Catching shad is not an easy task, and calls for good electronics, the proper net, throwing technique, and patience. Below you shall find detailed information and pictures about the various shad which inhabit Lanier. This listing is in no means complete. Head is strongly compressed, scaleless. Mouth terminal, floor of oral cavity is spotted with black.
Body is deep, strongly compressed laterally.
The threadfin inhabits large lakes and rivers with moderate current, usually congregating in schools over deep water during the daylight hours, moving into shallower areas at night. Adult threadfin shad may also prey upon fish larvae. F it has decreased swimming and schooling abilities. Once the water temp hits 54 on Lanier, the threadfin typically dies, falling to the bottom. It is this behavior that makes spooning in the late fall and winter a deadly catcher.