{"id":255,"date":"2018-05-23T11:02:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T15:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2024-01-30T12:06:59","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T17:06:59","slug":"fishing-for-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/23\/fishing-for-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Fishing for All"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_261\" style=\"width: 171px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-261\" class=\"wp-image-261\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BIg-Fish-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BIg-Fish-1.jpg 576w, http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/BIg-Fish-1-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 161px) 100vw, 161px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-261\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">30 Pound Carp caught on the Delaware by camper Bruce Olsen! Photo courtesy of Sue Olsen.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Are you an avid fisher-person, a novice or a first-timer?\u00a0 No matter which level you are, the Delaware River is sure to please any fisher-person.\u00a0 Driftstone hosts a variety of campers who love to fish!\u00a0 Some wade in the river, others use their canoe or kayak and some explore the Delaware using a motorized boat to find the best fish.\u00a0 Fisher-persons beware though, you must have a Pennsylvania or New Jersey license to fish if you are 16 years of age or older.<\/p>\n<p>The Delaware hosts a wide array of fish, 61 species to be exact, some of which include:\u00a0 \u00a0 American Shad, Gizzard Shad, Alewife, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Channel Catfish, Fathead Minnow, Green Sunfish, Muskellunge, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed and Walleye.\u00a0 Some favorite bait our campers use are crayfish, chicken livers, hellgrammites, hot dog pieces, ketch lures, marshmallows and nightcrawlers.<\/p>\n<p>Driftstone has a special day for our dedicated fisher-people, our fishing contest this year falls on Saturday, August 4, 2018.\u00a0 One adult and one child will take home a special trophy for catching the largest fish!\u00a0 For more tips, gear, bait, regulations check out this wonderful article\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/outdoorempire.com\/children-first-fishing-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/outdoorempire.com\/children-first-fishing-trip\/\u00a0<\/a> \u00a0Try your hand at fishing this year and take advantage of the two free fishing days that Pennsylvania offers, Sunday, May 27th and Wednesday, July 4th, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/dewa\/learn\/nature\/fish.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/dewa\/learn\/nature\/fish.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you an avid fisher-person, a novice or a first-timer?\u00a0 No matter which level you are, the Delaware River is sure to please any fisher-person.\u00a0 Driftstone hosts a variety of campers who love to fish!\u00a0 Some wade in the river, others use their canoe or kayak and some explore the Delaware using a motorized boat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.driftstone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}