2013 Shad Run

[JerryC]

Anyone else excited for this like I am?

[AndyS]

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]

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]

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]

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

[Bicey]

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.

[PA Angler Matt]

When are they coming???? Dying here in Easton, pa

[SaltLife1980]

Anyone see this..

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/new..._closure13.htm

[JerryC]

Originally Posted by SaltLife1980

Anyone see this..

http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/new..._closure13.htm

Does that have any effect on us catch and release guys?

[SaltLife1980]

Originally Posted by JerryC

Does that have any effect on us catch and release guys?

im not sure.. says no take, harvest or possession... does that mean no targeting them as well..