A photo of gillslayer's catch

Caught By

gillslayer
11/8/2014 8:54:45 PM

Some people call them skipjack others call them shad,whatever this is it put up a good fight,didn't catch much today but had a good time catching this guy.

Catch Details

American Shad
Old Hickory Lake

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Night crawler
Everyone

Comments
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    1. TennesseeTroutboy 0
      Skipjack are always larger, shad have a dot behind the eye
    2. gillslayer 0
      How do I tell the difference
    3. Lunk_Lifestyle 0
      @Mason_Cizek thanks I have tried to tell him he doesn't believe me
    4. Mason Cizek 0
      Shad and skipjack are completely different species. What you have there is a skipjack
    5. gillslayer 0
      Yes they put up a good fight and leap out of the water a lot
    6. Chris Skinner 0
      They are completely different from the shad we have down here though I've seen some monster gizzard shad reach that size. They make for a fun fight with their ...more acrobatics and Catfish love em
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