Shad Fishing Report

[mattyk]

Finally had a chance here to fish the shad run on the lower Susquehanna river at the coniwingo dam where it pours into Chesapeake Bay. It was a lot of fun and caught many fish. Shad fight really good on light tackle and are acrobatic and jump and give several good runs. It is a catch and release fishery only. I was able to catch American, Hickory and Gizzard shad, along with carp.

 

[davey buoy]

Nice catch!!!!!,and a nice looking spot. .

[Rod Caster]

Nice! Very cool variety!

[Musky or Specks]

Yes I've caught American Shad on the fly in the Deleware. Excellent fight on a fly rod. Nice report

[Christopheraaron]

Cool little fish, and great scenery!

[Moosebunk]

Hey ya'll caught yourself a smorgasbord of American shads. Great fishing Matt.

[mattyk]

Thanks guys!

[lew]

Lemme know if your gonna be up this way again this year Matt, we can hook up again.

[mr blizzard]

Beautiful fish, , my son took a quick look at them an initially he thought they were whities, until he opened both his eyes. lol, nice post, i'm going to research those.

[mike rousseau]

I actually don't think that's a regular carp....

 

It looks like a crucian...

 

I think...

 

 

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Edited April 27, 2013 by Mike Rousseau

[outllaw]

sweet pics . the muskys here luv them shads.. fresh air and action. good stuff

[Whopper]

Good to hear your still wetting a line Matt

[Raf]

Conowingo Dam..brings back memories. Always wondered what swam above and below the dam. I crossed it many times and spent some time around there and PA State Park when I was working down in Edgewood/Bel Air, MD. Nice part of the world as you head up from there to PA.

Edited April 28, 2013 by Raf

[bassassin]

was in Philly this week that is an impressive waterbody for sure!

[The Urban Fisherman]

Awesome stuff! That almost looks like a bigmouth buffalo - much more of rare catch when compared to carp! Either way good stuff!

[StarTzar]

Nice

[TheMaverick]

Nice fish