Texas Fishing Forum

Surfing Gizzard Shad

Posted By: Sumfish

Surfing Gizzard Shad - 10/21/15 03:41 PM

Anybody ever use gizzard shad on the coast for any type of fish? Did they work or not?
Posted By: MrRoachie

Re: Surfing Gizzard Shad - 10/22/15 07:53 PM

Don't know what kind of shad it was, but we cast netted a bucket load of 5-6 inch shad and caught bull reds for 2 days.

We caught 80 plus fish.

Look for "Red crappie" thread in crappie section.
Posted By: Sumfish

Re: Surfing Gizzard Shad - 10/23/15 12:47 AM

Sounds like you had a good time. I'm supposed to be down around Sealy the 2nd week of next month and thought about taking some shad to try. Thanks for the info.
Posted By: MrRoachie

Re: Surfing Gizzard Shad - 10/24/15 06:28 PM

The shad we netted was in the surf.

Take a cast net and catch your bait in the surf.
Posted By: doctorxring

Re: Surfing Gizzard Shad - 11/05/15 05:18 AM


Those were probably menhaden. See here --

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_menhaden

.
© 2024 Texas Fishing Forum