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Originally Posted by bd-
Gizzards tend to school near the bottom, unlike threadfin. I used to find them by going up onto a relatively shallow flat and watching for them "flipping" - meaning individual fish will occasionally come up to the surface and splash with a distinctive flipping sound. I'd throw the net where I saw a lot of fish flipping and usually do okay. You can also catch gizzards around dam discharges and other outflows where they stack up in the current.
Usually, when you see baitfish in large schools near the surface, it'll be threadfin rather than gizzard shad.
bd
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Good description. Also make sure it is a mud bottom flat. Lots more gizzard shad feeding on the mud bottom and you wont snag your net in the rocks. Also, make your first cast count as they get spooky and harder to catch the more throws you do in an area. Let your net hit bottom as Bd said they school near the bottom. Usually they are harder to net than threadfin shad.
Good luck,
Jim