What the heck did i fowlhook!

[WestEndAngler]

if you ever met him, you would wonder why.

[reeltime]

Hooked one in Moses Lake one time that was 18" in the deep hole.

dang...me and fuzzy fish moses often but we stay away from the hole it's always stacked up with boats.....i can't remember moses not giving up some fish i reely like that place.

[Gater]

Shad

That is a Gizzard Shad not to be confused with the Shad/Menhadden we see in the bays during the summer. They are more popular in freshwater lakes but can tolerate saltwater. They can get to be pretty good size as capt. Clint mentioned. I have caught a few in the cast net that would go 15-16 inches if not bigger. Whole they make good Shark bait, in a food processor they make great dog food! Gater

[GHSmacker]

No doubt...it's a shad

[extremewaderdude88]

oh yea yall are right!! its a shad..kept looking real good at the picture and im mistaken lol..its a shad

[bountyhunter]

That is a Gizzard Shad not to be confused with the Shad/Menhadden we see in the bays during the summer. They are more popular in freshwater lakes but can tolerate saltwater. They can get to be pretty good size as capt. Clint mentioned. I have caught a few in the cast net that would go 15-16 inches if not bigger. Whole they make good Shark bait, in a food processor they make great dog food! Gater

Yep that is a Gizzard Shad for sure.

[imhammer]

I'm not even going to start on Chris......I'll let someone else break out the "Gizzard Shad Hunter" jokes!

[bountyhunter]

Gizzard makes great Blue Cat bait cut up........

[Robalo]

X10 on Gizzard Shad. Good Tarpon bait and shark bait.

[FP10]

We catch ones almost that big in the Brazos before we go offshore with the castnet. You can get them as big as your hand and load the boat for a couple minutes. The only problem is that half of them die before you get out there.

[bountyhunter]

We catch ones almost that big in the Brazos before we go offshore with the castnet. You can get them as big as your hand and load the boat for a couple minutes. The only problem is that half of them die before you get out there.

Drafted or trolled right and they don't have to be alive........

[Baby Tran Cat]

I like to eat the throats

[Robalo]

You'd eat hardheads if ya could catch anything.

[FP10]

I actually like them better dead for the kingfish. Throw them out there with a steel leader and no weight so they just float. Then throw a few out there to chum up the water and hold on to that trout rod with 14# test!!

[WestEndAngler]

We catch ones almost that big in the Brazos before we go offshore with the castnet. You can get them as big as your hand and load the boat for a couple minutes. The only problem is that half of them die before you get out there.

Why do half of them die? Are there too many for the livewell? No oxygen? I'd love to get my hands on some good Amberjack bait... Nothing like dropping down a whole blue runner or BIG shad and wait for a bottom dweller to pounce on it