Been shore fishing for a few years,finally bought a starter boat.i mainly fish lake mead,and Mohave. Anyone have some tips for a new boater,I been trying to locate the shad.my boat is not fast,any thing helps.thanks guys

Do you need a fast boat to find shad?

Are you trying to catch shad to use as bait?

guys net the shad and use for bait for striper in the lakes there,

Don't know how much help this will be. My boat is slow also. I spend most of my time trolling. Launched at govt was last Thursday at dawn.

We trolled towards boxcar cove, I was using rattle traps and my buddy using rapalas. We stayed close to shore and fished the small inlets with swimbaits.

Between the two of us we brought 8 stripers and 1 small mouth home. We were back to govt wash before noon.

Did you find them shads? Updates on your boat/fishing?

The U.S. Open starts 14 Sept, 3 day majorr tournament. Lots of boats practicing, you will not get much info the next week.

You can find Shad under the marina docks early morning and meter how deep they are in the marina area during mid day, that gives you what you need to know.

Tom