Bill and Teri spent a week at the Lewis and Clark RV Park in North Bonneville, WA. We celebrated his mother's 85th birthday with lots of family attending and went shad fishing, too. Shad are a member of the herring family that migrate through the Columbia River from late May until about the 4th of July. They are a very bony and oily fish which makes them excellent for smoking and canning. Jason and his family came down on a Friday night and stayed until Sunday (Father's Day). It was lots of fun to spend the weekend camping and fishing with them. Jason is reeling in a fish and Merry is seriously getting ready to net it for him. Bill had a fish come unhooked and fall under the rocks. Jason is trying to find that fish and he eventually did. Shad fishing is serious business.
Megan wanted to fish but every time someone caught a fish she was off somewhere having fun exploring. When the sturgeon were cruising by the shoreline, she was really interested. We thought she would either net one or jump on his back for a ride.
There were other family members who also tried their hand at shad fishing - Teri, Mike, Brandon, Lindsey, Wade, Holly, and Teri's brother-in-law, Lee. Sorry there aren't pictures of everyone. The photographer was back and forth between camp, the river and the dam. The two brothers, Bill and Jim, spent the most time on the river. The best day of fishing was when 94,000 shad were counted going through the fish ladders and Bill, Teri and Jim caught 60 shad. There is no limit on shad.
On Saturday afternoon, some of the girls went to the dam to take a tour and look at the fish ladder. We learned about the construction, production of electricity and flood control of the dam. However, the other Sherwoods always make fun times wherever they go.
Merry is always looking for a photo op.
The water was especially murky but we saw a lot of fish - salmon and shad. But the most fascinating was the lamprey that attach themselves to almost anything. They have been seen attached to a fish.
Who's calling who?
Megan is off and running to see everything she can and be back in time for the tour. Merry was taking more pictures - this one of her Mom and Grandma.
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