May Fishing!

The Month of May has been great fishing, low flows and varied water temperatures, have the fish a little out of whack, but the river temperatures are restoring order, and the fish seem happy and active.  Here are Photos from our past week of fishing!

Fresh 13" Wild Rainbow Trout!

15" Brown Trout

Nice American Shad!

Get the Net!

Little hard fighting Delaware river wild Rainbow trout!

Greg B. with a beautiful upper Delaware wild rainbow about to be released!

Greg B strikes again with a feisty oversized American Shad!

Shad fishing has been great!

The upper Delaware river has been at record high temperatures, and record low flows this May.  The FFMP (Flexible Flow Management Plan) implemented on our upper Delaware River needs to be revised.  With full reservoirs of water, the Delaware river needs some cold water to be released out of our dams.  This cold water will help sustain our trout habitat, and keep our usual spring patterns in order.  However despite these unusual flows and temperatures, Sweetwater Guide Service has still been finding some healthy fish in the Delaware.  The weather is forecasted to get colder and this should help our water temperatures. 

As you will see here, the Shad run is in full swing here on the Upper Delaware, the American Shad is a great fun to fight fish into the boat.  Come join us for a Shad fishing trip anytime in the next 4 weeks!

Reece M. connects with a nice Shad!

Jean Hooks into her first shad ever!  Hard fighting Shad are a blast to catch!

Guide Evan P. finds a nice Shad on the fly rod!

Steve D. with a nice Roe Shad!

Larry G. Nymphed up this beautiful 18" Bow!

Skein's of American Toad Eggs spotted near shore north of Callicoon, NY.

6 A.M. Dry fly fishing, yields some nice Delaware river Brown trout.

The Shad are here!

The past few days have brought warm temperatures, sunny skies, and dropping water levels.  The fishing has remained quite good with water temperatures hovering around 50 degrees through most of the upper Delaware River system.  Multiple trout have been boated every day, as well as Shad on the lower sections of river. Here are some photos from our past few trips!

Matt boats this Monster Brook trout! 

Craig N. the "go pro kid" lands this 18" Brown trout!

Bob D. boats this nice rainbow, Grand slam boated today.

Lauren D. boats her first Shad ever! Nice work Lauren!

The NYC couple boated 7 Shad today, nice work!

Update from the Past few days!

The weather has gotten nice again as of 4/28, the bugs are beginning to hatch,  the trout are in the riffles, the bass in the slack water, the shad are running, and the fish are biting!  Come join us for a float!

4/26/15  Tommy starts of the day with a 19" wild brown!

4/26/15 Bob D. stuck this fat 19" brownie!

4/27/15  Busmans holiday, Evan and Mike on a half day main stem float,  big Brown!

4/27/15  A healthy looking Smallmouth Bass!

4/28/15  Spencer found the first Shad of the season, Nice work buddy!

4/22/15 Float trip

A couple of Big Browns boated today!

Pete L. with a beautiful 21" Brown trout!

John J. holding a 20" Brown moments later!

4/19/15 Float trip

Mike P. Holding a 20" wild Rainbow taken on a Black hair jig, main stem.

Stan S. with an 18" main stem Brown trout!

David G. with a nice 17" Brown trout!

Jigmeister Andy! Big Brown trout!

Andy S. holding a chunky Delaware river Brown trout!

Guide Mike P. holding Andy's second picture worthy fish of the day!

4/16-4/18

These past few days have been high pressure, sunny, and windy.  Despite the less than ideal water and weather conditions, we have been on the water catching our target species daily.  pictured here are a few bass and trout that were caught this past week.  More photos soon to come!

A nice East Branch Smallmouth

Another slammer East Branch Smallmouth bass!

A beauty of a Main Stem Brown trout

This Main Stem Smallie crushed a Husky Jerk!

4/13/15 Float trip

Today was a windy day on the river!  After persistence on the water, we managed to boat trout, walleye, and fallfish.  Here are a some photos from the day!

A chunky 19" Brown trout for Guide Mike P.

A spring spawn walleye found its way into our net today.

