Has anybody tried catching shad lately. I was wondering if the alewives had been catchable. I also heard that the alewive population is down due to the current lake conditon. Since the lake elevation is way down and there is not as much strucutre along the banks the alewives do not have the ideal spawning habitat. I am not sure if this is true, but I know it has been harder to catch quality alewives over the past couple of years.