American Shad
Apr 22, 2021 16:18:50 #
Apr 22, 2021 16:33:25 #
RuffplayOR57
Loc: Klamath Falls, OR
MSTorre wrote:
Shad fishing on the Sacramento River is here, doing well.
Wow MS, I didn’t even know Shad got that big. Nice job
Apr 22, 2021 17:29:27 #
Thanks, first time fishing for them. Lots of anglers casting from the bank, I was casting from my boat towards the bank.
Apr 22, 2021 17:48:44 #
RuffplayOR57 wrote:
Wow MS, I didn’t even know Shad got that big. Nice job
Ruff you gotta come up to PDX in a month or so. Columbia River Gorge too. They are same here. They are right as Spring Chinook are winding down. May and June up here. Great crab bait or fertilizer in garden. Sturgeon Bait too
Apr 22, 2021 18:14:12 #
Jeremy wrote:
Ruff you gotta come up to PDX in a month or so. Columbia River Gorge too. They are same here. They are right as Spring Chinook are winding down. May and June up here. Great crab bait or fertilizer in garden. Sturgeon Bait too
That's what draws the bigger Stripers into the rivers up here. As soon as the Shad run starts, Big Stripers will follow.
Apr 22, 2021 19:34:22 #
RuffplayOR57
Loc: Klamath Falls, OR
Jeremy wrote:
Ruff you gotta come up to PDX in a month or so. Columbia River Gorge too. They are same here. They are right as Spring Chinook are winding down. May and June up here. Great crab bait or fertilizer in garden. Sturgeon Bait too
Now that sounds like fun Jeremy, but might be a little late. I have a plan right now to go with a Cousin Halibut fishing 2nd week of May. But I guess I can ask him about it, maybe for a later trip. What do you fish for them with?
Apr 22, 2021 19:37:03 #
RuffplayOR57
Loc: Klamath Falls, OR
Jeremy wrote:
Ruff you gotta come up to PDX in a month or so. Columbia River Gorge too. They are same here. They are right as Spring Chinook are winding down. May and June up here. Great crab bait or fertilizer in garden. Sturgeon Bait too
I’ve never caught a Sturgeon, I’ve eaten some Smoked years ago and remember it was good. Still sounds like fun. Thanks for the info
Apr 23, 2021 08:31:57 #
How do you prepare them. We could catch them all day long here last year they were so thick. Great fighters.
Apr 23, 2021 12:41:02 #
MSTorre wrote:
Shad fishing on the Sacramento River is here, doing well.
Awesome!!! I live down in Livermore, about an hour and a half. Are those good eating? Were you using jigs for them, like crappie fishing? Was that over by Freeport Bridge? Just wondering :-)
I bet it was fun catching them!!!
Apr 23, 2021 14:22:05 #
bapabear
Loc: Blaine, Washington
RuffplayOR57 wrote:
Now that sounds like fun Jeremy, but might be a little late. I have a plan right now to go with a Cousin Halibut fishing 2nd week of May. But I guess I can ask him about it, maybe for a later trip. What do you fish for them with?
American shad make great Halibut bait.
Apr 23, 2021 14:24:54 #
Apr 23, 2021 14:28:37 #
Harls
Loc: Portland, OR
Be sure to eat the shad roe. Soak it in milk for an hour then wrap it in bacon held by a tooth pick. Pan fry with butter and olive oil and you’ll love it...
Apr 23, 2021 14:33:16 #
michael4now
Loc: wilder id
MSTorre wrote:
Shad fishing on the Sacramento River is here, doing well.
very nice
Apr 23, 2021 14:46:32 #
most fun ever - used to fish the American River for them May/June - whenever the run was on. Great fighters.
We released them though. I've never eaten one. But, you get tired catching them when the bite is on.
We released them though. I've never eaten one. But, you get tired catching them when the bite is on.
Apr 23, 2021 14:55:48 #
They are good eating. Put barrel weight on line then tie a barrel swivel on end. Make
2 foot leader with shad dart( I like pink/white).
2 foot leader with shad dart( I like pink/white).
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