nottoway shad

[BillHardy]

jerry and i splashed the canoe at peters bridge. we went about 75 yards down river and it was on .we caught about a dozen shad we fished about 2 hours, things are gonna get better in the next week or so..caught my fish on a clark spoon oo gold. nice river-- it was my first time fishn on the nottoway(we let all the fish go.)

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[Percidae_Papermouth]

from careys bridge to peters bridge is nice but from peters up to rt40 is a beautiful stretch of river, starts getting clearer and more sandy and rocky, Were you fishing that slight bend in the current? those 2lb shad sure do fight good on light tackle, but i do not target them as i do not like shad roe... Thanks for the report, thats one great stretch of river for fly fishing for bass and bream in the summer when the water gets low

[ACC]

Bill good to hear a report from the upper river. Came over the bridge in Franklin yesterday (Blackwater river) and a few boats were fishing there. Dogwood trees are in full bloom so I'm thinking they are looking for the white perch. Mid March seems alittle early for them but with the air temps like they are who knows. Haven't been shad fishing for many years.

Acey

[racn35]

YaY .. thanx for the report .... those sandy bars have 1000 year old megaladon shark teeth .... every summer theres and old man with a miners box like they use for panning gold.... he showed me some awesome prehistoric teeth he found that day .....

The 671 ramp ( locals call Herculese ) has been packed with 20 or more trucks/trailors day after day .... Careys Bridge & Peters Bridge are right up the road....
I can see 35 from the pond in my back yard ...

[racn35]

YES ACC... i ran all the old gas outta my ole jon boat last week.... several of the old guys i talked to had 8 to 10 white perch each in their coolers

[racn35]

tryed to fix his link ... the ] is in the wrong place between the IN http G thingy

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[Percidae_Papermouth]

those are pears and cherrys AC, i havent seen any dogwoods bloom yet.. alot of quince and forsythia blooming now too

[Hog Choker]

those are pears and cherrys AC, i havent seen any dogwoods bloom yet.. alot of quince and forsythia blooming now too

I started to correct him. Glad you beat me to it.

He probably had 1 too many watermelon cocktails

[BillHardy]

Thanks racn 35