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Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing Reports => Members' Fishing Reports => Topic started by: joshuag232 on May 20, 2006, 06:02:44 PM

Title: londons landing May 20th
Post by: joshuag232 on May 20, 2006, 06:02:44 PM: Fished londons landing today. Fishing was steady throughout the day. Caught 4 chubs and 2 pike minnows and a lady beside me caught a small shad.It was very windy so i couldnt detect alot of the bites.
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Post by: leaping steely on May 20, 2006, 06:34:56 PM: Nice fish, thanks for the report
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Post by: UMAKKO on May 20, 2006, 07:18:49 PM: How small was the American shad, Joshua? What kind of bait was she using?
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Post by: joshuag232 on May 20, 2006, 07:38:21 PM: the shad was just a little guy, about 3 inches. she was using dough but she snagged it in the back
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Post by: UMAKKO on May 20, 2006, 08:13:52 PM: When you caught a shad before (I've seen your post about shad) did you snag it, too?
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Post by: joshuag232 on May 20, 2006, 08:16:58 PM: nope it swallowed my worm right down deep in its throat
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Post by: UMAKKO on May 20, 2006, 08:19:24 PM: Thanks, Joshua. Your report is always very interesting.

It is interesting that the Fraser has odd American shad. I hope someday I can catch it. :)
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Post by: joshuag232 on May 20, 2006, 08:20:13 PM: Wow thanks
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Post by: joshuag232 on May 20, 2006, 08:36:06 PM: I think there are alot of shad in the river right now. Yesterday they were jumping and making bolis like crazy. Every once in a while a big bull trout or npm would jump too I think they were be after the shad.
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Post by: Rodney on May 21, 2006, 02:47:43 PM: Are you sure that they are not eulachons or redside shiners?
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Post by: joshuag232 on May 21, 2006, 04:22:17 PM: Their not eualchons but im not sure if their redside shiners or not.
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Post by: fishfryer on May 21, 2006, 06:08:24 PM: I was fishing the mouth of the Nic the other day, and observed schools of small fish, 2 or 3 inches long leaping out of the water in unison, like schools of flying fish. Oh mighty Rodney ;D ;D ;D, what were they????
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Post by: Fish Assassin on May 21, 2006, 06:59:56 PM: I seriously doubt that there is a run of shad up the Fraser.
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Post by: joshuag232 on May 21, 2006, 07:08:50 PM: there is if u looked at the fish for the future pics from like last year or something it shows a pic of a shad
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Post by: joshuag232 on May 21, 2006, 07:14:24 PM: Herring – Family Clupeidae

American Shad (Alosa sapidissima)

Recorded Presence:
Fraser River - Migratory – Marine & Brackish
Title: Re: londons landing May 20th
Post by: ~IvAn~ on May 21, 2006, 08:35:55 PM: Quote from: fishfryer on May 21, 2006, 06:08:24 PM
I was fishing the mouth of the Nic the other day, and observed schools of small fish, 2 or 3 inches long leaping out of the water in unison, like schools of flying fish. Oh mighty Rodney ;D ;D ;D, what were they????

Eulachon
Title: Re: londons landing May 20th
Post by: UMAKKO on May 22, 2006, 12:19:57 AM: This is the redside shiner.
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Post by: joshuag232 on May 22, 2006, 07:35:47 AM: (http://img363.imageshack.us/img363/93/hatjuvenileshad0nq.jpg)
this is what she caught
Title: Re: londons landing May 20th
Post by: UMAKKO on May 22, 2006, 10:28:57 AM: It looks no doubt a kind of shad because it has black dot(s) behind the gill cover. And thinking about the distribution of shads it is probably American shad. Wow! :o
Title: Re: londons landing May 20th
Post by: fishfryer on May 22, 2006, 11:35:40 AM: I was not close enough to see markings, but that is the shape of the fish that I saw a the mouth of the Nic.