Shad and more shad

[bunker dunker]

hit the big d yesterday at 6am and had my first shad at 6:30.the next one is
7am and from then till 10am it was none stop.it seemed like every cast you hooked one or lost one.dark green/chartreus and pink/white darts were the colors I was using.had just re-spooled my reels the nite before with 4lb test and had to change it when I got home. the line was just destroyed.most were bucks but had a few nice roes also.all fished were released unharmed.steady reel is what they wanted.river was perfect,clear and clean.looking forward to getting back at them soon.

[bassnblues]

Nice! Were you from a boat or shore?

[bunker dunker]

shore fishing a north of Dingmans.

[River Renegade]

Sounded like a SHADtastic time!!!!! Nice going!!

[AndyS]

Great news !! Thanx for the C&R also !!

[NJSquatch]

A group of us fished North of the Gap on Saturday from 1-8. Slow day. I went 4 for 6 with a ton of bumps on flutter spoons. Broke my 10' noodle rod while foolishly trying to net a monster roe (~5#). BOO!

Wifey landed 4 on darts and father in law got a couple on C-rigged crappie jigs.

Had a ton of followers and you could see them chasing each other around in pods of 5-10 fish. Water is gin clear. It is going to break loose this week with warming water temps.

If you are in the area give it a shot. It is an amazing fight.

All fish released to hopefully create the next generation.