Shad Fishing on the Columbia

Here I am with a shad. This picture is on the label I made for the smoked canned shad that I had prepared at Tony's Smokehouse. MMMMM!!!!

I've been selling the cans for about $5 each, but I prefer to eat the fish instead. It goes real good mixed with whipped cream cheese and served on crackers.

There's a few people who eat fish who don't prefer it, but the general consensus has been, if you like fish, you'll LOVE smoked canned shad.

It was a good year this year on the Columbia River. Dana & I went fishing EVERY Friday in June plus a few other odd days. We caught about 45 on the first day alone.

Others that went fishing with us included Robert, Bin, Jacob, Justin, & Michael. Dana also caught a salmon this year. Robert had hooked into a steelhead, but a neighboring fisherman helped to release it for him by hooking his line & yanking on it.... not good. For the most part, we all had a lot of fun hooking into lots of fish.