G-Man
6/9/2011 10:00:00 AMShad are great smoked and if you into canning, canned smoked shad is really worth the effort. If you crab, both pike minnow and shad are great baits. Lastly, shad is a great bait for sturgeon. I've gotta say that is about the largest pike minnow I have ever seen, if you want a bounty for them you need to register prior to fishing that day. http://www.pikeminnow.org/rules.html
AJ's Dad
6/9/2011 11:56:00 AMPike minnow? it looks like he's holding one Shad and one Squaw Fish. LOL Happy Fishing
SportRadical
6/9/2011 1:01:00 PMThanks for the info G-man =). I need to get a smoker and I dont know how to can ha. I do like shad, they taste great but the bones get to me. I saw a thing on youtube on how to filet them. You end up with bonless strips of meat, but its alot of work. As far as I know a squaw fish and a pike minnow are the same thing so I think we are both right=)
G-Man
6/9/2011 1:28:00 PMThe term "squawfish" is no longer politically correct and the preferred term is "northern pike minnow". I've been doing my best to use the politically correct term, I slip up from time to time.
fishinChristian
6/9/2011 2:51:00 PMPC is just Polite Censorship, but the fishing looks fun on ultralight. Shad are wonderful sturgeon and catfish bait.
The Jigmiester
6/9/2011 6:16:00 PMHow to speak Austrailian: Squawfish/Pike minnow? = Fertilizer! Great report bro. Jiggy (and yes I would rather fish for crappie too!) Lol
SportRadical
6/9/2011 9:37:00 PMI bbq'd some stan coffin catfish and shad strips tonight. I have to admit the shad was a little better. Shad is really good bbq, just have to work to get those boneless strips=) catfish and shad adobo style.