Shad Smolt

fish_on · 11-30-2001, 05:38 PM

Where do you go to get shad smolt? Can you jig for them or net them? What type of water do they hold in? Thanks

birdhunter · 11-30-2001, 06:06 PM

Don't know where you can buy them, but I've seen a some floating down the Columbia at the Fishery. They'll hit dick nites just like an adult shad. We were catching them while fishing for ********* during the summer. Great keeper bait.

Pete · 11-30-2001, 06:08 PM

I'm not certain, but I believe you need a special license to get shad smolt ... I think the method of choice is netting. I believe this has been discussed on Don's Sturgeon Salmon & Steelhead web page. If you can't find it, drop Don an e-mail.

Uncle Bob · 11-30-2001, 10:53 PM

I hooked 3 of them while fishing with a dick nite. was up below the Willamette falls.(at dead line) Was in a little back eddy ?????
Don't know if it was a fluke or what. Because it was in the middle of last years shad run. ?????? I would think that it would take a little bit longer then that for therer to be smolts around. Oh well, I just vac-pac them with all the others, and will just thread them on like a smelt.

I had never even seen them before, but they look just like the adult shad, except that they're about 4 inches long. Will try to target them next season.

UB

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