Pacemaker Fishing Forum

Bob and I fished from 10-2:30 (too cold to go early) and it was sloooooow.

Lots of cormorants around plus sea gulls, ospreys and blue herons!

Water temp was 48-49df all the time we were there. Very little current due to light SE winds.

Still, we caught 7 shad...most of them fat females up to 17.75".

Bob scored the 1st shad of 2019 coming in at 16.75".



Then I scored big. Bob got hung up on a tree and as I looked back, I thought I got hung up on the bottom but it was a nice carp (on a shad dart)  that was probably 10+lbs! We did not weigh of measure it.



Then I scored my 1st shad with an almost identical female.



Bob scored next and then after a long while, I scored again (my biggest at 17.75")





There were 3-4 shore fishermen and 2 other boats. Everyone was connecting here and there but we noticed that they were all throwing a single (heavier) spoon as most fish were deep.

These guys come right up to the boat when they see you eating something.....



We moved a round a few time and we got 3 more.

All of the others were 16.25- 16.5" except the lone male I caught, he was 15".

Glad to get out for shad.

It was humid and chilly once the sun hid in the clouds....