Shad at St Mullins

what about the mayfly, or the midland pike, or the huge bream shoals on the shannon - ohh wait a minute - this is a sea angling site......

what about the mayfly, or the midland pike, or the huge bream shoals on the shannon - ohh wait a minute - this is a sea angling site......

I can see your Sea Vs Coarse/game similarity between the shad & salmon/seatrout. And maybe why the salmon & seatrout are considered "freshwater" fish and the Shad a "marine" fish.

makes a nice change from seeing bass anyway

and oh yea going down tomorrow cant wait

down there today fished on low water and got three, dropped two, also a bonus brown trout for the species list. great craic. i was suprised at how many dead ones there were in the water, if there being caught on lures i dont really see the reason why they should be going back dead.

down there today fished on low water and got three, dropped two, also a bonus brown trout for the species list. great craic. i was suprised at how many dead ones there were in the water, if there being caught on lures i dont really see the reason why they should be going back dead.

the main reason why u saw that many death fish is not enough of safe handling with shad practice for some anglers. U cant avoid deep hooking of fish which also caused some of death. But treat them with wet hands or wet net working well. This is very fragile fish and dont like contacts with ground, either fly like Ryanair when back to the river

I DONT SEE HOW THEY GET DEEP HOOKED CHASING A LURE ALL MINE WERE HOOKED IN MOUTH AREA AND WENT BACK FINE I GUESS SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST CARELESS WHEN HANDLING THEM

I DONT SEE HOW THEY GET DEEP HOOKED CHASING A LURE ALL MINE WERE HOOKED IN MOUTH AREA AND WENT BACK FINE I GUESS SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST CARELESS WHEN HANDLING THEM

I didn't atack U, I just quote U and tried answer question. I landed more like 50fish on two session and few of them were deep hooked

WOAH...!! there buddy i was just saying too, relax the cacs i dont doubt you i just think it seems odd thats all. ya must have killed a few and you have a guilty conscience...

i killed a few and handled them properly and also seen quiet a few dead at low tide, so maybe there just very weak fish

i killed a few and handled them properly and also seen quiet a few dead at low tide, so maybe there just very weak fish

perhaps they are i dont know too much about them, just passing a comment not accusing anyone of anything. if they die they die just seems a shame too see so many wasted. if they were bass there'd be war over it

ill probably get killed for this but if they dont go back why not keep them and eat them . i know f all about these fish but i persume you can eat them

i killed a few and handled them properly and also seen quiet a few dead at low tide, so maybe there just very weak fish

perhaps they are i dont know too much about them, just passing a comment not accusing anyone of anything. if they die they die just seems a shame too see so many wasted. if they were Bass there'd be war over it

here a bit more info, hope this helps:
http://www.ria.ie/cgi-bin/ria/papers/100389.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shad

ill probably get killed for this but if they dont go back why not keep them and eat them . i know f all about these fish but i persume you can eat them

then people would fish to eat them and as this is the only 3 weeks of the year id imagine it would have a devastating effect on thier population..

their also on the threatened list??? dont think il be back next year, better to leave em be

better on a plate than floating on some river.

do these fish require the help of the undersize whiting protection league dun dun dunnnnnnnnn!crusty prepare the flat mobile and get my cloak

better on a plate than floating on some river.

there you go: http://www.all-fish-seafood-recipes.com ... /list/Shad

NOW THATS JUST PROVOCATIVE.....!!! the river should probably be licensed to deter everybody from desending on it. was talking to a local of the older generation and he told me the river used to bubble with em in the 60's and theres less each year.

better on a plate than floating on some river.

there you go: http://www.all-fish-seafood-recipes.com ... /list/Shad

Sauteed Shad fillets with caper sauce