It's that time of year again! Bait is very difficult to get. But, not in my world. I stare at 10000's shad on a daily basis while guiding for crappie in the creeks touching the DFW metroplex. If im not near a bait school, im not catching crappie, so I always know where the shad swim. In the video below, this is what I stare at all day long, I close my eyes and all I see is shad and a bobber twitching. Imprinted in my eyes now.....
Shad have a death sentence on thier heads in the winter. When temps get below 45, they start to shut down and die off. So, they go deep or they go up CREEKS. Creeks are "Shallower" than the lake. They are full of boulders, pebbles, dark mud, concrete, sand..... which all retain heat from the mighty sun. So the creeks warm up. Last week I was in a creek and the main lake was 46-47 and the creek I was in was 57-58 degrees. So theres why they do what they do in the winter...
They will be up creeks the whole winter with the moster 15 inchers showing up as soon as another cold front comes through. but there are a few showing up. The cutters ave about 10-13 inches.
Below are two rough vids from TODAY 12/18/2011. If you let the net sink all the way, you get the cutters, sometimes it wont sink all the way and trap the bigger ones on the bottom due to the net fills with hookers and a few cutters.... CRAZY..
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Easy way to save some cash knowing where, when, and how to catch your own bait all on your own whenever you want. If you dont know how to throw a net, I will teach you very fast.
Since the shad are so freakin easy to get, I cut my last years price in half. Takes less than an hour or so, to show you multiple locations on where and were not to throw a net.
$75.00/All the personal bait you can get.
Bring a buddy and split the cost! Makes it easier on hauling bait out too....
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One hour. Learn it. Do it all by yourself whenever you want, without me around. DAY or NIGHT (shad dont care)
Catching shad in the winter sometimes is very hit and miss, especially throwing a net out in the deep water, we catch shad 40-50' deep with big 1 1/2 lb per foot nets and sometimes we just don't do very good, if you want to winter fish, this is a great deal,
Good Luck to Ya!!!
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Springs mostly. Im at 3 diff creeks right now and they all are the same. One creek on Lewisville is so loaded with shad, the prop kills them when i take the boat in it.... Then the sandies and small largemouth start a feeding frenzy for 2 mins, short lived.... 8-12 inch fish, nothing to cast at, but neat to watch..
Chase, just go back and get fresh bait. Take what you need and dont be waistful.
-The less shad in the area, the more freakin crappie I'll catch! But there is no way to come close to putting a dent in them. There's just way to many this year.
Hooker are the threadfins which are couple inches long which you hook whole. Thus the phrase hookers. The cutters are gizzards big enough to fillet or cut into chunks. A small cutter for is 4-6 inches long, medium is 7-8, large 9+.
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Yes Carey. I know I should not have moved this far. but I didn't have a boat back then lol. Now I do and run 100 buck worth of gas each weekend getting to the lake. It's either stay out here where we both wrk and spend 100 bucks on the weekend or move closer and spend 250 bucks surfing the week for gas to get to wrk. I want to move closer and spend more money. Wife wants to stay out here. I say we stay since she don't care how much I fish. I'm sure u married guys feel the same. Lol
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Love The New Boat!!! Now I just gotta find the fish!!!
I'll be back in town Wednesday night. So I'll get back to y'all ASAP, those who contacted me,when I get home. Catching trout at the Lower Mt Fork River today and tomorrow. Creeks should be even more loaded up with the cold and rain....
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