Shhhhh, down low on the Spro!
Tried throwing a white Spro...not the same. You can go to stores out in Va Beach/other areas and walk to find the Spro..they are not present or the color of choice is still on the pegs, hmmm! So...fishy don't want to eat...throw the Spro. Anything will eat the Spro! (1/8th) A lot of people have said, throw something they haven't seen before. Girly colors don't exist when fishing.
Mattaponi has the strongest run of Shad. American & Hickory shad! They are bigger and more abondant in the Mattaponi. Has something to do with the river as it is the only one that has citric acid in the water.
Google the Shad run in the Mattaponi. MPRA, Mattaponi Pamunkey River Association has stopped the development of a "reservoir" that would damage the river and not to mention the area(s). Not to mention the Indian Population is very strong on the operation of Shad.
Aylett, wonderful area for Shad fishing but YES, many people come out to play during this season. You have to go up river, not to say they are not everywhere! Mattaponi River shad have been stocked by numbers of 4.5 million. Google "Mattaponi River hickory shad" or any other scenario of wording that would surfice.
Potomac, Choptank,York, Rappahannock and James. Plenty of more as I research and google. With all rivers I look for the curves in the river for the "holes".
Like I said, I can not wait for the Shad run. I experienced this with my boyfriend 2 1/2 years ago as he introduced me to a different world of fishing. He doesn't think I listen to him when he talks but I do learn a lot. Or maybe I should say "when I use to listen to him", haha. It is a good thing to go out and experience other waters instead of what we have in the backyard. I came from Chesterfield and played hard on the James River as my Dad introduced me to that river. The Pamunkey and the Mattaponi I think are great treasures, as I am sure others are also but going back to the shad...Mattaponi all the way!
By the way, I learned this past weekend that those stripers get way up in the rivers also!!!
Man, it is soooo cool to know the Spro.SSSprrro it!
'Andrea