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Catching shad
I recently moved to the Lake Cumberland area. Was wondering if anyone has any advise on the best methods to bring up shad. I have been using a
floating light and have fished nearly every spot between Lee's Ford and Cumberland river. Im desperately trying to learn how to fish for Striper and
Walleye, I've caught one of each so far .. this is after going out at least 20 times for several hours at a time ... anyone got any pointers ??
Please e-mail me or post your reply here .. thanks ! (originally posted by fenceman)
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| posted on 6-17-2002 at 06:31 AM |
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shad and such
I was there in April and off my experience as a full-time outdoor writer I'd suggest hiring a guide for the day. Get up in the middle of the night to
net shad around marinas, etc. and have them show you the hot spots. This approach has worked for me for at least 30 years. Louis Bignami http://www.finefishing.com (originally posted by biglou)
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| posted on 6-17-2002 at 06:32 AM |
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catching shad
HIre a guide - and ask him if he would mind if you watched him do his routine from start to finish. Get a good night sleep cause bait catchin starts
about 3am. (originally posted by 6d59)
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| posted on 6-24-2002 at 02:03 PM |
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Everyone pretty much knows that shad circle under light so and very late at night so my suggestion would be to wake up early in the morning///late in
the night and mount a lightpointing towards the water. Wait for about 30 minutes until the shad start to cirlce really good. Take your net throw it
and turn off your light simotaneously give your neta hard yank and pull it back in empty the shad into a bucket and wallah striper bait!!!!! 
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| posted on 7-24-2002 at 12:37 PM |
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shad
Unfortunately, I would agree with the advice on using a guide your first time out. It will save you time and money in the long run.
As far as shad go, they are good bait but shiners, suckers and even goldfish produce stripers. If its alive and in front of a stripers nose, it will
be eaten. I buy a pound or so of shiners, drop em in the cooler and supplement them with shad if i can catch em. Otherwise, I spend my time fishing
rather than tossing the throw net. I do just as well with the shiners and generally get my limit by 9-10am(with 2 people)
I dont recommend any guide in particular but there are some that I dont mainly because of their "I own the lake" attitude on the water. If you
would like more info, feel free to email me at fishstriper@aol.com
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| posted on 7-24-2002 at 01:53 PM |
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shad, shiners
I agree with fishstriper. It's funny how you never hear any guide service say anything about using anything but shad, at least, I have never seen
them talk about shiners. I do just as well with shiners myself, and you can actually keep them alive for more than a few hours. Now that I think
about it, I guess if I were a striper guide, I wouldn't volunteer that info either. I'd prefer to catch my own shad, being that they are free, but
if you can't keep them alive all day, you have nothing to fish with that night!
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| posted on 11-18-2002 at 02:26 PM |
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shad catchingAlso ther is a great tape available on how to throw a Also
try shad darts, a small jig type fly. Tie 3 on a ultralight rod and a small sinker below. Jerk and retrieve fairly fast through a school and catch
em. THEY ARE USED IN ca AND EAST COAST EXTENSIVELY. They work great on LC and the river too.
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| posted on 11-18-2002 at 02:30 PM |
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old salt offers a vcr tape on throwing cast nets.
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