Others in steep decline include longfin smelt, American shad, threadfin shad and striped bass. The results are not unexpected because all the species are known to decline in drought years.

The fish are feeding on schools of threadfin shad, so as you can imagine, shad pattern lures are working best. Burruss said that on his latest trip to Clear Lake he caught and released 12 ...

When water temperatures drop and schools of shad grow scarce, bass enthusiasts targeting the heaviest fish switch to an umbrella rig that imitates a small cloud of shad to turn the bite on. The best ...