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Title: Shad cam is back
Post by: Shane on March 20, 2006, 10:12:08 AM
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/shadcam/


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Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: troutjedi on March 20, 2006, 18:23:51 PM
Shad cam RULES!!!!!!!
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: phg on March 20, 2006, 18:34:47 PM
Got it up in a corner of my screen.  This morning a big ol' catfish sort of camped out in the lower left corner.  It'd come up and across from time to time, just enough to give you a good look, and then fall back to the corner.  I seem to recollect that those squares are 6" each, so this cat would have gone a bit over 24". 

I've havn't seen many shad pass through, but there have been a few.  We need a good spring rain to bring them in.
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: B Loy on March 23, 2006, 18:07:43 PM
I've missed the SHAD CAM.   :D
Barry
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: B Loy on March 24, 2006, 08:42:50 AM
What view are we seeing on the 'cam?   ???
Barry
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: phg on March 24, 2006, 14:19:40 PM
If you go to the bottom of the page referenced in the link, and click on the ling for Bosher's Dam and Fishway, it will bring up another page with a picture of Bosher's Dam.  The improved fish ladder, now called a fishway is on the right.  The fish enter the gateway on the right and swim upstream in, I believe, 6" stages so there's no leaping like there was in the old fish ladders.  In fact, the fish normally have a good 36" or more of water depth and  go up in relatively easy stages.

The shad cam is located at the topmost stage, and the water, obviously, is coming from the right.  The grid is, as best I can recall, 6" squares, and the exit into the lake above the dam is just above the first grid on the right.  The tank is about 30" wide, and 5' long.  You are actually looking at a large glass window, and will occasionally see a visitor step in front of the camera.

I'm not really an expert, but all this information used to be available from that shad cam link....
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Bloy on March 25, 2006, 18:24:29 PM
Has anyone seen any activity on the shad cam?
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Woolly Bugger on March 25, 2006, 18:27:42 PM
Quote from: Bloy on March 25, 2006, 18:24:29 PM
Has anyone seen any activity on the shad cam?

i saw one the first day that it was posted but not any since, i'll watch for a while again tonight....

Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Shane on March 26, 2006, 22:31:00 PM
Is this a shad?


Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: 9ft4wt2 on March 29, 2006, 19:46:16 PM
The cam is back and so is da shad.

Not sure how many have made it to Bosher's Dam where the cam is yet, but they are in Richmond below I95.

Friend got 30 this morning. Heard another guy got 40-50.

With warm weatehr coming this weekend should be awesome.

Went out for 30 minutes at lunch tme on Wednesday. Got one hickory on the fly. By buddy got tow big hickories and an American.

Ain't shad grand

9ft4wt
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: phg on April 01, 2006, 20:45:05 PM
I've been working most of the day, and have the shad cam up in the corner of my screen.    As the evening has progressed, I've been seeing a bit more activity.  Late afternoon, an bunch of 6" fish were passing though, but this evening, I've seen a number of 30" eels.  They are pretty cool to watch.  I've only seen a few shad, but they've run about 24", so they must be the American Shad.  Water's a bit stained, so the detail isn't great.
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Peddler on April 01, 2006, 23:34:38 PM
Whoa... looks more like 'eel cam'!  :o
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Brent G on April 02, 2006, 15:32:15 PM
Saw a few in there today also

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Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: lepomis_mcro on April 02, 2006, 16:30:46 PM
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finally got something on the shad cam ;D ;D
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: B Loy on April 03, 2006, 05:49:41 AM
Bunch of eel activity this morning arounnd 6:30. Very active 30" eels.  :P
Barry
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: phg on April 03, 2006, 09:05:41 AM
Shad activity is picking up:
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: phg on April 03, 2006, 15:52:03 PM
...but this one looks like a good 2 feet of Largemouth bass.....
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: flyman on April 03, 2006, 17:37:30 PM
I've looked 50 times and ain't seen nothing yet but some muddy water :P
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 03, 2006, 20:07:26 PM
I saw my first shad this afternoon! nothing bigger that 14" or so.... you guys have captured images of some nice ones...

Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 03, 2006, 21:35:36 PM
here are some Alewifes....

Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: croaker on April 03, 2006, 21:47:21 PM
Quote from: Woolly Bugger on April 03, 2006, 21:35:36 PM
here are some Alewifes....

Dem are minnows  ;)
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Peddler on April 10, 2006, 13:57:34 PM
Bump-a-dee-bump-bump!
Can't let this fall off the page! ;D
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: phg on April 12, 2006, 12:07:17 PM
The water seems to be a bit stained today, but this is the kind of activity we've been looking for.  You VA flyfishers need to hit the shad run this week!
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: 9ft4wt2 on April 12, 2006, 21:40:53 PM
Shad fishing is hot on the James. Now is the time.

9ft4wt
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: phg on April 21, 2006, 13:33:12 PM
Today is the most activity I've seen!  The water is stained, and the fish seem to be a bit smaller, but there are a lot of them heading upstream.  It may be the Hickory shad that run a bit later than the American shad, can't really tell, but the James should be fishing pretty good this weekend.

Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: phg on April 21, 2006, 17:54:53 PM
Not being an expert on the subject, I suppose it's possible.  The early shad were running upwards of 24".  These appear to be in the 16" to 18" range, which is the correct size for hickorys, but there are several other members of the herring family that make the run too.  I also mention Hickorys because that's most of what runs on the Roanoke R., and they are still in the river, although becoming less common.
Title: Re: Shad cam is back
Post by: Woolly Bugger on April 23, 2006, 17:20:54 PM
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