Saturday, March 28, 2015

American Shad

Date 3-18-2015
Location- 1 spot in the Neuse Basin and 2 Spots in the Tar Basin
Lures used- 1/8 oz Arkie Pink headed Jigs Rigged in tandem with white and chartreuse grubs
Rod and Reel Combo-  Daiwa 1300 SS Reel on Penn Prion 6'6" w/ 8lb Trilene XL
Water Temp 50 degrees
Partner Today-  Tony

Hit several spots today in search of shad.  First spot yielded me a Big American but not any more hits.  We left and went to several others and at every spot they were biting earlier and we missed the bite. Not a bad day today as we saw a lot of nice water , but I failed to put Tony on his first shad.

Big fish of the day caught in a Contentnea Creek.  Then we  headed North to the Tar River. 



Tony with a Tar River Crappie


Stream shot of the Tar River In Tarboro, NC

Note- Shad fishing is kinda like Spot fishing on Piers. What I mean is that 99 percent of the time when you arrive at "your fishing spot" usually you dont want to see another person there. But, when shad fishing you want a crowd there as if they are not there then the fish aren't either.

#shadfishing
#contentneacreek
#tarriver


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