Jeff's 2016 AR Shad Reports

[Jeff C.]

That looks like a big hen!

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Fished with Andy Guibord this evening. Got double digits again and they have just started coming in. Signs a pointing to a stellar run this year. Lot more anglers this evening but only a few catching again.

Sometimes it is the exact spot you are standing that makes the difference.I have seen a dozen people lines up and only one or two caching anything. Those anglers were standing right where their fly swung through the top of a school.

AM and PM is always better. I like to fish the last 2 hours of light during the week.

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[Morgan]

A few of us floated from sunrise to grismall yesterday.
Only our second time out hunting shad...I say hunt because we couldnt find a single one.
Saw a few really nice bright steelhead tho.
Warm weather...hot compared to Tahoe now in a major way, and a great day bs'n with good buddies.
Awesome quiet day on the water.

[Jeff C.]

Gangster, It's a little early for the upper river. Try it again in 2-3 weeks. It should be better if the shad can make it pass the gauntlet of sea lions down in the lower river.

[Morgan]

Gangster, It's a little early for the upper river. Try it again in 2-3 weeks. It should be better if the shad can make it pass the gauntlet of sea lions down in the lower river.

Thanks for the heads up Jeff! We really appreciate it.

[Jeff C.]

Skunked again last night. It's been very slow for most the last couple of days. There's are a lot more anglers (mostly gear guys) and only a few shad are being caught. More shad should be coming into the AR.

[wishnbfishn]

I was at Harrington for awhile yesterday and a sea lion was there as well, munching fish. That obviously doesn't help the bite at all.

Wishn

[winxp_man]

Thanks to the state of CA sea lions now come up rivers -_-
I guess with high water comes bigger problems in the central CA water shed. Haven't heard of a SL that high up the river in a while.

[Garrett S]

I still can't believe there's sea lions that high up in the system... Gonna make for a tough season if they don't head back to the sac.

[Jeff C.]

Here's a post that I made Sunday evening on the wrong thread: Fished for 5 hours at 5 different spots down in the lower river with only a sucker caught. Saw one of the sea lions at Howe. I figure that the sea lions followed the initial wave of shad from the Sac. The first wave are probably mid-river right now. I hope the pennipeds stay down low and don't move up.