Hickory Shad

[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