at the risk of appearing ignorant

[Clifftop]

Will someone enlighten me and please tell me what a Shad is,as in bait.

Edited January 1, 2007 by John S

[groyne bandit]

Will someone enlighten me and please tell me what a Shad is,as in bait.

hi mate a shad is a small imitation bait fish that moves damn well when retrived slowly ,,,

but given the problems of translation ..ie durex & sellotape ,,i hope ive helped ,,,,any way mate happy new year,,,,,,,,,

Edited January 1, 2007 by groyne bandit

[Ken L]

These:

[FishingGuernsey]

Guess you could mean Scad as well, aka Horse mackerel, not much kop for bait though they do bleed a lot so might work for some species like conger.

[Bobj]

Will someone enlighten me and please tell me what a Shad is,as in bait.

Here you go, mate, twaite shad, very similar to the Qld herring and, I believe, the basis of the American term for angling lures, especially soft plastics.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Alosa_fallax.png

[Clifftop]

Thank you all for the feedback and to JohnS for moving this post as requested.

Edited January 1, 2007 by Clifftop

[Newt]

Threadfin & gizzard shad are a major food source for many freshwater pred fish species. American & hickory shad are as well when smaller and when full grown, are lots of fun on light tackle and often used for cut bait. The usual shad lure bodies resemble juvenile threadfins and gizzards. I suspect they look like an alewife or similar to sea fish.

 

 

American shad

 

Hickory shad (note the jutting lower jaw)

[Bobj]

Threadfin & gizzard shad are a major food source for many freshwater pred fish species. American & hickory shad are as well when smaller and when full grown, are lots of fun on light tackle and often used for cut bait. The usual shad lure bodies resemble juvenile threadfins and gizzards. I suspect they look like an alewife or similar to sea fish.

 

G'day mate, very similar to the local bony bream, nematolosa erebi

 

[Leon Roskilly]

In the UK we have the Twaite shad, and the protected Allis shad.

 

Both fish live in the sea, but move up the rivers into freshwater to spawn.

 

It is very difficult to tell the different species apart with any confidence, so in view of the protected status of allis shad, it is best to return all shads that might be caught

 

 

see more at:

 

http://www.english-nature.org.uk/LIFEinUKR...ecies/shad.html

 

 

 

Twaite Shad

 

Allis Shad

 

 

And a possible Allis shad that I caught

 

 

 

When talk is of shad baits, its the soft platic 'shads' that are being referred to.