Pacemaker Fishing Forum

I decided to try the shad fishing with waters falling and clearing after the rains.  I got on the water about 7:45am and had 7 fish by 8:00am.  I started up above the footbridge.  No toads, but nice chunky Hickories around 16".



I had 20 by 9:00am.  It rained, but not hard and I hardly noticed with the good action.  I had about a 1/4 oz. Shad dart above a gold spoon to start.  I did not try anything else for a while, because it was working well.  Had many fish on consecutive casts.  2 boats got on the water before me, but only one was shad fishing and he anchored between the bridges.

My line was twisting some, so I tried another setup and the fish did not seem to mind.  The length did not vary much, but there were some chunks.







I dropped back to follow the fish and had 40 by 10:45am.  A few more boats came up, but it was not crowded.  I had 50 by 11:20am and decided to eat my Subway sub.  The bitees picked up around the changing tides and dropped off at slack tide. 

After lunch it slowed and I was a little under 60 when I decided to move up where I saw fish jumping.  I wanted to get to 65, but the fish were still biting.  I passed 65 and was floating back with the tide.  I decided to try to get to 70.  I hooked a fish and this is what I had.



My first landed double, and at 71, I had to keep going.  The wind had picked up and there were more boats coming.  I floated and made it to 75 at 1:00pm and called it quits.

Great day on the river.  Lots of fish for everyone!