4/11/15 Float Trip

Today was the first nice weather we have seen post Ice out on just about the entire river system.   Our friend Len, my father Mike ,of Sweetwater Guide, and I, hit the water in search of trout.   We found em'!  It took a bit of patience and hard work.  We managed to boat and release 4 healthy Brown trout from the West Branch of the Delaware river.   With a water temperature rising from 38-45 degrees throughout the day, the fish were moving slowly.  Key to hooking up was finesse, and a slow retrieve.  Here are some photos of the "happy to see spring" Brown Trout from our day!

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A feisty little Delaware river Brown trout! 

Healthy Brown trout on the Delaware!  Guide Evan P.

A smooth release of our beautiful catch!

First Float of the Year!

The Sweetwater Guides hit the water for the first time of the 2015 season today.  Despite the water temperature hovering around 40 degrees, we were able to find a few brown trout.  We found healthy brown trout holding in slack water on the West Branch.  Here is a photo of our first trout in the net for the season.  1st of many to come, the season has officially begun!

First Brown trout of the year, about 16 inches of a healthy beautiful trout.

Happy Easter, and Happy Ice out!

As of Easter sunday morning, the ice in Narrowsburg has broken up almost completely, and it is all melting and moving down river.  We have a little time before it settles this far down, but given steady temperatures, the upper sections of the river surrounding Hancock should be in good shape by the end of this week at the latest.   Here are some pics from April 4th and April 5th.

April 4th at 4:00 P.M. Narrowsburg bridge, down stream.

April 5th 10:00 A.M.  The Ice is flowing!

April 2nd river update!

Below the Cochecton/Damascus bridge was frozen solid yesterday morning, Today it is open with running water for a solid mile.  The Ice is breaking up and starting to move, all the tributaries are now flowing brown with snow melt, and a full swing ice out is about to happen.  With above freezing temperatures forecasted for the next two nights, we are hoping for a total ice out and flood here by this weekend.  Bring on the Spring!

Damascus, PA access area, the melt has begun!

April 1st River Update!

There is little amount of open water to be found above the Lackawaxen/Delaware confluence.  However, throughout the day today at the Cochecton/Damascus bridge, we witnessed about 100 new yards of open water.  Given the warm temperatures and rain forecast hold true, we should be seeing a lot of ice breaking up and hopefully an "ice out" event in the next few days.  Spring is almost here in full swing!  We can't wait! 

Here are a few photos of the river near Callicoon, NY and Damascus, PA. 

Delaware River at Damascus/Cochecton Bridge looking down river 4/1/15

Delaware River at Callicoon, NY looking up river, here is some open water!  4/1/15

Delaware River, Callicoon, NY looking down river just below the Callicoon creek confluence.  As you can see, the ice rebuilds just down river. 4/1/15

Winter/Spring update!

Winter is still hanging around, we're hoping that these steady above freezing temperatures begin the spring thaw of our river valley.  The river remains iced up in many places, but the ice out is just around the corner.  Here are some photos taken from Narrowsburg, NY taken on 3/16/2015.  Email or call Mike and Evan to set up your fishing trip today.  Think fishing and we wish everyone tight lines.  See you on the river!  

Big Early Season Trout from 2014

These 20+ inch Brown trout were caught in the first week of April 2014, including two 24 inchers! Book your 2015 Spring trout trip today! 

April 1st, Guide Mike P. Lands the first 21" Brown of the season.

April 2nd, Don B. with the first lunker 24" Brown of the season!

April 4th, Tony D with a beautiful 20" Brown.

April 4th, Tony D. upgrades with a 23" early spring Brown!

April 4th, Guide Mike P. lands the second 24" Brown of the season, and caps an incredible day!

Craig Norris, Loyal client and Go Pro man! 9/17/11 Video

Craig N with a trophy 23" Brown trout!

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12/21/14 Tiger Muskie!

An Early Christmas present for Santa Mike!

4/28/14 A Grand Slam Day!

A Grand Slam day consists of boating 4 game species of fish on a float trip.  This is a frequent occurrence on our Delaware river float trips and we encourage you to give it a try!

17" Fat Rainbow Trout

23" Brown Trout on a Fly!

Smallmouth Bass

Spring Walleye

The +1 for the Grand slam, a rare Delaware river Chain Pickerel