How right you are Mr. Beagle, went yesterday with Just Loosen Tackle and his son. JLT had the hot hand when it came to size. His biggest was 1.3 lbs with several other fish over a pound. We ended up with 23 or 24 and what we caught were all healthy with bellies full of shad. I too noticed the large schools of shad in different sizes.
We ran into Frosty and his son, it was great seeing them. I am not sure how they ended up but it looked like they were catching fish. I also hope they didn't get caught in a storm. It looked bad at the boat ramp when we high tailed it out of there.