{Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Re: Shad Run- How far upstream?

Awesome!!  Thanks for sharing.

On Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 2:47:24 PM UTC-4, Mark Binsted wrote:

Here's a photo of the fishway being constructed and the design revealed. The construction barge is on the left. I was lucky enough go out and see the construction with Bailey and others.

The stretch between Little Falls and the dam is only easy to access when the river is very low. Alex tried it a couple of years ago when the hickory shad run was peaking. Not a single strike from shad but plenty of smallmouths hit his shad darts! Perhaps hickories venture through the falls when flow is normal and the rapids are flatter.

American shad should have no problem with Little Falls but we don't know how well the fishway is working. Funding is no longer available for a survey from "Shad Rock" at Great Falls, VA--see photo. Jim Cummins wants all of us to try up in the Carderock/Stubblefield Falls area or Mather Gorge. We did once but needed a boat. I have never heard of dead shad being spotted along the shore up there like you see on the Delaware in June.

There's plenty of great info on the American Shad Restoration at the ICPRB website, like these photos. Jim's retired now but this was his great work. He'll be at Fletcher's for the event on April 27.

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