Fishing near Philadelphia, PA
Set at the confluence of two tidal rivers in Philadelphia County, this city anchors a fishery shaped by spring migrations and decades of water-quality recovery. The Delaware River draws striped bass and American shad runs through the urban reach, while the tidal Schuylkill River—home to more than 40 species—flows right through center city. North in Bucks County, Lake Nockamixon rounds out the scene as Pennsylvania's premier trophy bass water.
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Species & education
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Alewife
Alosa pseudoharengus
American Eel
Anguilla rostrata
American Shad
Alosa sapidissima
Atlantic Sturgeon
Acipenser oxyrinchus
Black Crappie
Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Blueback Herring
Alosa aestivalis
Bluegill
Lepomis macrochirus
Bluegill Sunfish
Lepomis macrochirus
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Brown Bullhead
Ameiurus nebulosus
Brown Trout
Salmo trutta
Chain Pickerel
Esox niger
Channel Catfish
Ictalurus punctatus
Common Carp
Cyprinus carpio
Fallfish
Semotilus corporalis
Fishing guides near Philadelphia
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Dom Troisi
Full Draw Bowfishing
A rip-roaring Bowfishing trip in Delaware River!
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Justin Dellarocco
Hooked On Fishing
Hooked On Fishing – Premier Fishing Charters
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Stanley Jackson
South Jersey Outfitters
NJ Fishing Charters – Family Trips with Capt. Stan
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Rahjeir Miles
On Stream Assassins
Northern Snakehead Fly Fishing Coatesville, PA
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