Currently, on my lake, bass are chasing school's of shad. I was out today fishing and it was incredible. I wish I had a camera. I have never seen schools of baitfish so large before. I would just wait until the bass started going after the shad, then throw a chatterbait. I had a few bites, but nothing solid. What would you guys recommend throwing when you have large school's of shad within casting distance, and how do you approach fishing it. Here's why I ask that. There's a dock for jet ski's where I fish. I know there are always big fish holding underneath it, but it is very difficult getting them to come out and bite anything. When this school of baitfish went by, they went nuts. They came flying out from underneath the dock eating everything in site. After a while, when the school came back around, I tried throwing out to the right of them to try and force them to move more towards the dock. Can a school of baitfish be moved by how I fish around it?

I've never seen anyone move a school of fish.

Try a top water fluke spook or Popr. I use the popr's and spooks when they are schooling the bait fish. I get fish everytime. I just throw it right out in the middle or past them.

Keep in mind, while there are alot of big fish hitting the bait fish, the majority are dinks.

Have you tried skipping way underneath those docks?

Rockchalk,

I was curious if their movement could be helped along with how I am fishing around them. Example, if I want them to keep going left, keep throwing my lure out to the right side. When they sense a lure close by, they scatter or move quickly. There were big ones chasing them, no dinks.

Deep,

The dock is for jet ski's. It lays flat on the water so the jet ski can be driven right on top of it. There's no room to skip underneath.

I would use a weightless fluke and cast it by that dock your talking about, and just twitch or jerk the fluke.

the fluke is the best way to go. that happens my local lake all the time with the shad and the bass and occasionally striper nail them. try pearl or i think its called smokin shad as colors

Not sure. I guess its worth a shot.