Learn the best reaction and finesse baits for shad spawn fishing on the Tennessee River. Pro tips from David Walker to help ...

It's no surprise that a fish caught near sod banks, beach shorelines, piers, jetties or nearshore bunker schools is ...

Both gizzard shad (pictured) and threadfin shad are key ... “Shad spawns are a big deal, especially in this format,” says MLF pro David Walker (pictured), referencing the Bass Pro Tour ...

Gizzard shad are more populous than threadfin shad ... “Shad spawns are a big deal,” Walker says in the livestream video, now archived and available to watch on-demand here.

“What’s coming in from your watershed plays a big role in how your lake is doing ... the plants and hide from predators there. Gizzard shad, the second most abundant fish species, is ...

“There’s two species,” Rundle said. “There’s gizzard shad and threadhead. Threads in shad don’t get quite as big, but they’re the ones that are susceptible to a cold kill.

Expect the big trout to take spawn bags ... Feeding on plentiful gizzard shad moving to the warmest shoreline waters, the best daytime areas for finding them should be in the 30-foot depths ...

In late fall and winter, largemouth bass will target big gizzard shad out of efficiency. They can get a big meal with less effort than chasing and slashing wads of smaller threadfin shad.

Miller attributes the big crappies to a healthy population of gizzard shad, “one of the most widespread and abundant of Iowa’s fish,” according to the state’s Department of Natural Resources.

BULLHEAD CITY — Gizzard shad are usually used for bait. But in the Laughlin Bay area on the Colorado River, there actually are anglers pursuing the non-native fish that have made their way into ...