six to eight in the
evening
If a shad were not so bony it would be almost perfection when eaten under the right conditions . Not many on the Hudson are aware of the fact , perhaps , but angling for them is fine sport in some rivers . They will take a fly in the Connecticut and Housatonic ; but angle-worms and other bait are employed in the Delaware and Southern rivers . The best time to catch them is early in the morning , and from six to eight in the evening . At dusk one may cast for them in still water , as for trout . The Hudson is too big , I suppose , and the water too deep , although I see no reason why the young fry should not be caught in our river as well as in the Delaware . I have read of their biting voraciously in September at a short distance above Philadelphia . ''