Fishing pols: Shad Planking draws big names, bony food

Fishing pols: Shad Planking draws big names, bony food

The 62nd annual Shad Planking was celebrated April 21 near Wakefield in southeastern Virginia. George Allen was there. So was I.

This annual paean to politics, shad, and some favorite beverages is held on the third Wednesday of every April. Twenty dollars gets anyone in.

The Shad Planking started as a yearly party of friends in the 1930s at Wrenn's Mill in Isle Of Wight County, celebrating the spring shad run up the James River by cooking the fish on oak planks. It slowly became an important Democratic political event back when the Democratic machine would choose gubernatorial candidates, who would routinely win elections.

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