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Hadn't been in a month because of hunting and needed to figure something out for several upcoming charters. I got a late start 10 am because I am just not that fond of being cold anymore, lol. I got a tip from Riv that they were in shallow hammering shad so I just ran around the first two hours hitting main lake points. I was starting to get worried when I finally found the motherload up river. We ended up with 37 eyes and nice limit of 19-20 inchers. My friend Greg got into a big school of wipers and tried to call me to come back east but I didn't get the call till about an hour and a half later
He landed a dozen.
Water was 52 degrees and the shad are definitely shallow trying to stay warm! I sawed hundreds of dead and maimed 1" shad floating above the carnage! Jerkbaits and snap jigging did most of the damage. I did find a big ball of shad that had settled in a deep saddle in about 30 feet of water and I stopped and hammered some nice fish out of that school with a 1/2 oz PK Flutterfish spoon. Hope the weather stays nice for a while!!
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Water was 52 degrees and the shad are definitely shallow trying to stay warm! I sawed hundreds of dead and maimed 1" shad floating above the carnage! Jerkbaits and snap jigging did most of the damage. I did find a big ball of shad that had settled in a deep saddle in about 30 feet of water and I stopped and hammered some nice fish out of that school with a 1/2 oz PK Flutterfish spoon. Hope the weather stays nice for a while!!
https://www.facebook.com/RockyMount...333444?notif_id=1511408184906478¬if_t=like