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Floated with Tyler Immer and Andrew Foster early yesterday morning and we didn't find any so we decided to do a second float. Ran into Capt Andy who was doing some scouting so I jumped in his boat...

Lower water years they tend to hang in the lower river longer but on high water years they usually shoot right up. Shad can travel up to 40 miles per day!

There are not a lot of shad in the system...

Took the mini out for a float and got a couple of medium sized hens in one run. Even thought they were there they wouldn’t take a swung fly so it was strictly indo nymphing. Joe Vasquez and Happy...

The video is pretty much the original Bloody Maria recipe.

Did some recon with Andy today in his jet boat. We didn’t get any shad but checked out some nice holes. Don Morris and Karl Bly were out also and they didn’t see any shah. Any day now!

Did some recon with Andy today in his jet boat. We didn’t get any shad but checked out some nice holes. Don Morris and Karl Bly were out also and they didn’t see any shad. Any day now!

Been trying every day but I still haven’t gotten my first shad for this run. On Monday, I did see a sea lion chasing something downriver. Matt told me that he found a school of small males in a deep...

Erik, Glad to hear that you and Rod got into some. That means they will show up on the A. any day now.

Took the mini out today but didn’t get anything. Ran into Don Morris in his canoe and he told me he found a small pod and got a couple before some stripers broke the party up a few days ago.

Mark...

Did a scouting float mid-river with Tyler Immer this morning. Tyler has a real job as an electrician but does occasionally guide. He has a roomy Clackacraft Eddy 360. We didn’t find any shad but I...

Still no shad for me and I’ve been trying. Got a confirmed report from a friend that he caught a big male on the A. this past weekend. They will be here any day now!

Took the mini out down low and Steve Sylvester was out in his pram. There were some gear guys and a jet boat trying also. No shad were caught. I think the small males Steve caught over the weekend...

I now have a confirmed report of a shad being caught on the American. Steve Sylvester posted a photo on social media of a small male that he caught in his pram. Let the games begin!

Capt Andy Guibord and I did a little scouting in his jet Lowe today down in the lower river. We didn’t find any shad be did notice that a lot of spots that should have good current at 4K were very...

Don’t get worked up because I haven’t been out looking for shad this run but it will be soon. This year the river conditions (4K cfs and 54 deg) are more conducive for them to make the right turn...

I’ve rowed Bruce’s Boulder Creek drift boat and I would get one if I needed a bigger boat. I’m still waiting for Bruce to sell me his Metalhead jet sled!

I targeted shad this year almost strictly from a boat this run due to the higher flows. I did wade for them a few days but had my most success from a boat. It was not a lot of work once you figured...

I fished 53 days for shad this run averaging 15 per day. Typical years I fish 70-90 days per run. I caught my first shad on May 25th which was a month late. I was expecting more shad this year than...

Floated this morning and I was the only one out fishing. Only got one nymphing the slack water. I think it’s over for the upper river. I’ll provide a summary of this run in a day or two once I tally...

Solo float and it was dead. Not a single grab swinging and nymphing the big hole. Saw a bankie land one and Johnny’s client land another downriver nymphing a Bloody Maria. I ended up with 3 swinging!

Solo float and it was dead. Not a single grab swinging and nymphing the big hole. Saw a bankie land one and Johnny’s client land another downriver nymphing a Bloody Maria. I ended up with 3 swinging!

Had a chat with Andy last night and he confirmed that it is good only during the last hour of light. So if you want to catch some shad you have to get there early enough to get a good spot to anchor...

Another solo float today. Got a late start and there were two boats in the big hole (one was Bill Quinn) and a couple of guys wading to their arm pits to fish the drop off. Bill told me between them...

Just got home from a solo float. It was absolutely dead. Didn’t get a single bump swinging the big hole. One broke me off nymphing the slack water. Landed one swinging further down river. Looks like...

It was dead slow for me this morning. In the first three hours I LDRed only one. There were a couple of other boats and they got a few. I bailed down river and had to put in some work to get double...