Anyone use Shad to catch Crappie?

[waterdog101]

I have used the smaller shad to catch Crappie One big con is that fact that they are verry hard to keep alive. I usually use them at night under lights. when catching the smallers ones you have to almost take them from the net directly to the hook. They have seemed to work better for me at night.

I fish with live shad sometimes, the way I do it, and they stay active for about 2 hours, take a 5 gallon bucket, dip it in the lake and fill to about 2/3 take a little bubble maker that runs off 2 d-size batteries. cost about 8 dollars at the { CHINA STORE } better known as wal-mart, clip it on the side of bucket, drop the tube into water and turn it on, throw casting net in lake catch shad and empty into bucket. in about 2 hours empty those and do it all over again. works for me.