Well it's been a long wait but it's on! Aron and I went on a shad hunt together on Saturday. We went to Verona early in the morning and the sandbar was packed with gear guys fishing for stripers so we couldn't fish there. We ended up back on the American where we checked out three different areas on the lower river. Aron caught a small male at the first spot we fished so the honor goes to him for catching the first shad of the year in the American on the fly.
I went back to the first spot yesterday about mid-day and caught over 30 during the afternoon. The first pic is the second shad caught on the American with a fly and the rest are some of the hens I caught and released. Most of the fish were 2-3 lbs but about a third of them were 3-4 lb hens. There were a couple of hens close to 5 lbs. Tried a bunch of different flies but they only wanted the Bloody Maria.
With the flows going up tomorrow night, more should come into the system and move further up river. By the time the flows drop back Thursday night they should be up to the mid-river. Let games begin!!
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