10-20-2012, 12:54 AM
[quote JLW]Nice fish Curt. The forage in there must be doing pretty good for them to have guts like that. The Eye`s should be thinking about putting on a food bag here pretty soon too. Fishon[/quote]
From what I saw yesterday, I'd say the small shad numbers have been reduced by 40% to 50% still big numbers in the lake but that will be good for the predators during the winter. The size of this years shad are between 1.5" and 3.5", I'm really surprised by the different in sizes. As we troll along the little shad are jumping out of the water, all around the boat, in areas where the shad numbers are high. With the large numbers of eyes that were caught this year, I'm surprised they haven't started chasing lures again, especially with lower water temps but it is likely because there are still big numbers of shad, still in the lake. My fingers are still crossed, that the eye bite will turn on soon.
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From what I saw yesterday, I'd say the small shad numbers have been reduced by 40% to 50% still big numbers in the lake but that will be good for the predators during the winter. The size of this years shad are between 1.5" and 3.5", I'm really surprised by the different in sizes. As we troll along the little shad are jumping out of the water, all around the boat, in areas where the shad numbers are high. With the large numbers of eyes that were caught this year, I'm surprised they haven't started chasing lures again, especially with lower water temps but it is likely because there are still big numbers of shad, still in the lake. My fingers are still crossed, that the eye bite will turn on soon.
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