Love this time of year. Went looking for the crappie today but found these instead. Creeks are full of shad. Caught 9 of these throwing a Spro Little John MD 50 listed as Cell Mate. The hybrids absolutely hammered it. At one point I thought the rod was gonna break on the biggest fish. Did manage to squeeze in 3 crappies, a spotted bass, 2 bluegills & a channel cat on the slip cork minnow/rig. It's been a good day.