We all know Lake Fork has some Lunker Bass but how about Lunker Shad! Pake and I were fishing when beside to boat this guy gets knocked up in the air by a huge bass. The bass was spooked off but the shad was stunned enough for Pake to pick it up and pose for this picture. That's got to be the biggest shad I have ever seen!

Looks like a need for bigger swimbaits!

Live bait hook! If you can't beat them, join them.

I've been with the biologists and shocked up 16-17 inch shad at Monticello. They get crazy big. Weighed close to 2 lbs

Very funny! Stick that thing in the well with some Sure Life for a few minutes and Game On!

I wanna see the bass that was gonna eat that thing!

don't forget your Fig 8

Gizzards are not like Threadfin...they change colors for different seasons even water temp and surroundings. I've made at least 4 different Gizzard color schemes all different. Tid bit...when the water gets cold in N. Carolina they will burrow into the mud to stay warm and change color. It's a 50-50 split between Threadfin & Gizzard as to what I'm asked to duplicate & is very seasonal..the Gizzard is heartier and not as vulnerable to cooler water temps...explains this pictured..it's a meal not a snack.

Now you see why Pake catches such big bass, look at the food they eat and Pake is fishin in the middle of them

I've caught bass up to 12 lbs on gizzard shad that size, Heath. Lakes of Danbury back in the day. Fishbreeder (who started and ran Danbury Fish Farms for the Zwahr family for many years) will tell you that a big Gizzard is live bait numero uno for giant bass. Unfortunately, when they get that large, they are pretty fast swimmers. Not as easy for the bass to catch, unless they're connected to a hook!

I can smell that thing from here.

Can't you though? LOL smelly not to mention the scales you find on your face when get home LOL