We caught the meat at Willard today.

[doitall5000]

Out in 22' of water.  I noticed a band of increased density on my sonar in the area, at mid depth.  No idea what it was, but there was definitely something different.  I thought about posting up a photo but didn't.  Not fish arches, just a band of orange on my graph.

My  guess is a cloud of newly hatched shad.  About the right time.  They start spawning by mid to late April and the spawn may extend through May.  Once the shadlets reach about 1 - 1.5" they start to become prey and the predators have more to eat and are slower to hit lures.  That usually starts after about the first of July.

Thanks.  It seems early for shad, and it didn't look like bait balls.  Wish I'd logged my sonar data.

Mine did the same thing a couple of Fridays ago I use the lowerance triple shot. I am with you I still use my LCX 27 for mapping. Got way to many way ponts to convert over.

I agree with Pat 
I think i found a school of newly hatched shad fry to .I was using my garmin 7sv in John's boat. Split screen, side finder and down Imaging.  That gives us lots of tv to watch. Saw a cloud near the bottom for about 20 yards.  Does seam to early for shad.