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cdat
The shad that are migrating are way too big for bass to eat. They way several pounds each. The bass will be feeding on last year's brood which should be swimming downstream and heading out to the ocean.
My advice is to try a variety of presentations (slow, calm, fast, erratic, upstream, downstream) until you find a working pattern.
Thank you, was wondering about that, as I said, new to the area, new to bass fishing, would you say that a "shad pattern" 3-4" swimbait would be a good thing to toss in the Willie or C at this time of year?
Thanks
John
I wish to heck we had shad in reservoirs. Other state agencies would plant them. We are probably warm enough in much of the state to have threadfin, but gizzard and hickory shad would for sure be OK.
Alewives are cool too, they never get too big for gamefish when they are landlocked.
But whatever. They would probably make a snail sad or something.
... you can just scratch that off the "hope it happens some day" list.
The shad that are migrating are way too big for bass to eat. They way several pounds each. The bass will be feeding on last year's brood which should be swimming downstream and heading out to the ocean.
My advice is to try a variety of presentations (slow, calm, fast, erratic, upstream, downstream) until you find a working pattern.
Oh for sure, haha. Just like I would love to have a long lost relative who married into a wealthy Nigerian family leave me a fortune in bearer bonds.
I found a neat little trick to catch schoolies busting young of the year shad was to cast past the bait ball with a lure of about the same size, like a Rooster Tail or Roadrunner or whatever, then rip it through the bait. The bait would scatter like they were under attack, and it would trigger a bite often as not.
cdat - bass can correct me if I am wrong, but I believe he was referring to a catch pattern vice a lures appearance.
Are bridge pilings, (St Johns, RR bridge) good areas to work? Thinking there are some nice stretches of rip rap, gravel, pilings and a few docks in that area.
Thanks again for the time you knowldegable folks spend to assist some of us getting started.
John