Rahway River shad??

[bowhunter]

I was fishing for trout today and couldn't believe My eyes when shad started trying to jump up the damn. Quite a few and very hearty fish. Has anyone here ever known of shad in the Rahway river before?

[AndyS]

What ever you do don't tell Mark B. !!!:D

[Jigman13]

Gizzards.

[FASTEDDIE29]

Yep, yep........ Gizzard Shad! great cut bait!

[bowhunter]

Yep, yep........ Gizzard Shad! great cut bait!

Aren't gizzard shad small? These fish looked to be 4-6lbs.

[Jigman13]

Adult gizzards are big. I've caught them below the dam at Milton lake. They're def gizzards.

[Eskimo]

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Aren't gizzard shad small? These fish looked to be 4-6lbs.

All fish are small at one time. Gizzard Shad have the potential to grow pretty big.

Maybe they were White Suckers. Sometimes those fish move upstream when they spawn.


https://mdc.mo.gov/sites/default/files/styles/centered_full/public/media/images/2013/04/gizzard_shad_joshua_ross_4-11-13.jpg


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[Mark B.]

Gizzard Shad,....aka: Slimeballs.

NJDF&W investigated several years ago.