Shad fishing

[wdmso]

Only caught a shad in Plymouth near the bridge that you use to get on the jetty not sure why they are their might use the same run as the herring that’s not far , fun to catch they love throwing hooks . I know some like those little shad darts but small gold Kastmaster seemed to work better for me..
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[piemma]

We'd Shad fish in the Fall at the Great Island Bridge in Galilee RI.

I never did in the spring as I was on Striper hunt immediately.

Hell, we once fished in the surf on New Years Day in front of P. Jude Light. That would start us so the Shad was a late Nov, early Dec pursuit.

I knew at least one guy who would liveline Shad in the Channel at Georges.

[bloocrab]

Originally Posted by piemma

We'd Shad fish in the Fall at the Great Island Bridge in Galilee RI.

I knew at least one guy who would liveline Shad in the Channel at Georges.

I used to frequent those docks often...the bridge was good, but I could cover more water walking the docks and it put me at a more level playing field. The way some of those XL shad would shake their heads as they tail-walked across the water always made me feel like I was catching schoolie Tarpon. I often tried live-lining them (the smaller ones), I'd watch Bass come out from the shadows and harass my offerings, but never got a taker...I don't doubt they'd work, I just never got lucky. I'd fish for mackerel at night under the lights and lost many sabiki rigs due to shad, they'd rip the hook right off the rig...used to be a good squid spot. Gotta be 30 years since I waked those docks...where does the time go.

[piemma]

Originally Posted by bloocrab

I used to frequent those docks often...the bridge was good, but I could cover more water walking the docks and it put me at a more level playing field. The way some of those XL shad would shake their heads as they tail-walked across the water always made me feel like I was catching schoolie Tarpon. I often tried live-lining them (the smaller ones), I'd watch Bass come out from the shadows and harass my offerings, but never got a taker...I don't doubt they'd work, I just never got lucky. I'd fish for mackerel at night under the lights and lost many sabiki rigs due to shad, they'd rip the hook right off the rig...used to be a good squid spot. Gotta be 30 years since I waked those docks...where does the time go.

Great post. Probably 30 years for me also.

[Clammer]

Paul what you caught & there are still plenty around were Hichory shad

I think hes talking about American shad ............its been years since I fished for them ..I caught one in April maybe 20 years ago outside Collier Park ..it was either going up the runs in Prov or the seekonk river ..

[bloocrab]

Miguel is correct..... Soft mouth vs. Hard mouth is the true tell

[piemma]

Originally Posted by Clammer

Paul what you caught & there are still plenty around were Hichory shad

I think hes talking about American shad ............its been years since I fished for them ..I caught one in April maybe 20 years ago outside Collier Park ..it was either going up the runs in Prov or the seekonk river ..

Mike, you are correct. What the F()* do I know at my age.

[Guppy]

Originally Posted by piemma

Mike, you are correct. What the F()* do I know at my age.

I’m getting a tattoo..

Name and address!

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by piemma

We'd Shad fish in the Fall at the Great Island Bridge in Galilee RI.

I never did in the spring as I was on Striper hunt immediately.

Hell, we once fished in the surf on New Years Day in front of P. Jude Light. That would start us so the Shad was a late Nov, early Dec pursuit.

I knew at least one guy who would liveline Shad in the Channel at Georges.

Not at Georges for me, but I did from the docks up the road a bit on both sides of the channel. That was a hiding spot for me when I lived in Gansett and it was snapping wind on an incoming. Walk out with the trout rod and the 8ft conventional meat stick. First shad got a 9/0 on the nose and then kept shad fishing. Never had a taker on a live shad either but scooped a few up drifting chunks of an expired shad.

[DZ]

Once upon a time we had an American Shad fishery in the Pawcatuck River in Westerly. State was trying to reestablish the run about 30 years ago. It was fun while it lasted.

[RIROCKHOUND]

Originally Posted by DZ

Once upon a time we had an American Shad fishery in the Pawcatuck River in Westerly. State was trying to reestablish the run about 30 years ago. It was fun while it lasted.

Yeah you don’t hear about that much. Perhaps with the dam removals things will improve for anadromous fish....
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