Raritan river Trout play 5/1/17:

[nate01]

Originally Posted by TheDreamCatchers

When do those shad leave the rivers? I heard its usually last week of march to first week of may. But people are still gettin em????

In the Delaware they are completely spawned out by the end of May...you can fish for them waaay up river until then. You'll see those that don't die dropping back and returning to the ocean throughout June. Then the fry come down river in the fall.