chasescott

I took my boat out for the first time this year to a local lake. The lake is only 1200 acres but holds some nice bass. However, i was up in a cove in about 6-10 feet of water when i noticed some motion on the top of the water in the back of the cove. I eased up to take a look and to my amazement it was a huge school of large 6-8inch shad. there were hundreds of them and they were bunched up very tightly. The water temp was aboutn 41 degrees and they were in 2-3 feet of water. This sparked a few questions: What are these shad doing? Why are there this many large shad in this small lake? Should i be throwning a large swimbait this spring? -chase

Matt, I am Larry's friend that lives in central Arkansas. I will be up there fishing the bass cat this year. Last year the Tourney was later in the year and for someone who had never fished the lake, it was tough. The two biggest fish i caught were smallmouths. I caught those on shakey heads. It sure is something to see over 600 bass cats all in one area. I need to get your number from Larry, I would love to meet you. -chase

Just wondering if anybody has used this swimbait/crankbait. I just ordered one from bass pro this morning. I know KVD uses them with a lot of sucess.