slow shad sunday

[bunker dunker]

hit the big d at 6am.the river was in good shape clear and clean.got my first
and only shad at 8:30am.lost two others shortly after and that was it.fished till 11:30.saw some monster carp leaping all over the river.one jumped clear out about 3ft from me.

[River Renegade]

Keep whacking & stacking those shad. Also a bonus carp jump right in front of ya makes the day even better.

[icebadger]

don't worry some rain in the forecast,hopefully that will mix in some more shad.did you fish the same spot or try somewhere else? still sounded like a good day on the river.

[bunker dunker]

fished the same area.maybe this rain will get them moving.might have to move north a bit as the shad are up in ny already.

[Delawareriver]

Fished for two and half hours last night harmony township, first spot figured we would try where my buddy caught last week. Couple popped down riggers with nothing to show before finally hitting one on a Rapala flutter spoon combo. Gave it a few more minutes before we moved across the river to my hot spot. Action didn't die for two hours with multiple doubles. Ended up with 14 but lost 3 or 4 due to a ceramic rod guide that was chip cutting the line before we figured out was going on.plus popped a handfull. only 3 or 4 were on the down riggers the rest were on the Rapala combos. Action died around 7. Kept marking fish but think they were running closer to shore. Gold with pink was the hot color

[acabtp]

Originally Posted by Delawareriver

Fished for two and half hours last night harmony township, first spot figured we would try where my buddy caught last week. Couple popped down riggers with nothing to show before finally hitting one on a Rapala flutter spoon combo. Gave it a few more minutes before we moved across the river to my hot spot. Action didn't die for two hours with multiple doubles. Ended up with 14 but lost 3 or 4 due to a ceramic rod guide that was chip cutting the line before we figured out was going on.plus popped a handfull. only 3 or 4 were on the down riggers the rest were on the Rapala combos. Action died around 7. Kept marking fish but think they were running closer to shore. Gold with pink was the hot color

downriggers, eh? they usually run along the bottom or were you guys just trying to cover the whole water column? sounds like a good time i'll have to drag the boat over to teh D sometime