American Shad Fishing in the Sacramento River from a Boat - Simple Setup

Every year around late March / early April American shad enter the river systems through Sacramento, CA, on the journey to their spawning grounds. Unlike the salmon, which die after spawning, shad can make their trips back to the ocean around late July / early August to live and return again to repeat the cycle until they are captured and / or died in the process. In this video I am sharing the shad setup that I use for catching shad from a boat in the Sacramento River. This is part 1 of 4.