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Posted: 2/9/2021 8:09:17 PM EDT
Any of you anglers on the east coast ready for the shad? I love the shad run here, we mostly get Hickory Shad, an American once in a while.
I have been molding my own darts for quite a few years now, fun to find color and plumage color combos that catch 'em on every cast. It can get a bit crowded on the riverbanks with people sometimes, but damn I love it when I pull in 20-30 fish and everyone else combined gets like 5! |
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Posted: 2/9/2021 8:27:32 PM EDT
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As a kid the Shad runs were fun back then, the Connecticut river was abundant with them. What was the smaller fish that runs with them, I can't remember their name.
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Posted: 2/9/2021 10:19:16 PM EDT
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Haven't been in a few years.
Used to catch both on upper Patuxent, and sometimes run all the way up to Deer Creek or just below Conowingo dam. Pretty exciting when a smallmouth grabs your shad dart. Or a 30-40" striper grabs your hickory shad. |
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Posted: 2/9/2021 10:20:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 50-140: As a kid the Shad runs were fun back then, the Connecticut river was abundant with them. What was the smaller fish that runs with them, I can't remember their name. Blueback and alewife herring here, plus Amshad and hickories |
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Posted: 3/5/2021 11:04:58 PM EDT
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 Attached FileSome new darts I made. Eagle Claw jig hooks in Do-it Shad Dart mold, Pro-Tec powder paint, and hand-tied flash. |
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Posted: 3/9/2021 7:35:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By turtlemaster: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/530992/IMG_4768_jpg-1853348.JPG Some new darts I made. Eagle Claw jig hooks in Do-it Shad Dart mold, Pro-Tec powder paint, and hand-tied flash. Nice! I used to buy them from a guys shack up near Conowingo. Also did VERY well with small silver spoons, esp with hickory shad. |
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Posted: 3/9/2021 8:59:14 PM EDT
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Thanks @Dave15
I like hand making my darts, way cheaper than buying the 3 packs at Bass Pro or Gander for 5 clams each. I also like to have a selection of color combos on hand whilst angling, switching colors seems to make a big difference at times. Good call on the spoons as well, I have definitely run spoons behind a dart and had really good success. My favorite though for the past couple years has been a 1/8oz dart tied behind a 1/4 oz dart, with different colors, helps me pinpoint what colors they like. |
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Posted: 3/9/2021 9:05:48 PM EDT
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Haven't gone in a few years, but yeah, some days color meant everything!
Haven't made many lures. But plan too. Have a dozen of so deer tails for when I get around to making bucktails. Been casting sinkers lately. And sitting here making eel pots. Or, more accurately, repeatedly stabbing myself with a needle trying to sew the funnels! |
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Posted: 3/9/2021 9:14:11 PM EDT
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I feel like I will stick to catching Hickorys and not trying to do eel pots then, haha. Bucktail is actually low on the list of materials I use for tails. Squirrel tail and bird feathers are what I usually use, I like how they "breathe" when in the water.
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Posted: 4/6/2021 1:24:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Dave15]
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Finally got out this morning.
 Attached FileOnly took a hundred casts! 3 casts later, hooked another. Then had one shake off. Then shut back down. Did not want shad darts, tiny chrome spoons.  Attached FileTons of white perch, 15:1 throwbacks, spawning run must be about done. They preferred green and yellow shad darts. And worms.  |
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Posted: 4/7/2021 7:42:44 PM EDT
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I made it down the the river on Easter. Beautiful morning, just wow, it was nice outside. I landed 12 in a bit less than two hours. I wish I had took more pictures. Planning on a couple more bank sessions, then boat action needs to happen this weekend.
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Posted: 4/8/2021 6:46:48 PM EDT
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Nice!
Rapp? I used to.fish for bluecats there. And James near Hopewell. But that was before we had them. 
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Posted: 4/8/2021 7:56:31 PM EDT
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Yup, Rapp just below the Rt. 1 bridge in Fredericksburg.
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MD, USA
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Posted: 4/2/2022 3:36:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By turtlemaster: Yup, Rapp just below the Rt. 1 bridge in Fredericksburg. @turtlemaster Any luck this year? Only been once, but struck out. Everything seems late this spring, but Global Cooling holding me down. |
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Posted: 4/2/2022 7:05:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dave15: @turtlemaster Any luck this year? Only been once, but struck out. Everything seems late this spring, but Global Cooling holding me down. @Dave15 I haven’t done any fishing yet, just moved into a new place and we are still buried in boxes and chores. A coworker of mine caught quite a few last week at the city dock, though. I am going to try to make it down there early morning sometime this week! |
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Posted: 4/3/2022 6:57:00 AM EDT
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LOL, been in this house 27 years and still haven't unpacked everything from my last move!
Hope to get back after them this week. |
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Posted: 4/3/2022 8:18:04 AM EDT
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We would catch em with a throw net for bait at the Montrose resevoir. Absolutely best bait for flatheads and big ass stripers.
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Posted: 4/3/2022 12:00:10 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Phillbilly: We would catch em with a throw net for bait at the Montrose resevoir. Absolutely best bait for flatheads and big ass stripers. Wrong kind of shad. These are alosids, anadromous fish, live in ocean, then run WAY up rivers to spawn. Now, I do cast net for gizzard shad for cat bait.
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Posted: 4/23/2022 4:54:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: ShooterPatriot]
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The Delaware River just warmed up enough for the shad bite to turn on.
4 yesterday, 10 so far today. Should really start nailing them next week.  Bi-State tournament is this weekend $20,000 prize to the heaviest American Shad. Current top place is a little over 5.5 pounds. |
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Posted: 4/25/2022 7:30:47 AM EDT
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Nice!
Was hoping you.go this am, but things came up |
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Posted: 5/3/2022 8:02:49 PM EDT
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Did catch a few hickories, but in straight seawater, about 400yds from.Atlantic ocean.
So not really Freshwater Fishing, lol |
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