I know it's still early but Cameron Beck American River Charters texted me a picture of a fresh 2 lb shad his friend caught on the Delta yesterday on a striper fly. I can't wait since the Winter steelhead run has been slow!
I know it's still early but Cameron Beck American River Charters texted me a picture of a fresh 2 lb shad his friend caught on the Delta yesterday on a striper fly. I can't wait since the Winter steelhead run has been slow!
Jeff, I bet that's making you twitch! Restless nights ahead
Yep, you know it Mark!
Hopefully we will get a descent run this year, but with little to no water in Folsom I doubt it. Plus when they dump the lake it is not coming down stream, it is going through that new pipe they put in a few years ago, and who knows where that is going.
So long and thanks for all the fish!!!
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How interesting. There was some evidence (early 1900s I think) that not all shad head out to sea (the usual strategy), but that some could hang around in the Delta year round. I think that's what's been reported here. A rare find for this time of year for sure.
Jeff, time to make a 2/0 sized Bloody Maria? You could call it a Bloody Godzilla.
So long and thanks for all the fish!!!
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Shad head to ocean, but don't always come up the same river they were born in. Pray for some decent flows to bring them up the river we love. They will take the path of least possible resistance.
"God grant me the serenity to accept the size of fish that I catch, the courage not to fib about it, and the wisdom to know that no one would believe me any way".
In November 2013 I caught a shad near Tracy Oasis Marina on a clouser while targeting stripers. It was a crazy day as I caught a Striper, LMB and a jack King Salmon all within a 100 yards. Crazy Delta Grand Slam. I doubt I will do it again.
HATCH
I think that my old friend Henry Starr said that he usually got his first Shad on the American River around mid-April?
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