I fish mostly North Carolina Lakes, Falls, Jordan, Gaston, Harris, Norman, etc... I've had decent fishing with crankbaits that were partially white and partially blue or green(sexy shad), also others that were more bluegill colored.

I was wondering if anyone knew more specifically what the bait fish look like in specific lakes?

I dunno but i bet google does!

There are two main different types of shad in the piemont threadfin and gizzard....here is a video to see their difference.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oxekjneEzQ

here is a picture

First is the threadfin, Second is the Gizzard

i believe Falls is a blueback herring lake, dont know if there are shad too

Yes, Falls have both the species of shad shown in my post also.

I always have had great luck with the Blue Back Herring either lipless or sqaurebilled. Also Strike King's sexy shad seems to pull em in too....