Hello everyone, sorry I haven't posted in a while have been wrapped up with AP testing so fishing has been a bit slow for me but I do have a blog in store for you! A couple weeks ago when I was able to get out and go fishing I was able to go after a species that typically you wouldn't be able to unless you are out fishing the open waters of the ocean. This species is Shad, Shad come up the river that runs behind my house (Rappahannock) every year to lay eggs and head back to open waters. So I decided in the winter that me and good friend of mine would go out and try to catch us a few shad in which we did and I will explain how we went about doing this. We woke up pretty early, I think between 630- 7 am and meet up along the bridge and decided how we where going to fish the water. We had scouted the night before and noticed that fishing deep pools was the best option for us as shad have very sensitive eyes and can't stand the bright sun but in the end we got lucky and had a cloudy day. So then from there we had to decide what style of fishing we wanted to use in order to better the chances of catching a fish, I decided to go with my fly rod and have my spin reel set up with a rooster tail for a back up and Kenny went with a spin reel with a rooster tail. Well, Kenny had the best luck catching two shad with the spinner set up and I had no luck so I decided to give my rooster tail a shot and third cast I caught a shad. So my suggestion would be rooster tail! Thanks! if any questions to wear I fish and caught the most shad please feel free to leave a comment and i'll explain more into detail.
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AuthorThrough the world of homework, baseball, and work fishing is my sanctuary. I first was introduced to fishing by my father in Fredona, Wisconsin
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