How to Use shad in a Sentence

shad

noun
  • Catch the spots on shaky heads and drop-shot worms, the stripers on live shad.
    — Frank Sargeant, al.com, 7 June 2019
  • Since the shad died off a few years ago, the bass fishing hasn’t been the same.
    — Staff Report, Orange County Register, 27 May 2024
  • Catfish are biting fair on cut bait or shad.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Use cut, oily fish such as shad, herring, or the heads of cod or salmon as bait.
    — Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • Drifting fresh shad on the flats is a good tactic this time of year.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 4 July 2018
  • Look for these fish chasing shad on calm days around the state park, dam, and south bluffs.
    — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 27 June 2018
  • Among the coastal tribes, it was known as the fish moon, when the shad swam upstream to spawn.
    — Julia Musto, Fox News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • An expected boost in flows this week should draw in some shad, as well as more stripers.
    — sacbee, 30 Apr. 2018
  • Shaky heads and drop-shot rigs with small soft plastics get the spots, while live shad is best for stripers.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Live shad are the killer bait, but they can also be caught on jigs, crankbaits and swimbaits.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 22 Jan. 2021
  • Fresh shad is available most days in Stockton-area bait shops.
    — sacbee, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The spots will hit deep diving crankbaits, swimbaits and spoons, while the stripers take live shad.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Locate schools of shad with electronics and stripers should be close by.
    — Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The forage base for the bass in the area includes mullet, shad, shrimp and crabs.
    — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 1 June 2017
  • They are both meant to replicate shad and bunker, two primary bait fish of striped bass.
    — John Peabody, New York Times, 28 June 2018
  • Live shad can be hard to come by, however, and some lures work pretty well, too.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 18 July 2021
  • Live shad will also elicit strikes from walleyes, crappies, and bass.
    — Chad Mason, Outdoor Life, 3 June 2026
  • The return of the fish at this time is a boon to anglers looking to catch shad and striped bass.
    — Tom Keer, Field & Stream, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Have not been seeing the shad coming through the dam much and the fish haven’t turned on to the white jigs yet.
    — Tyler Mahoney special To The Star, kansascity, 4 Apr. 2018
  • Bank anglers are using at least 1-ounce to keep their shad darts close to the bottom.
    — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
  • Several shad thrash in the mesh, their large silver scales lighting up like strobes in the sun.
    — Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019
  • Their diets are the fish that people don't care about like carp, gizzard shad, and others.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 18 June 2018
  • Also, the shad are going to push up as well, and so that is where the bass are going to be feeding.
    — Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2020
  • To focus on larger stripers, live shad fished at 50-70 feet is the best bet.
    — Frank Sargeant, al.com, 21 June 2019
  • The bass are holding near moving grass as the shad are located in these areas.
    — sacbee, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Most were minnows and bait fish, Carver said, along with some shad, gar, sunfish and small bass.
    — CBS News, 17 Jan. 2022
  • Gerry says anglers can look for diving gulls, also feeding on the shad, to find the fish.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 22 Nov. 2019
  • The Zoom smokin shad is an excellent budget bait that won’t hurt your results.
    — Max Inchausti, Field & Stream, 23 Jan. 2023
  • Have a walking-style top-water lure ready for bass schooling on the surface chasing shad.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The usual winter and spring smallmouth bite below the dam is on, with live shad the number one bait.
    — Frank Sargeant, al, 17 Dec. 2021

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