Lake Mead Sunday

[BaySport]

Sunday, 11/20/11- Lanched the old aluminum boat off the shore of Gov't Wash at about 6:00 am. Three trucks with empty trailers already line the bank. I must be late. Time to motor over to the Las Vegas Wash.


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The Wash. A nice calm day for netting shad.

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No electric trolling motor, no fish finder, no live well. A push pole, oar, and a bucket, I'm feeling like Huck Finn! So there I am, pushing the open boat in shallow water, jumping up on the center bench when I see shad to toss the net. I wish Injun Joe was here to pole for me.

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Lucky for me bait was plentiful. Only came close to falling off the bench once.

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Shad ready to go to work. Don't overload the bucket or they won't live long!

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Live bait striper caught while drifting in the calm waters of the wash.



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More small live bait stripers.

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Wind comes up fast, time to head back to Gov't Wash. What a great time on the water!
BaySport
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[4poundonly]

Sweet pics[cool] looks like a nice mix of gizzards and threadfin
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[TheWhizzle]

Awesome man! I don't see any gizzards, but good work finding the bait. Looks like it was a beautiful day.
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[wolfs4evr]

Awesome,

I almost went but the weather guessers on the news got the better of me and never went this weekend other than Floyd Lamb (caught a pile of Rainbows).

I have a throw net in the boat but have yet to even break it out of the oem box and try it. Nor have I fished with live bait before. How does one rig them up? What size/type of hook, weights, etc. Weight on the bottom or hook on the bottom of the set-up? Slipper weights? Totally lost on catching them with anything other than cranks of somesort.
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[TheWhizzle]

You can fish them weightless (fly-lined) or you can fish them either on a dropper rig or a carolina rig.

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For a dropper rig, I like to hook the bait through the lips so it looks natural and alive.




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Fly-lined or carolina rig, hook the shad through the back right in front of the dorsal fin.


Use 1-2oz of lead for your dropper, 1oz for your carolina.
You'll want to use a quality circle hook in the 1/0 range, or a super sharp octopus style hook.


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Mustad double wide KVD drop shot hook


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I hope this is enough to get you started.
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[Undurtow]

nice report baysport.. I gotta get out there this week
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[BaySport]

No gizzards that day! All the gizzard shad I net are taken home and froze for cut bait season.
BaySport
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