Troutnut Forum > Fly Fishing Discussion > shad run/ Delaware and tribs
| Mcjames | February 8th, 2010, 3:44 pm | |
| Cortland Manor, NY Posts: 128 | at risk of offending the purists... can anybody help me with timing the shad run on Delaware and/or tribs? I will want to wade so has to be upper reaches I guess. I am told lower Neversink has a healthy shad run? and while I am asking, does the striper spawn more or less coincide? is there a time of year when one is likely to catch shad/stripers/trout all on a fly? I have caught smallmouth/juvenile stripers/trout in same stream/same day once before (Croton River); but I am told there is no longer a viable shad run there, as several years ago they cut off all flow from the dam upstream. | |
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| JOHNW | February 8th, 2010, 4:47 pm | |
| Chambersburg, PA Posts: 228 | Mcjames, I can't speak for the Upper Delaware System. However I know the shad run hits the confluence with the Lehigh in Mid April right around the time of what was the PA trout opener. There are areas on the midlle/lower river where wading is possible dpending on flow levels. As for stripers guys catch them through the summer in the lower river around Easton PA although I believe that is primarily a plug and live bait affair (and usually the live bait is 4-6" trout). JW | |
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| CaseyP | February 8th, 2010, 5:35 pm | |
| Arlington, VA/ Mercersburg, PA Posts: 455 | Mcjames, folks who know around here (Potomac River, D.C.) say that the redbuds or dogwoods will tell you: when they bloom, hit the stream. it's a very iffy thing, and a good rain can ruin it by flooding the river and making it dangerous, but then there are the good years... and i have caught shad and striper on the same day, not large, but definitely memorable. the striper season starts as the shad ends. | |
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