The leaves are bursting, the flowers blooming, and the days are warm . What about the Occoquan Tarpon? They're running in force! The Occoquan Tarpon, AKA Hickory Shad, is a species that becomes ubiquitous here during the spring time when the migrate up here in the tens of thousands.
This is perhaps one of it not the first species of fish I'd ever fished for and their arrival signals the end of winter lockjaw and the beginning of spring. I've been living far from this area for the past three years, so being able to hit the shad run this year is especially special.

References:
Jenkins, R.E. and N.M. Burkhead. 1994. Freshwater Fishes of Virginia. Bethesda, MD: American Fisheries Society. 983 pp.

Mansueti, R. j. 1962. Eggs, larvae, and young of the hickory shad, Alosa mediocris, with comments on its ecology in the estuary. Chesapeake Science 3:173-205.

Page, L. M., H. Espinosa-Pérez, L. D. Findley, C. R. Gilbert, R. N. Lea, N. E. Mandrak, R. L. Mayden and J. S. Nelson 2013. Common and scientific names of fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Seventh Edition. American Fisheries Society, Special Publication 34. I + xii + 1-384.

Street, M. W. 1970. Some aspects of the life histories of hickory shad, Alosa mediocris (Mitchill), and blueback herring, Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill), in the Altamaha River, Georgia. Masters thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.

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• 1/16th oz pink jigheads and pink Trout Magnet bodies

Songs Used:
Intro: Ehrling - Chasing Palm Trees
Outro: Ehrling - Questions