Originally Posted by
Crappie Hog
My brother and I fished in our favorite spot at Eufaula one spring morning with medium shiners. We were catching a fish every five minutes or so. I kept seeing a large school of baby shad swimming around the surface. I decided to dip a net and catch a bucket full. Long story short, we got a bite as soon as the bait was dropped in the water. We actually got tired of catching crappie from sore thumbs. If you have an aerator to keep them alive, I'd pick baby shad any day over minnows.