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Originally Posted by spottedbass
Go ahead and laugh but a banjo minnow will look like a dead shad on top. I have caught many a spotted bass by working a banjo minnow across the surface.
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Dang it spottedbass....
Yes, this technique works and works well.
What I do though since you're imitating a dead or stunned shad is not work it across the surface. Rig it on hook of your choice (mine is a circle hook) and put a float on it but not close to it. The float is to know when the fish has it and the circle hook helps them not swallow it. Pitch it at the boils then let it drift with no tension on the line and watch the float. For every big fish you see coming up for shad there are as big or bigger ones below picking off the shad lower in the water column.