Shadfull spring

Been fishing the last few months for shad and having a blast chasing these great C/R fish .
been doing it from shore as well as on the jet boat.

little bit of different tackle used for each application def increases the success.
Been using Fenwick 7'6 HMG with a Pflueger 3500 President  Xt off the  shore.
And Fenwick 9' HMX with ABU Altum 12 DLC on the boat.

After using those outfits for the last three months they def are a great match for this fishery

Shad tourney 2018

Got to fish as far North as the Gap. and as far south as Lambertville over the 3 days I got to fish the tourney .

Friday Chris and I searched out a few spots to be able to take his two daughters to fish the tourney . Had a bunch of fish to 4 1/2 # and had a game plan for Saturday.

Saturday morning I shore fished at the Gap until I had to meet Chris to head out on the boat. I had 17/19 there all around 4 #

Saturday afternoon  we headed out with Erin and Brooke . They fished hard from 11 till 4 and combined for 27 shad to just under 5 #.

Headed back up to the gap to fish with Jack Saturday night to get swamped by thunderstorms.

Sunday Chris and I headed back out with Brooke on the boat where she caught another 17 Between fishing Lambertville and Stockton still all cookie cutter sized fish .

Sunday night had me back at a a spot I used to fish above Pburg.

Had four more fish fishing from shore the last hour there fishing right till dark.

Had fish on just about every different color combination using both spoons as well as darts depending on where we were fishing.

Betting it REALLY busts wide open this weekend with the warm front coming in.