This has been a good thread
Crappie 66 makes a good point about problems with shad in lakes. Our local fishing hole has started stocking saugeye in an effort to reduce the gizzard shad. The shad get way too big for the crappie and bass to eat by their second season in the lake.
We'll pick up the ocassional injured shad fingerling and use them for tipping a jig. Liveliness doesn't seem to be much of an issue if the jig is moving. - Roberta
"Anglers are born honest,
but they get over it." - Ed Zern