Started the day late, so got there around 2PM. I was planning to fish at the parking lot closest to the dam, but I saw my buddy way down stream at his car. He told me it was packed by the dam and he did ok at his location.
We back down to the river and started fishing. Got a shad on the first cast. Got eight shad on the stringer and I brought them up the car to bring beer back down.

Had another four shad on the stringer and had a drink or two. My buddy decides he is done. I stayed for another couple hours and caught seven more. During the last three hours I was there, seemed like I miss more bites and had a lot of shad spit the hook. If you ever been shad fishing, you know the makes go bananas when your fighting them. The shad are like kokanee at the boat except your fighting the current too which makes it fun and challenging. I was using an 8'6" steelhead rod that was fast action. Would of probably landed more with a softer and forgiving rod. They were all caught on shad darts with certain colors working better at certain times. Overall, I had a lot of fun.

Some side notes:
a) Keeping a stringer was a bad idea. It only drew attention to myself and people were trying to crowd me in out of my spot. At one point I was tying a new set up and a dude steals my spot in front my stringer. I let him know that it wasn't cool and he snagged in the rocks. Its not the spot, its the technique. Amount of lead used, jig size and color all makes a difference.

b) Saw a plunker hook into probably a salmon and he was horsing it in. Sturgeon fishing is closed there right now. He got the fish near shore. I saw big splashes and his line went loose. It was the only springer action I saw there.