Quote Originally Posted by WhiteMeat View Post
Don't know about y'all, but the shad are thicker than skeeters in these parts right now. I'd think a white/black shad imitation would work real good, although a little chartreuse or pink always seems to attract the white bass and crappie...
Thant is why I use the silver chenille like in the bottom jig I posted where there are several. I also have some like that which is Silver & Black to try and imitate a baby crappie since they eat their young. I am thinking late spring for that should be good.

This lake is always thick with shad and every time I have gone night fishing we end up with a huge school of small shad circling the boat. So many in fact lots of time you will feel them hit your line, especially using braid and also hook some at times just by jerking from when one hits your line. Have not been this year since my oat is stuck hanging in it's slings. Going up to Arkansas next month for a couple days and am fishing just 1/2 day and plan on catching a bunch of nice crappie and with any luck maybe a walleye since I have never fished where they live. I just want one big one to eat afar all I have heard about them.

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