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Here is a non-kayak fishing report. For those of you who want to try for shad from your kayaks, if you can find a low wind and slow current day, the shad are now in the region between the boat ramp at Lapidum and Deer Creek. They are probably elsewhere too -- I can't vouch for the other areas.
My friend Greg and I decided to check out shad fishing from the shoreline on the lower Susquehanna today. As we drove north on Rt 95, the wind got stronger and stronger. We stepped out of the car at the boat ramp at Lapidum to try a few casts -- it was really brutal. In that fully exposed spot, it was not possible to make a cast far enough to do any good. Occasional gusts on top of the steady high winds nearly pushed me off balance on the dock at one point. We concluded that we needed a location with at least some shelter.
We continued up the shore road and stopped at a few locations where we could find access. My first cast resulted in a strong headshake, followed by two leaps out of the water. The shad was a large one. I realized that my camera and the Hawg Trough were still in the car, so I released the fish without a photo. That proved to be our largest fish of the day at the 18" to 20" range. I caught 4 more fish at that location and Greg caught 1. During the 45 mins we were at the first spot, the water level dropped almost a foot, and the bite stopped.
We continued further upstream to another spot where Greg caught 4 more shad. The water level continued to drop and we eventually called it a day. We felt fortunate that we were able to catch any fish in that much wind. We wish we had gotten there earlier in the day to take advantage of the higher water that brought the fish into casting range.
My friend Greg and I decided to check out shad fishing from the shoreline on the lower Susquehanna today. As we drove north on Rt 95, the wind got stronger and stronger. We stepped out of the car at the boat ramp at Lapidum to try a few casts -- it was really brutal. In that fully exposed spot, it was not possible to make a cast far enough to do any good. Occasional gusts on top of the steady high winds nearly pushed me off balance on the dock at one point. We concluded that we needed a location with at least some shelter.
We continued up the shore road and stopped at a few locations where we could find access. My first cast resulted in a strong headshake, followed by two leaps out of the water. The shad was a large one. I realized that my camera and the Hawg Trough were still in the car, so I released the fish without a photo. That proved to be our largest fish of the day at the 18" to 20" range. I caught 4 more fish at that location and Greg caught 1. During the 45 mins we were at the first spot, the water level dropped almost a foot, and the bite stopped.
We continued further upstream to another spot where Greg caught 4 more shad. The water level continued to drop and we eventually called it a day. We felt fortunate that we were able to catch any fish in that much wind. We wish we had gotten there earlier in the day to take advantage of the higher water that brought the fish into casting range.
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