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Post by mwardncsu on Apr 28, 2015 14:50:31 GMT -5
Anyone catching gizzards below the Leesville dam yet?
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Post by grizzly1648 on Apr 28, 2015 16:33:39 GMT -5
Ive heard tails of a few being caught
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Post by Gotcha on Apr 28, 2015 23:09:26 GMT -5
Should be mward! I got a few in danville last week at the first dam on the dan!!
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Post by piper on Apr 30, 2015 19:11:27 GMT -5
Geeez I still have images off a dumb@ss wading down the stairs and into the water during one of the runs attempting to catch gizzards with his landing net. No lifejacket and possibly half drunk. I had to leave before I saw him drown.
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Post by BentRod on May 1, 2015 5:55:43 GMT -5
Geeez I still have images off a dumb@ss wading down the stairs and into the water during one of the runs attempting to catch gizzards with his landing net. No lifejacket and possibly half drunk. I had to leave before I saw him drown. Based off the time I was there, ain't no way in hell I'm going down the steps while they're releasing. I saw a guy's rod get ripped from his hands and tore off downriver at about 30mph. |
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Post by Happy Camper on May 1, 2015 6:40:39 GMT -5
We used to go get bait down there when it was tough on the lake,small 4' nets thrown in the eddies behind rock along the edge is where they are at.Don't think it would be smart to throw a big net in that current,Might get pulled in.One of the first few times I went down there,within 30 min of pulling water I shreaded 2 4' net and had 7 gizzards to show for it.A old black man who had set back watching me go at it got up when they quit pulling water filled his 5 gallon bucket with water,and started picking up shad stranded in the rocks,had 15 within 15 mins or so.Boy did I feel smart!
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Post by Gator on May 1, 2015 7:15:43 GMT -5
A old black man who had set back watching me go at it got up when they quit pulling water filled his 5 gallon bucket with water,and started picking up shad stranded in the rocks,had 15 within 15 mins or so.Boy did I feel smart! That old guy probably been do that a long time. Nothing like local knowledge. |
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Post by Happy Camper on May 1, 2015 7:25:12 GMT -5
No doubt,20 years later I'd like to know what he was thinking.Had to be funny!
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Post by Derik on May 1, 2015 11:36:50 GMT -5
20 years ago shad actually came up river in numbers. I remember being able to use a dip net and getting shad.
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Post by striperjohn on May 1, 2015 13:56:26 GMT -5
You still can below the dam. I use stainless steel crab dip nets to catch them.
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Post by mwardncsu on May 1, 2015 14:58:04 GMT -5
why the stainless nets? Won't that tear up the shad? Is it due to the length/style of the net or the robustness of the net mesh?
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Post by striperjohn on May 1, 2015 15:49:24 GMT -5
We get right on the rail with the net handle being 8-9 feet long and sweep it down along the rocks. Some days you get 6 or more in the net some days 1 or 2 and some days none. LOL. The regular fiber and mesh nets get torn up when you scrape them along the rocks. I have a couple that I use where I put a garden hose along the ring to protect the net, that works until you wear it out. I've never seen any damage to the shad from either net.
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