Reply With QuoteI have been in the pool and found out the fish were not where I wanted them to be. Example, if you see them chasing shad, they will be shallow. Try a jig just a few inches or feet under a cork.
I like them deep. But, they ain't always there.
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The only bad thing with fishing frozen shad is the tend to get mushy after they have been frozen. Fresh shad is the only way to go in my book
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I have been in the pool and found out the fish were not where I wanted them to be. Example, if you see them chasing shad, they will be shallow. Try a jig just a few inches or feet under a cork.
I like them deep. But, they ain't always there.
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They dont get mushy if you save them right byPacking your shad dry in a ziplock bag and pack the bag with salt, then freeze them. the salt is a preservative. this will keep your shad from being mushy the next time you thaw some out to use a bait.Originally Posted by SoreLipsNoFish
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That might work if you are catfishing somewhere there is no current but catfishing where I'm used to fishinhing even that won't work. I've tried that exact recipe but with vacuum sealed foodsaver and they still weren't tough enough to handle the current. But yes guru you hit the nail on the head for freezing shad
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Thanks I may try to see if I catch some and pack in salt for spring. Sorry I did not to mean to hijack your post on shad. I was just think out
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There is no such thing as to many shad!!! but there is a such thing as not enough crappie!!! You could always catch them shad and smoke them, then can them like sardines.
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Finally something I can agree on you Nimrod! Normally your just spewing hate and discontent among the brethren on here but I see no need for anchors, we ain't river fishing and usually plenty of stobs to tie to. I've heard many an older gentleman tell me once the fish get full they won't bite. Some of those same guys have said seeing all the big pods of bait tells them fish have more than enough to eat and it can hurt the bite often times. Trick is though when they start to bite they often times gorge themselves and will bite a lot of different stuff. Sometimes movement of brush is unintentional though. I had found a hump out on Degray where I'd found brush. It wasn't a couple weeks later I saw an older couple trying to get a cat untangled outa the snag where the fish had drug their jug as they often do. We managed to get the fish for them but brought up the top as well which I hated to see come up it was in a good place out there on that hump. As for the jigs vs live bait thing I'd rather fish jigs but sometimes it seems they want live bait. I've found if they are biting I can always catch a few on the jigs and often times bigger ones but more may come off live bait, hard to beat matching the hatch. I'd keep trying Lake Conway though I've heard a whole lot about it and those fish may have the feedbag on next time your there.
