[papabear108]

Any advice on locating shad on Jordan Lake? Times? locations? What to look for when they are schooling? I am currently without a fishfinder so I am having to use alternative measure.Sometimes I can find them by the hundreds and sometimes I can't find one to save my fishing trip. Thanks in advance.


papabear

 

[Asartin]

Right now you can catch them in the backs of coves in 5 to 14 feet of water(. Early in the morning and late in the evening are the easiest times to catch them. Sometimes you can see them "tick" on the surface, what I mean when I say "tick" is the shad will come up and just barely break the surface of the water. This is a good method for locating the school of shad. Most of the shad I have caught in Jordan are Gizzard shad. On locations to look for them I would say the cove that the Poe boat landing( around the bouys or past them), near the dam and behind the islands (around the edge of the grass in the coves), at the mouth of the same cove across from the dam. I have also caught them in the back of the cove near Ebenezer that has a small island with a ton of Comerants and Blue Herons living in the tops of the pines on the island, go in the back of this cove past the boat landing and there is another small cove on the right just past the landing ( be careful there is an old roadbed that runs across the mouth of this small cove and it gets shallow but not too shallow to idle across). I have caught a good number of shad in there as well. Also if you have a light you can get plenty of bait at night in the mouths of these small coves I have listed.

Hope this helps you out, don't get discouraged if you come up short it is pretty hard with the water at 88.6 degrees. Definately much easier in the spring and fall but not impossible. Shot me a PM if you have any more questions I could help with.

Good luck

 

[papabear108]

Thanks so much. I know right where you are talking about so I will check them out. I found large schools of Shad tickin the surface up in Stinking creek onSunday. I caught bunches of them, but I couldn't keep them alive for nothing. I am working on fixing my baitwell set up. You are absolutely right that 88 degree water contributed to my bait kill. My livewell draws water from the surface of the lake and the water in my well was almost hot to the touch.

Thanks again. Hopefully I will se you up there sometime. I am in a green topped pontoon with ******* rod holders on the side doors. And I almost always wear a straw cowboy hat when I am fishing.

Bear

Right now you can catch them in the backs of coves in 5 to 14 feet of water(. Early in the morning and late in the evening are the easiest times to catch them. Sometimes you can see them "tick" on the surface, what I mean when I say "tick" is the shad will come up and just barely break the surface of the water. This is a good method for locating the school of shad. Most of the shad I have caught in Jordan are Gizzard shad. On locations to look for them I would say the cove that the Poe boat landing( around the bouys or past them), near the dam and behind the islands (around the edge of the grass in the coves), at the mouth of the same cove across from the dam. I have also caught them in the back of the cove near Ebenezer that has a small island with a ton of Comerants and Blue Herons living in the tops of the pines on the island, go in the back of this cove past the boat landing and there is another small cove on the right just past the landing ( be careful there is an old roadbed that runs across the mouth of this small cove and it gets shallow but not too shallow to idle across). I have caught a good number of shad in there as well. Also if you have a light you can get plenty of bait at night in the mouths of these small coves I have listed.

Hope this helps you out, don't get discouraged if you come up short it is pretty hard with the water at 88.6 degrees. Definately much easier in the spring and fall but not impossible. Shot me a PM if you have any more questions I could help with.

Good luck

 

[papabear108]

Asartin,
In those locations what size are the shad you are catching? I had no problem finding 1-4 inchers but everyone seems to be talking about 8-10 inch shad. Any suggestions?

 

[FATFLATTIE]

I know there's some gizzard shad, the only time I was there we snagged some on spinnerbaits when we were bass fishing. We were fishing in some coves with the wind blowing in. Probably doesn't help much but it seems like Austin knows where they're at.