This pic is of a shad that was eat'n by a 10 inch crappie. The bait is 2.5 inches long as a reference. I reckon if the shad was straightened out it would be dang near 4+ inches. It amazes me that he would still eat with that in his belly. It goes to back up my big bait theory some. I makes you wonder if all the shad are this size in the winter then a small bait might seem to unnatural to them. What's yalls opinions

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