Shad in the Gunpowder

Type: Nontidal
Region: Central
Location: Lower Big Gunpowder Falls

I took my son fishing on the lower Gunpowder near Rt. 40. Several people were out as well and were hooking up on shad using shad darts, spoons, and jigs. We fished upstream a ways and could actually see the schools of shad in the water and some were breaking the surface. We made our way back downstream to leave and I hooked a shad on a small hook with a nightcrawler but I wasn�t able to land him, he got tangled in branches under the water as I was pulling him near shore and got loose. The conditions were nice, the flow was good and fairly clear with minimal debris coming downstream. Sorry but no pictures this time.