Fish the Shad spawn, here's why!!!

[imbatman]

So I had to get out of the house this morning so I went down to Shearon Harris in NC to fish a little from the bank and see what was going on since it was a full moon last night.  I did not get a bite but I get why.   Well the Shad spawn was going so hard I could catch them in my had.  Shearon Harris has huge fish for a couple of reason but the shad population sure plays a big part.  There were literally millions of shad in the area of the lake I walked down to.  It was a buffet!!!

 

There were bass everywhere (my fake GoPro battery did not last) just trucking shad into the vegetation to gorge themselves.

 

The BPT/MLF guys would have been fishing out there today,  I would have loved to have seen that. 

 

 

[GreenPig]

I do.

[roadwarrior]

You don't always want to fish the same baitfish profile. Bigger baits might work better.

 

[Bigassbass]

I love that lake, too many tournaments held on it, you need a boat to fish though too big to walk the banks.

[imbatman]

14 hours ago, roadwarrior said:

You don't always want to fish the same baitfish profile. Bigger baits might work better.

 

 

For certain as there are no absolutes in fishing and this does apply at times but I would bet dollars to donuts matching the hatch out preforms over the long term by 2 - 3x.

51 minutes ago, Bigassbass said:

I love that lake, too many tournaments held on it, you need a boat to fish though too big to walk the banks.

 

I had to get near the water anyway I could.  The boat is almost done though!!  My sister is a survivor and it is a tribute to her.  She knows nothing of it.  Just finished the paint and have to do the carpet next.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bigassbass]

That's really cool!  I use to have a boat and I fished Harris a lot, it's a beautiful lake, I like to chase the schoolies.