6" or 9" shad

[striper jim]

Are you guys running 6",9" or a combination of the two with your tandems. If using both, which has been more effective. Thanks in advance.

[striper143]

I use 6" on the bottom and 4" on the top with four rods and my other two rods I use 9" on the bottom with 6" on the top. Not sure how long I'll spend with the heavy 9"/6" rigs, probably going to run too deep for the spring season. Even in the fall I had the majority of my success on the 6"/4" combos (mostly white too). Hope this helps. Good luck this season...!!!

[satterly]

I have run a combination of both and so far this year I have not gotten anything on 6 inch.

[Waynesboro]

I've been running 9" and 12" this spring - only two trips, but 3 on the 9", and 1 on the 12". Figure with my 4 hour investment to reach the bay, I'm going to roll the dice and hope big bait = big fish. Once we hit May 16th, I'll start trolling a few 6" shad to look for the under 28" bite. Good Luck out there!

[striper jim]

Thanks for the replies. My thoughts were confirmed - keep the 6" in the box! We`re gonna give them a try tomorrow out of Lewisetta. Wish us luck!

[fishpolice]

I think I will use the 9 " too. But keep the 6" just in case

[striper jim]

Funny, fishpolice. See you tonite! The mountains will be BLUE!

[bob reed]

12" is best !

[tolmaz]

All 9"..We usually try to mix in a couple 12"...I know elephants eat peanuts but the 9's will produce better than the 6" right now

[richardhenshaw]

9" is the money bait at this time of year. You catch bigger fish with the size of bait they are eating.