Fished all 3 days this past weekend and caught 30 shad in the lower river. All were caught with a size 10 nymph type shad fly. I've tied tons of size 6 shad flies but none seem to work. They are really only keying in smaller sized flies so far this season. Also, the bite is still sporadic. You'll get one or two then nothing for a while then another one or two. And then there is always the hot hand who is sitting in the bucket getting them on every other cast. The crowds have been getting bigger especially in the evenings. There was a large pod that moved through Sunrise on Saturday but when I tired on Sunday morning they were not there (must have gotten to Sailor Bar by then). The run this year is looking to be promising since I've caught over a hundred shad so far and May isn't even over yet. Jeff C.
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