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Lake Mead 4-11-15
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We had our lights hanging over the side of the boat Saturday night.
First some biological started showing up then some small "minnows".
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After some time and chum a few stripers circled around.
After about 3 hours some larger size fish swam under the light. These were just under the surface and would dart in and around the light. I miss the first school of 4-5 fish that were around 25" to 30" guessing they were 5 to 6 pound GIZZARD SHAD. Got the straggler on video but the light was a little bright. This was in the Vegas Wash across from Sand Island in 75ft of water.
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With the size the gizzard shad are getting, the state record breaking striper i bet will come one of these days. Possibly from Lake Mead instead of below the dam
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This makes you feel silly fishing with those little crankbaits huh? lol

Get the big lures out fellas!
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