11-02-2009, 12:38 PM
glen the shad are shot in a backwater of the mississippi river they get trapped in the fall and during the winter they are dying due to lack of oxygen there are also many bass bluegill and crappie trapped there that just die and go to waste. i go there every year and get a couple hundred shad for catfish bait and they also make great trapping bait for coons and mink they also work very well for making fish oil