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SeaDog1
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 Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:19 pm Post subject: Shad? |
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Hi!
Anyone fish for American Shad in the spring on the Ct. River -> Also known as "Poor Man's Salmon" 
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Lunker Cove
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| i might try for some shad and striper at bart's when the times right, the only thing is that the farmingtons current is brutal. i heard when you go left at the launch at bart's, and go all the way till you come up to a bridge. you will nail monster pike |
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PECo
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I'd love to head back up there. DirtyDawg10 (aka Derek) and I went about half of a mile upriver from Bart's one day last year, but we finally gave up fighting the current. The water was over the banks that day.
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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Yeap!
Those are American Shad  (Also known as Poor man's Salmon)
Real fighters on light gear!
Also excellent eating if you can get past the bones. (Super smoked!)
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nicklovesPK
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| Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 9:30 pm Post subject: |
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| i grew up catching shad in the farmington in windsor, back in the 80s |
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mostly Ice
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| Posted: Fri Apr 29, 2011 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| I believe commercial vessels do. I used to keep a boat at Midway marina and they had to install/remove pilings every year. I was told it was due the shad season. The slips were a little cheaper because you had to wait until later in the season to use it and they had no power/water. I believe they were trawling for the shad, otherwise there would be no reason to remove the pilings. |
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CTfirefighter
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| Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 8:08 am Post subject: |
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this is something i have always wanted to try..
when i was a little kid my grandfather used to LOVE fishing for shad but i was
to little to go with him...by the time i was old enough to go he had already passed
maybe someday i'll give it a shot |
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nicklovesPK
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| Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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| try the farmington river water levels are normal and its a great shad fishery |
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catch&release
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:11 am Post subject: |
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| Yeah a guy that I work with has been catching them at Barts these past few days |
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PECo
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:17 am Post subject: |
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How do you fish for them? With a grub jig dragged on the bottom like you do for white perch?
Stephen?
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IceAddict
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:54 am Post subject: |
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| Willow leafs for shad. |
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SeaDog1
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| Posted: Wed May 04, 2011 9:58 am Post subject: |
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Hi Phil!
NO! Grub jigs are too big!
Shad Darts or Willow Leaf are what you want to use.
Shad are plankton feeders -> so you need to use small jigs!
Hook an 8 lb. Roe or 4 lb. Buck on UL or ML gear and your in for some super fun! 
They don't call them "Poor Man's Salmon" for nothing !  
I also use my fly rod with a short 5 ft. (10 lb. test) floro leader with sinking tip line and a flat sided (color/silver) ice jig with marabou tail in deep dark slower moving pools.
I like the Mattbesset River for shad!
SeaDog1
PS: Shad are also excellent eating -> even better smoked |
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asianfisher
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| Posted: Thu May 05, 2011 8:35 am Post subject: |
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| Fun to catch but taste like bunker.... lol bait or catch and release for me on those... unless i can squeeze the eggs out... |
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bobkat
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| Posted: Sat May 07, 2011 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Filleting is an art on them . I love them stuffed with bread crumb stuffing and baked.
If you can't fillet then you have to bake them a long long time to melt the bones I guess.
I miss the website that tracked the progress of them. |
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