Yesterday was the my first time shad fishing. I parked at Fletcher's and took my switch rod and spinning rod, planning to head upstream based on the map and everything I've read on this forum. I smelled smoking fish and stopped to talk to the guys from the Shad Restoration Project, sampled some fried roe, and told them that this was my first time and what I was planning to do. One guy gave me several tips, where to cast from shore, etc. This other guy who was listening said, "Where are you planning to go?" I reiterated the plan. He said, "No you're not, throw your stuff in that boat with the motor over there, I'm taking you out!" He had a couple fly rods and spinning rods rigged up. Long story short -- from 2:30 to 4:30 pm we caught at least 80 fish between us, AT LEAST. I stopped counting after the first dozen, by far mostly shad, a few herring, a few perch and one small striper. I got the first shad on a fly rod, but the wind kicked up like crazy so we both quit that and used spinning rods the rest of the time. There were several stretches where we were hooking up on every cast, both of us. W
As most of you already know this, that was literally unbelievable. I sat down a few times just laughing. I'm going back tomorrow, possibly Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday too.
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