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Post by rgang4 on May 27, 2015 19:44:36 GMT -5
Shad run on the river in general has been very strong. Possibly could break records in Vermont/ New Hampshire waters which stands around the 30k mark. If the water temp stays at 63 like it was today the fish will continue to move north over the Vernon Dam. No data reported in Vt to date for 2015 as of now but I can tell you first hand numbers are high. Pictures from the viewing window    Look close and you can see fish ascending the ladder   Fish enter thru opening on the left and ascend a series of steps that bring them to the top of the dam and into the Vernon Pool where many will spawn.  New England power sold the property to TransCanada and since then the facility has not been the same  Viewing area is only open to 3 p.m. It's closed on weekends   Used to update numbers as fish passed but don't think anyone mans the gates. Appears to be an electric monitoring system but not sure.  Use a shad dart of enough weight to keep the lure in front of fish and you get a reaction bite. The runs and jumps of these fish make are incredible making the time spent well worth it. Here's a happy angler with an 18" buck.  |
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Post by rgang4 on May 27, 2015 20:48:13 GMT -5
Fish was not harvested, just took a fast pic and released it.
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Post by dylansdad on May 28, 2015 6:46:22 GMT -5
the ladder is open on the weekends this year. already having problems with people urinating in the viewing window area and leaving cigarette butts smooshed on the floor. hopefully the sheriffs presence now and then will stop some of this. Jeremy.
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Post by Brian on May 30, 2015 9:00:21 GMT -5
Often times there are some pretty big lamprey stuck on the viewing window. Giving a good look at their mouths. They are interesting to watch run up the fish ladder too.
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Post by dylansdad on Jun 4, 2015 9:23:52 GMT -5
 an outside company has been doing fish studies down here and yesterday they were tagging the sea lampreys to track where they go to spawn. pretty neat and disgusting at the same time. slippery, slimey little buggers. |
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Post by schodackbassman on Jun 4, 2015 18:07:38 GMT -5
Pretty neat, that's for the info Roy. Used to love fishing for shad up at the Troy Fed Damn. They fight like a small mouth and are a lot of fun. NYS has banned even catch and release fighting on the Hudson the past few years because of low numbers. Hopefully Hudson is seeing a rebound also.
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Post by rgang4 on Jun 6, 2015 6:34:02 GMT -5
Pretty neat, that's for the info Roy. Used to love fishing for shad up at the Troy Fed Damn. They fight like a small mouth and are a lot of fun. NYS has banned even catch and release fighting on the Hudson the past few years because of low numbers. Hopefully Hudson is seeing a rebound also. Shad can even out jump and out race a smallie though they don't ever seem to pull as hard as smallie probably due to there smaller body mass. It's been a great year for viewing at the ladders. Vernon has had fish steadily coming thru for weeks and I am told Bellows Falls has fish too. They may comeback on the Hudson Brian. I don't chase shad like I do other species but I do read and listen a lot and I know other east coast rivers have had drop offs in numbers at times but they have also had rebounds too. USFW as well as NHFG has put efforts in to restore the run in the upper CT. Hopefully this is the fruits of their labor.. |
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Post by rgang4 on Jul 25, 2015 7:06:14 GMT -5
Final counts are in. Not sure but this may have been a record year.
Thought I could add a link but the final count was not available on line. I think it's still in my work email though. Number was more than 36,000. Maybe Shawn could provide the info? I received my info from USFW via Ken Sprankle.
Lots of little shad are near the surface in the morning and evening. Soon they will be seen jumping in the morning and evening. Very cool. I'll try and post a video but it probably won't capture the sight and sound of it live.
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Post by dylansdad on Jul 28, 2015 8:52:32 GMT -5
last I saw it was 36,860 with 3 more weeks of video still to go through.
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