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
• Some shad have come over the dam, but not in big groups.
  — Tyler Mahoney, kansascity, 7 Mar. 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
• 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
• The forage base for the bass in the area includes mullet, shad, shrimp and crabs.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 1 June 2017
• 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
• Every half hour or so, schools of small bass chased schools of shad to the surface.
  — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 23 July 2023
• 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
• The spots will hit deep diving crankbaits, swimbaits and spoons, while the stripers take live shad.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 8 Oct. 2021
• In the last decade, Zak’s seen Atlantic salmon, trout and shad return to the Naugatuck.
  — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, 4 Feb. 2018
• To focus on larger stripers, live shad fished at 50-70 feet is the best bet.
  — Frank Sargeant, al.com, 21 June 2019
• 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
• And, as with shad, the dams on the river, most notably the Conowingo, have endangered eels.
  — Mike Argento, baltimoresun.com, 27 Feb. 2021
• Live shad are the killer bait, but they can also be caught on jigs, crankbaits and swimbaits.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 22 Jan. 2021
• At the foot of the statue, below the three main sculptures, Calder added shad, frogs and turtles.
  — Tarpley Hitt, Philly.com, 24 July 2017
• Catch the spots on deep-running crankbaits or swimbaits, the stripers on live shad drifted at 45 feet and more.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 11 June 2021
• Bank anglers are using at least 1-ounce to keep their shad darts close to the bottom.
  — Sacbee, sacbee.com, 30 May 2017
• An expected boost in flows this week should draw in some shad, as well as more stripers.
  — sacbee, 30 Apr. 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
• Fresh shad is available most days in Stockton-area bait shops.
  — sacbee, 24 Oct. 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
• Several shad thrash in the mesh, their large silver scales lighting up like strobes in the sun.
  — Corey Arnold, National Geographic, 27 Mar. 2019
• On most Front Range reservoirs the main food source for walleye is gizzard shad.
  — Terry Wickstrom, The Denver Post, 13 June 2017
• Now fish have returned in droves: Atlantic salmon, alewives, baby eels, shad and brook trout, to name a few.
  — Lisa W. Foderaro, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2020
• 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
• Stripers are taking large shad drifted at 65 feet on the channel edges, with some fish over 20 pounds.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 17 Sep. 2021
• Live shad can be hard to come by, however, and some lures work pretty well, too.
  — Frank Sargeant, al, 18 July 2021
• Baitfish like shad and blueback herring begin to spawn by the thousands along shallow shoreline cover like docks and grass lines and on shallow rocky humps out in otherwise open water.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
• Locating deep bait schools like shad, mullet and even shrimp are greatly aided by using sonar effectively.
  — Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 4 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Aug 2024