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bowhunter

05-06-2017 06:50 PM

Rahway River shad??

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

05-06-2017 07:31 PM

Re: Rahway River shad??

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

Jigman13

05-06-2017 07:34 PM

Re: Rahway River shad??

Gizzards.

FASTEDDIE29

05-06-2017 08:30 PM

Re: Rahway River shad??

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

bowhunter

05-07-2017 07:29 PM

Re: Rahway River shad??

Quote:

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29 (Post 481216)

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

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

Jigman13

05-07-2017 08:13 PM

Re: Rahway River shad??

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

Eskimo

05-07-2017 08:15 PM

Re: Rahway River shad??

Quote:

Originally Posted by bowhunter (Post 481283)

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/fil...ss_4-11-13.jpg

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Mark B.

05-08-2017 08:15 AM

Re: Rahway River shad??

Gizzard Shad,....aka: Slimeballs.

NJDF&W investigated several years ago.

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