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Offline ChrisL

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Shad for bait
« on: September 25, 2010, 10:37:35 AM »
Do bass feed on shad in the surf?
Is it worth keeping some shad when they're around for bait? live, chunked, ????
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Re: Shad for bait
« Reply #1 on: September 25, 2010, 10:41:21 AM »
Don't see why not.  Bunker are shad too. t^
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Re: Shad for bait
« Reply #2 on: September 25, 2010, 01:09:16 PM »
If its fresh which i know it is strips will work just fine.  I like strips over chunks, why not sure i always did it that way.

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Re: Shad for bait
« Reply #3 on: September 25, 2010, 01:34:48 PM »
So the follow-up question...
If the shad are breaking the surface, is that them feeding on bait, or an indication something else, i.e. bass, are chasing them?
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Re: Shad for bait
« Reply #4 on: September 25, 2010, 02:19:05 PM »
I would say it is something else is hitting them.
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Re: Shad for bait
« Reply #5 on: September 25, 2010, 03:57:03 PM »
If they are just bulging the surface and maybe flitting here and there, there may not be anything under them.  But, if they are coming half out of the water, several at a time, there's a good chance something is chomping on them! ;D
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