Well, after reading all the postings... I caught my first three shad today... I saw a couple dozen shad caught for the morning just upriver where the Clackamas empties into the Willamette...
here's a link to the pictures and video clips I took today... [I'll be making edits next week...]
http://www.geocities.com/crcfishing27/index.html
the one boat that seemed to be landing more fish than the rest were using the green/chartreuse dicknite lures... I was using the red/gold dicknites... I look forward to trying this again... good luck, Craig