09-17-2008, 01:48 PM
Hi! I do mostly bass (smallies and largemouth), pickerel, perch and occasionally walleye fishing in Northampton, Bucks, Lehigh, Carbon and Monroe counties. Since I live in Bethlehem, all are convenient. Forget hatchery trout fishing. A waste of my time.
And what Lehigh Valley fisherman can resist the call of the spring shad migration on the Delaware River?! I'd rather fish for them in a boat, but since I don't have one and no longer know anyone who owns one, I settle for fishing from the shore or (preferably) with waders. Wonderful fighting fish.
Having said that, I should also note that I love to go to Maine periodically and fish there. We usually rent a place on Lake Damariscotta in (where else?) Damariscotta, which is about a half-hour from Boothbay Harbor and an hour north of Freeport. The place is loaded with fish. Everywhere in the lake we went, the fishfinder was stacked with fish at every depth!!! Mostly smallies, though some largemouth too -- but also lake trout and landlocked salmon!
And every year I usually go at least once with my daughter and her fiance to Point Pleasant and take a boat out bluefishing. What an adrenaline rush! Sometime I'll post a photo of the finger I almost (stupidly) lost to the first bluefish I ever caught.
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And what Lehigh Valley fisherman can resist the call of the spring shad migration on the Delaware River?! I'd rather fish for them in a boat, but since I don't have one and no longer know anyone who owns one, I settle for fishing from the shore or (preferably) with waders. Wonderful fighting fish.
Having said that, I should also note that I love to go to Maine periodically and fish there. We usually rent a place on Lake Damariscotta in (where else?) Damariscotta, which is about a half-hour from Boothbay Harbor and an hour north of Freeport. The place is loaded with fish. Everywhere in the lake we went, the fishfinder was stacked with fish at every depth!!! Mostly smallies, though some largemouth too -- but also lake trout and landlocked salmon!
And every year I usually go at least once with my daughter and her fiance to Point Pleasant and take a boat out bluefishing. What an adrenaline rush! Sometime I'll post a photo of the finger I almost (stupidly) lost to the first bluefish I ever caught.
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