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Jeff C.
06-02-2008, 09:59 AM
Fished the Lower A on Friday. Got 10 on the same size 10 Bloody Mary in the afternoon. Fished the Upper A. Saturday morning, got 2 and went back down to the Lower river. I talked to a guy from Turlock that fished there at o-dark:30 and a pod had just moved in. His buddy Al got 25 in one hour. At 0630 it shut down when the pod moved up river. By the time I got there at 0830, it was dead slow (only got one). Even the bank guys did more beer drinkin' than fishing. Went to check out the Upper river in the afternoon. I talked to Bob Sparr who said that were a couple of pods that he found but they too moved up river. Poked around the Upper river on Sunday and got 3. I was the only guy fly fishing.

So, right now with the increased flows the shad are on the move. If you don't have a boat your best bet is to find a spot you can fish where you can ambush them as they head up river. Jeff C.

P.S. There are some big hens being caught!