Made a trip over to the hotside of Lake Anna.  Right now it’s in kind of a funk because they have shut down the reactors for maintenance and that means no flow and no flow means tough fishing over there.  We found bass relating to rocks and a ways off the banks.  Ned rigs did the damage on them.  We decided to try blade baiting again after a -0- fish outing a couple of weeks ago.  If we could find the schools, then they bit.  Got some good bass, a few really good stripers, some white bass and I even got a big Threadfin Shad.  All on SteelShad blade baits vertically jigged.  

Nice! That threadfin is a chunk!

Nice! Which version of steel shad do you like? I bought one recently but haven't opened it yet

Since they are a sponsor, I have most every style and weight.  The one I was using that day was a hologram.

 

 

Nice job! Your threadfin is a gizzard tho 

I thought so too until I saw the elongated fin.  None of the other Shad species have that extended dorsal.  

Gizzards have a thread on their fin too

 

the blunt nose is the best indicator of a gizzard for me, as well as the drab sides and excessive slime 

here’s a threadfin I snagged the other day , they are much prettier fish with more colors and a pointier nose. Also it’s rare if not impossible for threadfin to reach the size of the one you snagged with steelshad . Gizzards can be like 3 lbs 

 

Well, there ya go.  Learned something new today.  Thanks for the clarification.  I am not a Shad fisherman by any means. 

One of my favorite things about fall fishing is catching striper on crankbaits in a foot of water.  Those things are just plain angry.  What a blast!

3 hours ago, TOXIC said:

Well, there ya go.  Learned something new today.  Thanks for the clarification.  I am not a Shad fisherman by any means. 

I’m always trying to get live Shad, they are magical fish catchers

Lake Anna?

 

Wow... Memories!  I used to have my dad's old 1975 Glastron speedboat w/ 165hp Mercruiser I/O, and would go up to Lake Anna and take my daughters tubing.  Other times, a buddy would get with me, and we'd take a day and go out on the ol' Glastron, and go fishing in some of the coves above the 208 bridge.

9 hours ago, ButchA said:

Lake Anna?

 

Wow... Memories!  I used to have my dad's old 1975 Glastron speedboat w/ 165hp Mercruiser I/O, and would go up to Lake Anna and take my daughters tubing.  Other times, a buddy would get with me, and we'd take a day and go out on the ol' Glastron, and go fishing in some of the coves above the 208 bridge.

You probably wouldn’t recognize the lake today.  Development has really taken over.  I was a guide for many years and it got to the point that it was very unpleasant to be out on the lake during the summer months.  I now spend most of my time winter fishing on the private or “hot” side of Anna,  then transition over to the Rappahonock or Potomac rivers for summer fishing.  As a matter of fact heading to the Rappahonock Sunday for the first trip of the year over there.