Re: {Tidal Potomac Fly Rodders} Massive schools of fish in 4MR

Gizzard shad are the Jawas of the Potomac. No one likes them. They will eat strike indicators and flies in yhe winter in 4mr. There should be white perch schooled up around them now.

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On Sep 25, 2012, at 12:09 PM, Lane Smith <jlanesmith@gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm positive they were gizzard shad. So annoying. When I accidentally
> foul hooked one it put up less of a fight than a panfish half its
> size.
>
> On Sep 24, 10:50 am, Mike <m...@shadfishing.com> wrote:
>> Look like this?
>> [image: Inline image 1]
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 10:39 AM, Jeff Silvan <jeffreysil...@gmail.com>wrote:> I went out to 4 Mile Run yesterday afternoon with my friend. We had mild
>>> success - a few largemouths and sunfish, but nothing of size. I did,
>>> however, see one giant largemouth (at least 5 lbs, conservatively) right
>>> next to the treatment plant discharge and three needlefish that kept
>>> chasing my fly. The most interesting thing I saw were massive schools of
>>> fish swimming around. These fish numbered in the hundreds, if not
>>> thousands, all in the area of the discharge. I'm not sure what they were,
>>> but they appeared to be silvery and looked like shad. They were all about 6
>>> inches, but every once in a while I'd see a loner that was 10 or 12 inches.
>>> They completely ignored any fly (although I wasn't really trying for them
>>> except for three casts with a nymph), and seemed like they were simply
>>> displacing any fish that would normally be there. Any thoughts on what
>>> these could have been? Lane actually foul hooked one and got a picture, so
>>> hopefully he can post it for confirmation. He said it was very slimy if
>>> that gives any clues...
>>
>>> Jeff
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