The last couple of years weren’t good for making the trip to Weldon to catch shad on the Roanoke River. Either the water was too high, or too cold, or the few good days didn’t mesh with my schedule, or Sam’s. However, we finally got a beautiful spring day when we could both make it, […]
St. Patrick’s Day, this past Tuesday, was beautiful with blue skies and temperatures in the upper 70’s. Was that the day that I made my annual trek to Weldon for the shad run? Nope! Sam and I waited until Friday the 20th, with temps starting in the 30’s and topping out about 50, with […]
The calendar said spring, but the weather was anything but springlike this morning when I headed to pick up Sam for our annual trip to Weldon. The temperature had dropped into the mid 20’s overnight, and was still below freezing when got to Sam’s house. It’s a good thing shad fishing is “civilized” with the […]
It’s been cold this week, with temperatures 15-20F below average. Last night, it was in the low 20’s, heading for an afternoon high of 53. However, I was still planning to head to Weldon to try my hand at shad again, and hopefully better the good trip I made last week. I’d originally planned to […]
Headed to Weldon, NC, to fish the shad run on the Roanoke River today. It’s been a cool spring, and I had wondered if it was too early. Preliminary reports were that some shad had been caught last weekend, so I loaded up the pontoon boat and headed to Durham to pick up my regular […]
It’s an annual tradition…I try to make the 2 hour drive to Weldon and fish the shad run on the Roanoke River. Nice shad: Mid to late March is the time. This year, it’s been so warm, I was concerned that I might be a week late. However, it all worked out in the end! […]
I try to get to Weldon, NC, once each spring when the hickory shad are running. I’d go more often, but it’s about an hour & 45 minutes, and there a lot of variables (temperature, water clarity, water level, plus fish karma)…I try to pick one day that will work, and today was that day. […]
On March 19th, Sam and I made our annual pilgrimage to Weldon to hook up with some Hickory Shad. I’d like to do more than one trip, but I’m happy just to be able to go! We knew that it might be a bit early in the season, with the high water recently and cool […]
I don’t get out to fish as much as I’d like, but I did get a chance to wet a line today (even if I did spend an hour on a conference call while driving home). In March, Hickory Shad (an anadromous fish that comes up the rivers to spawn) fill many rivers in eastern […]
I took the day off from work on Friday, 3/30, and drove from Chapel Hill to Weldon, NC, to fish for Hickory Shad on the Roanoke River. It’s about a 2 hour drive; left home at 8AM and pulled into the parking lot just before 10AM. Rigged up, carried the pontoon boat to the river, […]