Number of Questionnaires included: 16
Years shad fishing averaged: 11 years
Fishing dates: between 2/28 and 6/30
Number of trips averaged 12 (40 most)
Rivers Fished: Delaware (9), Susquehanna (1), Deer Creek(1),
Roanoke (1), James (1), Rappahonnock (1), Neuse (1),
Potomac (1), Schuykill (0), Tar (0), Feather (1), Connecticut (1), Columbia (0)and Contentnea Creek (0).
Shore fishermen: 10
Boat fishermen: 4
Both Shore and boat fishermen: 2
Fly fishermen: 5 (33%) More guys seem to be going to the fly rod
Number of fish hooked: American Shad 696 and Hickory Shad 1560 Shad per person 150 average
Fish kept average: 26.... Average is 1.0 if I leave out one report where 400 fish were kept. I guess that guy loves to eat shad. (Most guys don't keep the fish) I am glad most practice Catch and Release
Unusual Catches: Smallies, large mouths, small stripers, trout, sunfish, sturgeon, mooneye, white perch, Sturgeon, carp, gizzard shad, yellow perch, bowfin, suckers, and walleyes.
Fishermen using spoons: 11
Fishermen using darts: 13
Fishermen using both darts and spoons: 10
Favorite colors Most popular combinations Chartreuse with green, white, or Orange, Orange with Black, Red with white and pink with black, or white. Colors used in different combinations included Chartreuse, gold, silver, black, red, white, yellow, orange, silver, pink, and green. Chartreuse once again proved to be the most popular.
How fishermen did compared to last year: Worse (7), Better (4), Same (5)
Fisherman's evaluation of this years run: Poor (3), Fair (7), Good (5) Ex (1)
Woo's comments: Results varied from region to region. I did not get enough returns to get a good consensus, but it seems no one was raving about the action except for those on the west coast where I got no questionnaires returned. Weather conditions messed up fishing in quite a few areas in 2006.
Site Accesses: 1 time to daily during the season
Most useful info on the site: Reports, So please participate this year to make the site more beneficial to everyone. Also river levels and temp, tips, links and online shad lure sales.
Suggested Improvements: More reports (You can all help here by reporting to www.woofish.com/fishreports.html) , more on fly fishing, More hickory shad information. One fisherman suggest cosmetic improvements to my site which I used on this page. I thank him. Better maps with access point would be appreciated. Some maps can be found on links that are included on the site.
Please email me if you have any suggestions concerning the questionnaire for 2007 which is already posted. Changes can still be made.
