11-15-2013, 12:21 AM
[quote SkunkedAgain]Tell me more about that shad? I didn't know they got so big. Also what do you do with it if you catch one? You can't be in possession of one are you supposed to catch and release or catch and kill? Sounded like a fun fight. Later J[/quote]
[#0000FF]Some of those gizzard shad in Willard get big and bodacious. There were quite a few of them swirling on the surface this morning. Anglers have been known to mistake them for wipers and get all hyper. They feed on zooplankton and other small critters and usually ain't much for hitting lures or baits. But every once in a while one will smack a small jig.
As per the regs you cannot keep them. You really wouldn't wanna anyway. Unlike their larger cousins, the American shad, they aren't good eating and smell downright nasty. I used to catch a lot of the American shad when I lived in Sacramento. Fun, fun, fun and great smoked or slow baked a la canned sardines. The row skeins are a real delicacy too.
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[#0000FF]Some of those gizzard shad in Willard get big and bodacious. There were quite a few of them swirling on the surface this morning. Anglers have been known to mistake them for wipers and get all hyper. They feed on zooplankton and other small critters and usually ain't much for hitting lures or baits. But every once in a while one will smack a small jig.
As per the regs you cannot keep them. You really wouldn't wanna anyway. Unlike their larger cousins, the American shad, they aren't good eating and smell downright nasty. I used to catch a lot of the American shad when I lived in Sacramento. Fun, fun, fun and great smoked or slow baked a la canned sardines. The row skeins are a real delicacy too.
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