Hey yall, just a quick question....I have 45lbs of frozen shad leftover from catfishing season and was wondering if anyone had tried SHAD for predator bait and if so how did you use it for cats and or coyotes. Thanks in advance for any information much appreciated

Yes, don't under estimate it.

As oily as them little buggers are it seems they would be good to make fish oil out of.

I have some juice that is about 5 or 6 years old now. I have caught bobcat,coyote,of course coon and everything else but that was about 15 years ago when I was less educated,lol.

Years ago I put them in a blender and rendered the oil off some and used some as paste. Grey fox seemed to love it.

This^^ don't underestimate them, predators love about as much as the catfish, I've also put them on coni triggers & caught everything including otters.

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in the spring here a guy can fill a throw net with 1-2" gizzard shad !They render down to a totally different smell from other fish . Has a sweeter smell compared to the nose burning rendered down rough fish carp/ buffalo

I use them a lot for coons. They work for cats and coyotes but not as good as some other stuff. I grind them up whole.

Don't fall out the boat Danny! lol

Danny you prepping for a big catfish journey? Looks like one of our catfishing trips. which by the way is just around the corner march &aprill getting them on there spawning run! Man I miss those cold wet nites sitting on a river bank waiting to hear a bait clicker scream!!!!

How many of those shad went in the bucket, how many on the boat bottom?

lol bob getting them shad in the buckets like herding fleas!!

bluecats don't quit biting this is the best time if you find them you find them all

Just put the bottom of the net in the bucket then bounce it up and down. If you use a bigger net use a cooler.

Yep been on those trips where you neded a cooler! Those shad are perfect rod a reel sized bait. BIGFOOT I know but I like the ice gone before I start! Action is very slow when your bait and sinker are sitting on the ice! A guy would get drunk as a skunk waiting on a bite

Ice is gone here