SHAD?

[redstripe]

Haven't been out this spring yet are the shad still in the wash for there spring run. Will be going out first light on friday, was wondering if it was worth chasing shad or just go find the strippers and chum til they come. Thanks for any input.

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[Erawk]

It has gotten a bit tougher to find them, but it is worth a shot. Opinions may differ though. Good luck!
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[BigE]

[cool]I was out last Friday and saw a lot of shad schools along the shore in various location close to 33 hole. All threadfin shad from 3.5" to 4.5". Good luck and I may see you out there.
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[iamthesmf]

Try super early and again late by 33 hole. By boat they will be by the cliff, look for the rope ladder.
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[redstripe]

Thanks for the input.
I hope the wind dies down a little by tomorrow morning.
Hope to be throwing for shad by 5:30 at the latest.
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[Sil240sxrwd]

Gizzards are still fairly easy to find in the wash. I know some people have been having trouble finding them, but if you have a boat that can get right up to the inlet and throw the net into the seams of the current, you will get some. I was out there Sunday and Wednesday this week and spent a little over 30 minutes throwing the net each day, sometimes catching 2-3 at a time of all sizes. I also found some decent schools of Threadfin off of rocky points by the Porta-potty thats in the cove just east of the 33-hole parking. Hope this helps.
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[utegrad]

How did you know the threadfin are there off the rocky points? Can you see them somehow or do you try the net and see what you get?
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[Sil240sxrwd]

[quote utegrad]How did you know the threadfin are there off the rocky points? Can you see them somehow or do you try the net and see what you get?[/quote]

I could see them pretty easily. They were in shallow and there was a big school of them. I also saw them on the fishfinder as a big baitball. Threw the cast net on top of em and got a few dozen for the livewell/freezer.
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[redstripe]

Forgot to post on my quick fishing trip. Was back in the wash by grey light and looked and threw blind for shad in a bunch of my favorite places without anything. Talked to a couple guides who were searching frantically as well with no luck. Was a little breezy that morning and a cold front coming in that could of affected them but they could just be at the end of there run as well. Anyway after an hour of looking for shad I gave up and decided to go and try and graph some strippers and chum till they come. Went to one of my favorite places in govt wash to fish only to find two guides already in my spot, I traveled back towards 33 hole and found some fish between the boulder and the point of 33 hole. Fished for a couple of hours before the wind chased me off. Only caught 4 but all of good size each close to 3-4 pds and very fat. When I went to clean them I found out why so fat, each of them full of corn, about a half can apiece in each of them. Wasn't what I was using for chum but somebody of the shore must of been. anyway all in all a good trip but looking foreward to days without the las vegas spring winds.
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[Sil240sxrwd]

What day were you out there? I took my baby cousin fishing on Sunday 5/19 out at 33 hole and we chummed our spot with a few cans of corn and fished with small pieces of anchovies.. Action was non stop for about 4-5 hours. Mostly small fish, but we did get into a few decent ones. You probably caught the fish that cleaned up our chum lol.
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