Raritan river fish ladder numbers:

[thmyorke1]

Originally Posted by FASTEDDIE29

Where are the numbers for 2017? There were more Shad caught on the Raritan this year than any other year I’ve been fishing it! The best run of Shad happened this year, 2017! Plenty of water this past spring. Those American Shad flew up
to Dukes at light speed!

I support that claim. And the water heights for spring time match up perfectly with the shad numbers

2013, the year with the most shad complimented by a steady amount of above 6-foot flows, also some good late spring flows



2016, the worst year in terms of shad numbers complimented by worse flows. Compare late spring's 2013 with this one.




2017, booming water flows around April.



I expect 2017's shad numbers to be better than 2013.