after 3 p.m. until dark. However, the smallmouth blitz continues on the big river near the Zane Grey Pool. Lots of bass are hitting, though they are running on the small side, from nine to 11 inches.
Top baits are hellgrammites, shiners and worms.
Kurt said there's been fairly good smallmouth bass action on the Delaware River with the fish hitting Rapalas and spinners as well hellgrammites. Bonus walleyes up to 22 inches are also showing up by anglers casting and trolling small Shad Raps in silver as well as chartreuse in pools with moving water. All of the area streams like Shohola, Beaver Brook and Halfway still have plenty of water and trout are hitting small spinners and nightcrawlers. Al says the trout fishing has been spotty, but some good catches were reported at times. Most trout have been caught in 35 feet of water by anglers trolling spoons and plugs along with drifting herring.