Shad bite still going strong...Water Temp is up nicely to 59.5. Shad will spawn very soon.

Lady and I was casting by 5 pm...I started testing a little different technique. I was not even bumping and got 2 fish on 2 casts "middle of the day"...I said the heck with this...let just started fishing w/new technique as is and not try to refine it.

Lady could not keep them off the hook for the first hour. She was out fishing me pretty good...Her big one for the day was a 23"er!

My big one was a fat 21"er. The fish jump 3 feet straight up out of the water. It is the highest I have ever had any fish (any species) jump!

Got to see a Osprey carry away a shad in his talons (which was a first for me on the American).

Certainly a special day today...

Oh, saw Andy on the water putting them to it as usual...