Hickory Shad

[spence]

If my memory is correct the first hickory shad I ever saw was caught by Nebe under the light at the Ocean Mist. Perhaps on a teaser? At that point things get fuzzy.
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[FishermanTim]

AND.....they are great bait!!!!!

I usually jig them up at my favorite bridge, and live-line them for bass.

[Nebe]

Originally Posted by spence

If my memory is correct the first hickory shad I ever saw was caught by Nebe under the light at the Ocean Mist. Perhaps on a teaser? At that point things get fuzzy.
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Probably. I get a lot of them along that stretch
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[basswipe]

I found these insanely microscopic diamond jigs in the bowels of my tackle mess, they seem to like them because the hookup ratio is much better.Shad dart would probably work very well too I would think?

I'm quite surprised that I've been able to encounter them several times over the past week and actually catch a few.

[NEXT2NUN]

There was a huge school thursday night of them off Dartmouth, they were busting every where on tiny silver minnows. cast to them for twenty minutes or so then i gave up. I tried small deadly #^&#^&#^&#^&s that were the same size as the bait, but they wouldnt touch it. I've caught them on small bucktails before. went looking for them again saturday morning but they were long gone.

[niko]

i've had good luck on fly teasers with them

[bucko]

In the North River I get into them fairly often. They do seem to have soft mouths and they do Jump. I get them on the fly rod wading and keep thinking (hoping) a big bass will take one while I'm bringing it in.

[Sundowner]

Shad darts work great, also small rubber shads. Good fight on small tackle. Best part is when you land them if you bring the onto the ground the spit the lure out in a second