French Broad River Fishing: Where are the shad?

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	Name:	Aardvark -
	Subject:	Where are the shad?
	Date:	11/6/2005 11:06:56 PM

I was going after the spots up past Real Island. Since I am fishing out of a jonboat, I am wary of fishing down the lake from that point since it is usually too windy to fish the way I want. Anyway, I caught about a dozen in less than three hours in the backs of creeks in the late afternoon. The bass were really stacked up and were hitting best on Rapalas, shallow diving crankbaits, and topwaters. I have never heard of stripes that far up the lake, although I do catch some white bass up there. However, I would like to try some similar creeks further down the lake. An old family friend with a house just downlake from Real Island told me that he has seen stripes busting shad in front of his place, and he is almost to the back of one of the creeks. I probably could have fished it since the lake was relatively calm, but since I was doing so well uplake, I didn't see the need to try something different.

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Where are the shad? - Aardvark - 10/31/2005 10:46:33 PM

Where are the shad? - Aardvark - 11/5/2005 10:33:22 PM

Where are the shad? - fishing_graham - 11/6/2005 4:21:14 PM

Where are the shad? - Aardvark - 11/6/2005 11:06:56 PM

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