Jeff's 2015 AR Shad Reports

[fishingolf]

Fished the lower river yesterday. Only caught small makes. Met Keith from LA at the last spot I fished. He sure traveled a long way to fish for shad. Went back out in the evening and only got one but a bunch of LDRs. Thought maybe my hooked opened up and when I checked it was. Can't be as bad as Scott who was out when I got there and he was fishing for who knows how long without a fly. Been there!

Hi Jeff

It was a pleasure meeting you. I didn't get any so far. I went fri nite to the same spot and back at sunrise this morning but nada. I did get pretty comfortable with my snap t switch casting. Thanks for the tips and the late Bill Lowe's YouTube vids. Shad is always worth traveling 400 miles. I travel a lot to fish. Hawaii 2-3x a year for bones ( and family), east cape Baja once a year for roosters and fish for local surf corbina,. Shad fishing to me is right up there. I wish we had a great river like the American down south. Better luck for me next year. I hope the run gets red hot. Goodluck everyone!

[fishingolf]

Fished the lower river yesterday. Only caught small makes. Met Keith from LA at the last spot I fished. He sure traveled a long way to fish for shad. Went back out in the evening and only got one but a bunch of LDRs. Thought maybe my hooked opened up and when I checked it was. Can't be as bad as Scott who was out when I got there and he was fishing for who knows how long without a fly. Been there!

Hi Jeff

It was a pleasure meeting you. I didn't get any so far. I went fri nite to the same spot and back at sunrise this morning but nada. I did get pretty comfortable with my snap t switch casting. Thanks for the tips and the late Bill Lowe's YouTube vids. Shad is always worth traveling 400 miles. I travel a lot to fish. Hawaii 2-3x a year for bones ( and family), east cape Baja once a year for roosters and fish for local surf corbina,. Shad fishing to me is right up there. I wish we had a great river like the American down south. Better luck for me next year. I hope the run gets red hot. Goodluck everyone!

[Jeff C.]

Thanks Keith. Nice to meet you too. Yes the run this year has been lackluster but I hoping it's just late. Earl an I got into double digits again in his boat this evening. Floating all day tomorrow!

[Jeff C.]

Floated the upper river with Earle Sloan yesterday and it was pretty slow. You had to work to get a hookup because they were scattered all over the place. We ended up with 7 to the boat for 6 hours of fishing. I'd rather be out on the water fishing than sitting on a couch at home!

[Finsane]

Hey Jeff, when you see Earl, tell him Rod says Hello. Then ask him to tell Daisy, Manny says hey!

[Jeff C.]

Will do Rod! Will probably see him out fishing tonight because he didn't fish last night!

[Jeff C.]

Great evening! Found the bucket and it was furious until they moved. Ended up with over a dozen. Even Smittyfish got some tonight!

[Smitty Fish]

Hey Jeff, great fishing with you . You where slaying them hard tonight!
May we have many more this season!

[wishnbfishn]

It's great to hear this! How far up the river are they now?

Thanks.

Wishn

[Jeff C.]

All the up to the top but not in huge numbers. Last night was a first for me this run up there. We'll see if it picks up!