I don't even know how the shad spawn works but ran into 3 or 4 schools of shad flickering on the surface, Monday on Fork. They stayed on top in the middle of the cove I was in but would try to make it close to the bank and vegetation every now and then. Never got bit throwing all kinds of stuff under them in open water in 6/7 feet of water but as soon as they tried to get close to shoreline cover in two feet of water, there would be action and I would paddle over and usually get bit. Reminded me of fishing schools of mullet in the salt. Looks like they would be easy to spot all over the lake if that is how they act during the spawn. These shad never went down but stayed visible on the surface all afternoon.