Disclaimer: If you don't like minnows and spider rigging, don't look. This will hurt your eyes.


Decided to wait till 7:30 to leave the house and let Mr Sun warm things a little. Had to do a little searching to find the fish but it didn't take long. First stop, no shad anywhere so I didn't drop a line. Next place had some shad balls scattered around in 36-42 FOW. Also saw some other fish in the area but couldn't really tell what they were. Turns out there was a smorgasbord of species in the area. Had to deal with blue cats and white bass but the crappie wanted to play also. Fished till 2:30 to finish what I thought was a limit but when I get home and count there's 24. Oh well, no harm no foul. Gona have to get that counter out next time. Water temp was 45.6 when I started and 46.7 when I left. Fish were close to the bottom in 37-39 FOW. Front 7 weighed 9.50 lbs. Big fish was 1.69.

one more fish would not have fit on that table,..24 was just right.

Nice, good pic.

Good stuff, Ken. Congrats and thanks for sharing the info.

Why I used Velcro to mount a counter to my passenger console. After I drop the fish in the livewell, I tap the counter on the way back up to the bow.

Always fun when sandies or hybrids bite when spider rigging.

Wow, nicely done.

Nice haul. Good job.

Nice report!

" Water temp was 45.6 when I started and 46.7 when I left. Fish were close to the bottom in 37-39 FOW. Front 7 weighed 9.50 lbs. Big fish was 1.69."

evidently the shad are NOT dying at 51 to 55 degrees, unless they have a heater down there..

good job, glad to see the winter pattern holding up since I figured it out.

Nice catch.... Get the grease hot.

Excellent catches & a good big 7 fish weight...

Very nice Ken!
Congrats

Great detailed report, thanks for info!

lp, if you're implying that I said shad start to die when the water temp goes below 55, you're so very misinformed.
And if this is a back handed stab at me, it's unfortunate you feel you have to respond in this manner.

Very nice!