Weldon NC Shad Fishing
****see videos at the bottom**** Had the day off and my son was also on Spring break so I asked him did
he want to go catch some shad. He said "sure". WOW! He is 19
and his priorities are school, girls, friends, girls, and did I say
girls? and not necessarily in that order. So I was surprised and happy
he chose to go shad fishing.
We didn't leave town until 2 so I only had 2 choices. The Tar near Rocky Mount or Weldon. I chose Weldon. I looked at usgs.gov and they had the flow listed at 10,500 cfm. I then looked at Dominion Powers release schedule and it was supposed to stay at that for at least 2 more days. We got there the water was muddy! Crap! I like mud for Bass fishing but not Shad fishing. I actually thought about heading south to the Tar but something told me to stay. We were fishing by 3:45 and the first Shad came to hand on the first or second cast. We caught too many to count. We fished 5 or so spots and all produced fish. when the action slowed on one spot we drifted down 50 yds or so, anchored and the action repeated.
We Never Left Sight of the Ramp. When action slowed we moved up or down no farther than a long cast and the action picked right back up.
All hits came on White 2 inch Berkely Powerbait grubs on a 1/8 oz Pink Jig head. It was a great few hours on the water with my son.
You can see how I tie the above rig at -
We finished the day off by stopping at Ralph's BBQ where one of my sister in laws works at, so we got to see her and eat some great food.
An awesome ending to a great day of fishing.
We didn't leave town until 2 so I only had 2 choices. The Tar near Rocky Mount or Weldon. I chose Weldon. I looked at usgs.gov and they had the flow listed at 10,500 cfm. I then looked at Dominion Powers release schedule and it was supposed to stay at that for at least 2 more days. We got there the water was muddy! Crap! I like mud for Bass fishing but not Shad fishing. I actually thought about heading south to the Tar but something told me to stay. We were fishing by 3:45 and the first Shad came to hand on the first or second cast. We caught too many to count. We fished 5 or so spots and all produced fish. when the action slowed on one spot we drifted down 50 yds or so, anchored and the action repeated.
We Never Left Sight of the Ramp. When action slowed we moved up or down no farther than a long cast and the action picked right back up.
All hits came on White 2 inch Berkely Powerbait grubs on a 1/8 oz Pink Jig head. It was a great few hours on the water with my son.
We finished the day off by stopping at Ralph's BBQ where one of my sister in laws works at, so we got to see her and eat some great food.
Thanks, Mack
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