12-03-2013, 04:21 PM
[#0000FF]Most of the commercially packaged shad bait is threadfin. They stay smaller longer and are easily netted by the thousands. Gizzard shad grow very fast and are only good bait size for a short time. They also stink.
You may just want to save your money anyway. It is illegal to use any kind of shad in Utah...unless it has been packaged commercially for bait use. However, the formaldehyde and other chemicals used in the preparation does not add to the fishy attraction. I do not know anybody who has ever tried packaged shad that has done well with it.
In other states, where shad are found naturally in many lakes, they are usually legal to use and may be fished live...if you can catch them with a cast net. Live shad are killer bait for many species but they also work well when freshly dead...whole, half or cut into pieces and tipping a jig hook.
Threadfin shad may be caught and used (dead) in Lake Powell. But it is illegal to transport them from the lake so they can't be harvested there and brought north to other lakes.
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You may just want to save your money anyway. It is illegal to use any kind of shad in Utah...unless it has been packaged commercially for bait use. However, the formaldehyde and other chemicals used in the preparation does not add to the fishy attraction. I do not know anybody who has ever tried packaged shad that has done well with it.
In other states, where shad are found naturally in many lakes, they are usually legal to use and may be fished live...if you can catch them with a cast net. Live shad are killer bait for many species but they also work well when freshly dead...whole, half or cut into pieces and tipping a jig hook.
Threadfin shad may be caught and used (dead) in Lake Powell. But it is illegal to transport them from the lake so they can't be harvested there and brought north to other lakes.
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