Does anybody...
 

...still get amped up over Shad fishing?? I used to get pretty wild about catching them on the South Shore and really miss catching them. It seems to me they were the first really "worthy adversary" we had to get after in the Spring and man they could pull some line off! Just wondered if they still appeared...??? Should be right around the corner-
G.L.





"We've got a pool and a pond..the pond would be good for you..."

Around the corner of the snowbank that is due to arrive on Friday night George!:smash: Thoughts down Jupiter way may be on open water fishing but up here in the "Northlands" we are just hoping the snow melts by June!:D Shad sounds familiar...you been whispering in Slingahs ear?;)

yes the shad are still around, I don't fish them much but the herring run i fish we catch a shad now and then and it is a blast on herring tackle.

I still get a major blast from two or three shad on one sabiki rig on light rod.

Shad fishing :btu: .... hope to get Slingah and BigFish out this year......

I run into shad in the spring and the fall when i'm chasing schoolies... they like Cocohoe minnows and they love redgills.
One day last spring I caught more dhad than bass.. I call them mini-Tarpon.

T/C those arn,t the same Shad --they are talking about the American Shad /your probably catching Hickory Shad ;)

[The Merrimack river in the Lawrence , No. Andover area gets a good shad run during May and June and the river has plenty of accessable shoreline. We fish them with 1/64, 1/8 shad darts with a couple pea weights. Last year there were plenty of fish and really nice size. If you have a small boat we fish stripers with live herring. Last year was just fair for the striper run because of a smaller than usual herring run. But the fish that were to be had were nice size 32,34,36 with a few big fish being taken. Boat access is just below the Lawrence Dam other tan that its a long and rocky trip up river from Haverhill. Give it a try its worth the trip.

Please don't post spots in detail :smash:

waaaz up george....Joey knows your old spot...we are going soooon...I am certiFRied stir crazy..beendrivin the family nutZ gonna get me some shad uh-huh

Not me...makin' plugs for real fish!:D

:drool: Shad Roe :drool:

its going ot be on my show now for all to see. :devil:

All your shows are 3 years old now and repeats....the newest one you are always gettin' your butt shellacked by your sister or Grandmother or someone!:laughs:

and you post too much :bshake:

:laughs:

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you do too glass boy :mad:

CM is BM :eek:

Forgot there's more than one type :smash:,when most people use the word "shad" down here it's implied that they're hickory, a lot of fun never the less.

Still climb over the wall every now and then in Holyoke for the spring shad run. Those fish are the stones, especially the fish up near six pounds. My buddy Dave LaPorte used to run a "shad festival" there every year. Lots of guys, drunk awards, kill your neighbor awards, golden hour and of course largest fish of the day. We would be all set and lined up at six am looking east across the river waiting for the start signal which was usually the sound of VanHalen's "everybody wants some" blaring out over the river. It was a ball. Best part was watching the drunks get helped back over the wall on ladders at the end of the day. It was a bonus if your car didn't get broken into while parked there.

Shad are "real" fish and fight like mini-tarpon, I love them. Occasionally we get a run in Scorton Creek and B-Harbor of Hickory shad as well. Jump tweo feet in the air when hooked.:D

Been there over that wall. Took my ex's father there the first time and was scared to death having him there. Not a very safe area. My Moms aunt used to bake shad in the oven and was mighty tasty, tons of bones but well worth it.

Charlie,
When does this show air, Trevor Gouty (son of Kirt) did a show there years back. I hope you do better then they did.

Slummin in these parts are ya Flaptail???;) ;)

Anyone that tells you shad (american) arent fun to catch probably never caught one!!!! Dont think I would ever have the desire to eat one though:confused: Make sure if you catch them in this area you hide them or let them go quick or you will have "vultures" all around you. Its sad to see people sneaking off with TRASH BAGS FULL of shad.....:eek:

someone told me
 

that those shad make for excellent cut bait....for stripers.

is that true?

Tatoobob--- I usually keep fishing info to myself , but if someone on this site asks i'm more than happy to help them out. Besides Lawrences bad reputation usually keeps most fishermen away. Had the unpleasant experience of fishing next to Trevor Gowdy on the river , he just plowed through the boats that were anchored fishing for herring---he's a bonehead. If his father wasn't Kurt Gowdy he'd just be another mediocre fisherman.

Re: someone told me
 

Hickory shad are supposed to be excellent striper bait. I know a "ghost" surfcaster from CT who has caught many 40 # bass on live shad in the Gallilee chanel, and claims to have lost a fifty using them too, and I believe him. As a cut bait they're supposedly great for gator blues, and probably bass as well.