How to keep shad alive..few tips

[BrandonA]

Thanks again!
I bought the map a while back, and have spent a little time looking it over. I will mark it up like you said before we go.


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When you do send me a picture and I will help you read it. I'm not going to lay it all out there but I will point you in the right direction

[Slew]

How to keep shad alive..few tips

Theyre the bees knees. I only ever heard of them when I started bass fishing. Same thing for fizzing fish.





Aside from bait, keeping fish alive I like to use something like please release me or g - juice during the first half of the day and then Ill supplement with rejuvenade. Dont know if it has any validity, but I learned this from a pro back in my college bass days. Said rejuvenade has something in it to keep the bass lively and frisky so he only uses it near the end of the tournament day so they dont beat themselves up in the livewell for 7-8 hours.

Our fish come out the livewell looking better than they went in for the most part! If it can keep a crappie alive in July for 8 hours I can't see it killing a bass but I don't bass fish.

I will second cleaning out your livewells or bait tanks. I scrub my livewells with dawn after every tournament and rinse. Then a little bleach. Scrub and rinse. I won't put fish in the livewell till the next tourney. It made a huge difference. That came from a Palestine hybrid buddy.



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[bloodtrailer28]

Never Heard of fin weights...had to look those things up.

Fin weights are awesome and work great. Used em on bass and redfish

[hchntr]

When you do send me a picture and I will help you read it. I'm not going to lay it all out there but I will point you in the right direction

Sure will, thank you sir.


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[Slew]

One of the best things you can do is buy a Fishing Hot Spots map. Before you get to the lake study it and circle and key on 5 spots Again humps, points, ridges flats. Then go fish. Look for guide boats, but don't potlick them. Pull out your map and see what they are focusing on. Then study your map and find similar features. When fishing tournaments we won several tournaments and placed in most doing this. No pre-fishing just doing homework. What's working on Buchanan now will work on any lake right now. I just have to duplicate the pattern and study the map.

Hot spot maps are awesome! So are Martins Maps. I used both those before I got navionics on the boat. I have an old hot spot of Fork that prolly has 2 sharpies worth of ink on it! Now I sit in the shop, drink a cold one or 3, and tell my wife I'm studying the map to go prefish!![emoji2]


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[BrandonA]

Hot spot maps are awesome! So are Martins Maps. I used both those before I got navionics on the boat. I have an old hot spot of Fork that prolly has 2 sharpies worth of ink on it! Now I sit in the shop, drink a cold one or 3, and tell my wife I'm studying the map to go prefish!![emoji2]


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Yes they are. Amazing what you can learn by studying maps.

[Texas Grown]

Great info Brandon.

[hchntr]

Thanks for all the info Brandon! Would you mind sharing some of the rigging techniques for stripers?


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[BrandonA]

Thanks for all the info Brandon! Would you mind sharing some of the rigging techniques for stripers?


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For the most part I fish for stripers on a Carolina rig. Main line is 20lbs with a 17lb floro leader. Leader is about 2ft. I use a 1oz egg weight and barrel swivel. Between the swivel and weight I like to put a red glass bead. This helps protect the knot. For hooks usually 1/0-2/0 Kahl hook. The size of the bait decides size of hook. The key is make sure it is light wire. Mustad and Gaumaktsu hooks are my preferred.

[BrandonA]

I will get into more technique specific when I have time later on.