The temperatures will soar as southerly winds arrive to tame the waves, and the fishing reports from all around the area are ...

The sky was overcast and dark as Walker made repeated casts with a Chatterbait, cranking it back over a freshwater mussel colony atop a shallow, offshore bar on which gizzard shad were spawning.

Almost any kind of cut bait will work well – gizzard shad, menhaden, and white perch are easy to obtain, but chicken liver and other chicken parts also suffice. Some anglers boast that hot dogs ...

Gizzard shad are at the bottom of the food chain among lake fish, and the bass, bluegill and muskie all feed on them. If bait fish like gizzard shad die off more, the other fish will be hungrier ...

Chris Mack, a fisheries biologist with the DNR who responds to fish kill events, said it was a naturally occurring event that killed “thousands” of gizzard shad ... used as bait for catfish ...

The rig is taken deep with a 1-ounce sinker and baited with ½-inch by 2-inch strips of cut gizzard shad flesh. “It’s important to keep baits just off bottom for gar, because if they sit on bottom ...

Shall we look at the second question? Autumn delicacy, it must be hard to see gizzard shad. [Reporter] There is an old saying that if you smell the gizzard, your daughter-in-law will return ...

Catfish will also bite on nightcrawlers and cut bait, such as gizzard shad, and raw chicken livers or processed catfish baits. Slide on the fishing a barrel sinker, swivel and long leader and ...

He used the green shad color under bright skies and the darker gizzard shad when clouds were prevalent. The baits were attached to a VMC Hybrid Swimbait Jig (3/16- or 3/8-ounce, depending on depth).