First fishing trip of the year

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo

spotfin

Silver Tier VIP
MFK Member
Jan 2, 2006
4,756
953
900
Maine
Finally got out yesterday to wet a line. Went a few minutes from the house where a stream dumps into a river. Caught an alewife and a shad:D
 
cichlid fiend;3103001; said:
Good stuff!!

What's a alewife?
its a baitfish like shad and herring
 
An alewife is a river herring. Same family as shad and blueback herring.
 
spotfin;3104696; said:
An alewife is a river herring. Same family as shad and blueback herring.

Good looking out cause i dont fish much for anything but bass and chain pickeral.
 
You really caught that on hook and line? Should of used the shad for bait, and waited for the monsters to swim by.
 
I can't wait to get out to my favorite rivers (Arkansas and South Platte). Going next weekend.
 
Rockbass6;3106470; said:
You really caught that on hook and line? Should of used the shad for bait, and waited for the monsters to swim by.

Yes, used a really small panfish jig. Most fishermen use here use weighted flies.
Alewives are smaller than shad; most any monster up here is going to target the alewives instead of shad. Although I have seen big stripers chasing small shad.
 
MonsterFishKeepers.com