I avoided the Shad Derby this weekend; I don't enter it, I just want to catch shad. And to that end, I don't have much to report from my last three outings behind Bart's on last Wednesday, Thursday, and today after work. I was skunked Wednesday, and all I caught were a few alewives on the other outings. I saw a few shad caught every outing, but far more alewives than shad. There were a lot of alewife tail flips along the Farm'y tonight.

Today the water was down several feet, clear with little current. And my thermometer recorded a surface temp of 62°F? I don't think so...

Terminal tackle: 1/2 oz drail over 3' of 8# flouro, and pretty nearly every color leaf in my tackle box.

I'll be out again tomorrow after work. Tight lines!