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On (edit: almost) the same date a year ago, Bob and I shad fished the "O" and declared that the shad run was over. That day, Bob and I caught 60+ herring and about a 1/2 dz hickory.

We were on the water by 7:40a...



I decided to go all the way up to see what was shaking. It was slow, put we picked them off here and there.









While most were hickories, there was a fair amount of herring mixed in.

We stayed up top until the bite died down and we had accumulated just under 30 fish.

So we decided to drop down and try all the know shad hiding areas but we only managed 2 so after an hour. Back up we went. 

It was not really fishing well even though I marked some schools.

We ended around noon with me taking this match, 18-15.

Bob was already talking brats so quitting was not difficult. We had the boat put away in no time.

The pic below is what we ate last year minus the burger. Great brats!



After a great lunch, we both agreed that our shad season is over...and a good one at that!!