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JerryC · #1 02-19-2013, 03:31 PM

Anyone else excited for this like I am?

AndyS · #2 02-19-2013, 04:59 PM

I can not target them on the Raritan river now since the imposed moratorium. I watched guys on the Big D last year anchored in the fast water and they crushed them on flutter spoons while I bounced shad darts off the side of their boat and couldn't get a hit, go figure.
I do float mid April and seem to get a few way, way, up North.

Shad are a great fish and I only C&R.

kmaty · #3 02-19-2013, 06:42 PM

Fished hard for them last yr had same problem watching hook up after hook up i have only hooked up 3or4times my self and none landed this yr will be diffrent!

flatcreek · #4 02-19-2013, 08:16 PM

Looking forward to the run, big time. Live by the big D and it only takes ten minutes to get the boat in the water. We anchor in the current and use down riggers or dipsey divers to get the flutter spoons about a foot off the bottom. We hooked up almost every time we went last year. It's really fun to take the grandson and watch him fight them.

GetANet · #5 02-19-2013, 08:34 PM

Don't know who's happier in that picture, you or the grandson!!!

Bicey · #6 02-19-2013, 08:46 PM

I haven't fished for them in a few yrs., but I can remember killing them and the guy next to me (20ft) away not catching a thing. The guy moved about 100 ft downstream of me and he started catching them too. It can be like that sometimes. I used downriggers with spoons close to bottom.

bunker dunker · #7 02-20-2013, 08:15 AM

I Can't Wait Myself,had A Good Year Last Year.all From Shore And On Darts.green And Yellow Seemed To Be The Ticket.

PA Angler Matt · #8 02-20-2013, 08:30 AM

When do you expect them to start making the move up? I'm from Easton, Pa area, i know last year we got them up here REALLY early...hoping for the same this year, three real good torneys up here in april

bunker dunker · #9 02-20-2013, 10:46 AM

I Fish The Columbia Section.the Shad Are There By The Middle Of April.

JerryC · #10 02-20-2013, 05:24 PM

I slacked last year and never made it out, but i do plan on making it out this year! Me and my buddies used to use a guide on the D for Shad but now we take our kayaks and anchor with a trolly system and just let it rock.. You need to be in the right spots to find the fish, if you find a nice channel and they are running then 9 times out of 10 you will catch them..