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    I've tried this with pretty good success:

    1. Buy a 20 Watt bug zapper and make a harness to hang it horizontally.
    2. Hook it up to a 12 VDC power inverter (at least 50W).
    3. Hang it 2 feet above the water on a dark night (no moon).
    4. Fish near the light. I perfer shiners.

    The light attracts bugs and mosquitoes and zapps them. They fall into the water and attract bait fish. They in turn attract BIG fish.
    Good luck and be sure to bring protection from the mosquitoes!
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    Quote Originally Posted by cajun View Post
    I've tried this with pretty good success:

    1. Buy a 20 Watt bug zapper and make a harness to hang it horizontally.
    2. Hook it up to a 12 VDC power inverter (at least 50W).
    3. Hang it 2 feet above the water on a dark night (no moon).
    4. Fish near the light. I perfer shiners.

    The light attracts bugs and mosquitoes and zapps them. They fall into the water and attract bait fish. They in turn attract BIG fish.
    Good luck and be sure to bring protection from the mosquitoes!
    Thank you! I felt the mosquitos bitting as I read your reply (lol)
    Ouch!!! Dadgum squitos!

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    Here is a Richard Gene video on night crappie fishing

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=std1zjJ7DfY
    Be safe and good luck fishing
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    If you have docks with low lights under water lights, I would focus around them. Using jigs, spoons or possibly live bait. Deeper water this time of year will probably produce better. That is what I do when night fishing this time of year. Good luck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by flintcreek View Post
    If you have docks with low lights under water lights, I would focus around them. Using jigs, spoons or possibly live bait. Deeper water this time of year will probably produce better. That is what I do when night fishing this time of year. Good luck.
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    on norfork about 20 years ago we used some nets that hung over the side About 3 feet wide and 6 or 7 feet long and made of fine mono. . They were weighted on the bottom end with a support rod on the top. They hung over the sides and every once in a while 3 or 4 of the circling mass would get stuck in the net. you would pull them up and toss them in the minnow bucket. We needed a few minnows to get started but soon had plenty of shad. Haven't seen any lately buy I bet somebody around the lake still has some. I would like a pair.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gomer Snerd View Post
    on norfork about 20 years ago we used some nets that hung over the side About 3 feet wide and 6 or 7 feet long and made of fine mono. . They were weighted on the bottom end with a support rod on the top. They hung over the sides and every once in a while 3 or 4 of the circling mass would get stuck in the net. you would pull them up and toss them in the minnow bucket. We needed a few minnows to get started but soon had plenty of shad. Haven't seen any lately buy I bet somebody around the lake still has some. I would like a pair.
    Thank you very much!!?

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    Check your state laws using nets cast or other nets after dark or even in the day time. If I am not mistaken you can't use nets at night in Ar. or Mo.

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    Some people use Sabiki Rigs to catch Shad, but they're generally looking to catch those 4" & over sized Shad. One "could" probably make a Sabiki Rig with much smaller jigs and use them for smaller Shad, but unless you have a big circular tank setup ... the Shad aren't going to live very long.

    What some people around here do is to tie on a couple of small treble hooks & a small weight on the bottom of the line .... then when you get a good concentration of Shad circling under the lights, jerk the treble hooks up thru the school & snag a Shad, then transfer the Shad over to one of your other rods. You just have to be careful and gentle when transferring the Shad. You don't want to handle the Shad any more than necessary, as you will de-scale them with your fingers and they'll die a lot faster. Best to hook them with the regular hook (thru the lips, nose, or eye sockets) before you remove the treble. Then grab the treble & gently shake the (hooked) Shad off the treble hook (or gently nudge it off). Unless you tear the Shad real bad snagging them, they'll survive long enough for a hungry fish to smell the wound or sense the damaged (wounded/crippled) Shad's erratic behavior.

    If you have Brook Silversides in your waters, they're even better bait than Shad or minners, just a little more cumbersome to catch. What my Grandparents & I used to do is take a home made net and hang a lantern over the side of the boat, then ease around the banks until some Silversides were following along with the light. We'd dip them up and put them in a 5gal bucket full of lake water. After catching a few dozen, we'd go tie up to our favorite tree or brushpile & fish with them just like with minners (but, you have to hook them thru the eye sockets due to their pencil shaped body). The "net" was a square shaped deal on a 10ft handle and the "netting" was wire weaved screen. The "screen" was like window screen, but the holes were 2-3 times larger. They have to be, because you have to be able to pull the net thru the water pretty fast or the Silversides will just swim out of the way.

    I tried that technique with a landing net with fabric mesh netting & it didn't work. It took too long & was too hard to pull the net thru the water due to the tiny holes of that type of mesh netting. (just some FYI for those thinking to use that type of netting)

    Here's what a Silverside looks like :

    Name:  Silverside-1.JPG
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    Quote Originally Posted by CrappiePappy View Post
    Some people use Sabiki Rigs to catch Shad, but they're generally looking to catch those 4" & over sized Shad. One "could" probably make a Sabiki Rig with much smaller jigs and use them for smaller Shad, but unless you have a big circular tank setup ... the Shad aren't going to live very long.

    What some people around here do is to tie on a couple of small treble hooks & a small weight on the bottom of the line .... then when you get a good concentration of Shad circling under the lights, jerk the treble hooks up thru the school & snag a Shad, then transfer the Shad over to one of your other rods. You just have to be careful and gentle when transferring the Shad. You don't want to handle the Shad any more than necessary, as you will de-scale them with your fingers and they'll die a lot faster. Best to hook them with the regular hook (thru the lips, nose, or eye sockets) before you remove the treble. Then grab the treble & gently shake the (hooked) Shad off the treble hook (or gently nudge it off). Unless you tear the Shad real bad snagging them, they'll survive long enough for a hungry fish to smell the wound or sense the damaged (wounded/crippled) Shad's erratic behavior.

    If you have Brook Silversides in your waters, they're even better bait than Shad or minners, just a little more cumbersome to catch. What my Grandparents & I used to do is take a home made net and hang a lantern over the side of the boat, then ease around the banks until some Silversides were following along with the light. We'd dip them up and put them in a 5gal bucket full of lake water. After catching a few dozen, we'd go tie up to our favorite tree or brushpile & fish with them just like with minners (but, you have to hook them thru the eye sockets due to their pencil shaped body). The "net" was a square shaped deal on a 10ft handle and the "netting" was wire weaved screen. The "screen" was like window screen, but the holes were 2-3 times larger. They have to be, because you have to be able to pull the net thru the water pretty fast or the Silversides will just swim out of the way.

    I tried that technique with a landing net with fabric mesh netting & it didn't work. It took too long & was too hard to pull the net thru the water due to the tiny holes of that type of mesh netting. (just some FYI for those thinking to use that type of netting)

    Here's what a Silverside looks like :

    Name:  Silverside-1.JPG
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Size:  44.9 KB
    Thank you!

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