6.April: Bill C. was standing by his truck when I arrived behind Bart's ~4:30 pm after work. As I was setting up, Sissy and Dylan pulled up. The water was at about the same level as the day before, clear, no junk floating by, languid current, and a surface temp just a hair under 50ºF. For the next hour and a half, we all took casting practice. The only rumor of shad was that an "old guy" had caught 2 in the morning. Dylan reported that he caught his 2nd shad of the year a couple of days ago, and that was earlier in the day, about noon-ish.

The action seems to be best, what little there is, earlier in the day, when I am at work. With the temps rising to the 80's next week, things should heat up. (I know, get thee to a punnery...)
Tight lines!

Terminal tackle: 3/4 oz drail over ~3' of 10# flouro, and a hammered silver leaf in chartreuse with a black dot, blue and white.

BillShu here: Just for something to do today, took a drive to river at RT291 bridge area. Barber Street. Arrived 1:40, no one fishing. Two boats on trailers leaving area. To me, looked like water level was about 6-8 feet above end of concrete section of ramp. Fishing conditions tough from shore. WX: very cloudy with wind ripping.
Hope all you guy's keep posting SHAD REPORTS.
Thanks.
Bill

I was wondering, for you die hard Shad fishermen who are able to get out so often......Wouldn't it be wise to first fish the lower rivwer at DEEP area?? Am thinking that the Shad have to come past that area heading up to Windsor. So when fish are caught in lower river, it will give indication as to when they will arrive at various spots up river......Or are there certain water conditions to be met.
Just checking, I have only caught two shad in my life and they were near BARTS. HICKORY SHAD, different story, year before the pandemic, was a hot summer day at DEEP when I caught/released 39.

CT River water level is dropping like a stone, flow now a fish-able 36,900 cu ft/sec, may reach the below 30,000 by tomorrow. Time to head out if you can. Thia week's heat wave will help. The wife has reserved today and tomorrow for honey dew jobs, maybe I can make it Wednesday morning at The Wall.

Shad migrate upriver close to The Wall in Cromwell, I hook 80% of my shad there within 10 feet of the rocks. Water is very deep close to The Wall as this used to be big ship mooring dock in the old days, wooden dock and pilings long gone. This has the best and easiest shore shad fishing in Connecticut.