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The challenge in some dense bait populations is picking out the gamefish from the shad--the masses around some bridges like the one on Highway 69 on the west side of town sometimes extend from the surface to the bottom in a seemingly solid target. — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, "Bridgework for winter angling action," 10 Jan. 2018 Drifting fresh shad on the flats is a good tactic this time of year. — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, "Fishing report: Holiday week brings plenty of hits, some misses," 4 July 2018 At Lewis Smith, the striper spawn is ending, and the fish are moving back out of the creeks and rivers toward the main lake--a return to standard tactics of slow-trolling live shad at 40 feet and more is now the best bet. — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, "Friday Fishing Report," 12 Apr. 2018 An expected boost in flows this week should draw in some shad, as well as more stripers. — sacbee, "Fishing line: Sacramento River sees plenty of stripers and shad | The Sacramento Bee," 30 Apr. 2018 Lake Conroe - Catfish action has been the best bite lately on cheesebaits and shad. — Bink Grimes, Houston Chronicle, "Outdoors report: Jan. 26," 25 Jan. 2018 Their diets are the fish that people don't care about like carp, gizzard shad, and others. — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, "Texas' own 'Fish Whisperer' catches an 8-foot alligator gar in the Trinity River," 18 June 2018 From the Interstate 5 bridge upriver to the Oregon/Washington border, all salmon and steelhead fishing is closed until further notice, although shad, walleye, bass, etc. are legal to catch. — Bill Monroe, OregonLive.com, "Columbia River spring chinook salmon run prediction downgraded," 21 May 2018 The Alabama rig with a set of small shad-like jigs attached is one favorite offering for bass and striper anglers working these aggregations. — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, "Bridgework for winter angling action," 10 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shad.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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