What time are the shad coming up lately? I was down last Saturday night. We have an awesome topwater bite before dark. Boated 3 smallmouth, 3 stripes, a walleye, and a big catfish between 7:30 and dark. Then we roamed around until 1 in the morning and the shad still had not come up in any numbers. Went to various types of banks, and just couldn't find any on the surface.