5/15 More Shad @ the Indian Head !!!

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Well another banner evening at the old shad run. I must have hooked 25-30 fish in the course of 4 hours. I landed 6 shad and 1 sucker. Those of you that shad fish the Indian Head will understand the 1 to 6 ratio of fish landed to hooked. There is nothing like a 5-6' fish on 4lb. test in a narrow tree filled stream. Those fish are like little tarpon when hooked. More people around tonight around 10 in total. Some with fly and some with ultra-light. The tide and moon were almost perfect. The light breeze kept the bugs away. It was awsome. The shad ranged from 3# to 6# and the river was full of them. The tide was incoming all evening and the shad rode the tide up in waves. I almost forgot how much fun I used to have fishing for these "poor mans salmon" I guess I have to thank the S Shore Chapter of the CCA. I hear they did some work on the fish ladder up at the dam. I'm sure thats helping these little guys get up to the pond and keep the cycle going.

Capt. Terry Nugent<BR>Riptide Charters<BR>www.riptidecharters.com