Fishing near Philadelphia in Philadelphia County, PA

3.86 Rating based on 29 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Chain Pickerel, Catfish, Trout, Sunfish
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 71
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 55
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Cooper River (past Boathouse) near Philadelphia

Cooper River (past Boathouse)

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Cooper River - North Park Drive near Philadelphia

Cooper River - North Park Drive

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catty fishing near Philadelphia

catty fishing

its really nice and the sail boats are beautiful
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Snakeheads in Newton near Philadelphia

Snakeheads in Newton

You also can catch these using top water frogs during the summer. When they spawn, you can spot them with their babies. Chucking a lure past the babies then dragging the lure into the pod of fish will produce.
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Kayak Bassing near Philadelphia

Kayak Bassing

Newton is a great place to throw frogs and senko via a kayak or small boat. The summer gets weeded out, so electric motors may have some issue. This is when there will be less pressure fishing from boaters and you can pull out some good size bass
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Newton Lake near Philadelphia

Newton Lake

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Top Fishing Spots near Philadelphia

Wissahickon Creek
Wissahickon Creek

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Pennsauken Creek
Pennsauken Creek

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Cooper River Park Lake
Cooper River Park Lake

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South Branch Pennsauken Creek
South Branch Pennsauken Creek

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Newton Lake
Newton Lake

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Kings Street Pier, Gloucester City Nj
Kings Street Pier, Gloucester City Nj

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Philadelphia Area Fish Species

Recent Philadelphia Fishing Reports

First NJ Carp Excursion Fishing Report Jul 09, 2016

First NJ Carp Excursion

Cooper River, Camden, NJ -

Had never gone carp fishing before, so I decided to give it a try. I watched one of Leo's videos from his Extreme Philly Fishing YouTube channel ...

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Consecutive Mornings on the Cooper River Fishing Report Aug 20, 2016

Consecutive Mornings on the Cooper River

Cooper River, Camden, NJ -

Went to the Cooper River in search of carp the last two days. The girlfriend is out of town and I start school back up on Monday, so I got up early bo...

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catty fishing Fishing Report May 24, 2009

catty fishing

cooper river park -

we were fishing on memorial weakend on sundey 09 me and my step dad and we decided to fish and we cought a totla of 8 cat fish all good size not bad d...

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Bassin Newton Lake Fishing Report Jul 09, 2016

Bassin Newton Lake

Newton Lake, NJ -

Quick Bass session on Newton Lake

From Maine, usually fish gin clear water for smallmouth bass. Relatively experienced fishing in water like t...

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Reel Peel River Fishing Report Oct 31, 2016

Reel Peel River

Philadelphia, PA -

Monster day. 10 decent cats and 9 carp, all well over ten pounds. ...

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AMICO ISLAND PARK Fishing Report Sep 13, 2009

AMICO ISLAND PARK

RIVERSIDE NJ -

DELAWARE RIVER ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Philadelphia

Check Prices

  • nightcrawlers
  • White and silver spinner
  • Gary Yakamato Green 5'' worm
  • Bronze Spinner
  • Wacky Worms
  • cornmeal

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • we wer using meall worms with worked great then switched to wax worms then water nymphs. the more you change it up they wont get tired or used to the bait
  • either cubed mackeral,trout worms,nught crawlers

Minnow Check Prices

  • SHINERS
  • minnows
  • Chicken liver, Worms, Live minnows

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • heddon - torpedo brown crawdad color

Crankbait Check Prices

  • crankbait go figure this guy was hungry
  • Big O in white or yellow

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Minnow jig

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Spinner bait/ senko worm dark brown w/ purple sparkle
  • spinner baits

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Night crawler out did minnow's.
  • wax worns and meal warms work great here

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • rainbow rooster tail
  • User smaller one as the water here are crystal clear. some old guy out catched me because of that.

Worm Check Prices

  • Senko
  • Gulp Shakey Worm Night Crawler
  • Gulp Shakey Worm Night Crayler
  • Purple 5inch senko
  • Rubber worms
  • Meal worms
  • Just plain old nighcrawlers
  • mostly caught using a splitshot and offset 0/6 hooks RED! and motor oil worms or watermelon seed worms

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • worms, plastic minnows, jigs
  • plastic worm

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • 3 inch twister grub in white

Other Check Prices

  • Canned corn
  • Chummed canned corn. Used two to three kernels on my hooks
  • lolo we used hot dogs with syrup
  • Pack bait, pop-up corn
  • Maize Corn, Pack bait
  • hot dogs!!!
  • Hot dogs
  • Hot dogs! Put hot dog on hook ans attatch drop shot
  • Power Bait.
  • Berkley Catfish Bait

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