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Fly Fishing BS => The Gravel Bar => Topic started by: Big J on February 11, 2015, 14:48:43 PM

Title: How to bone a shad
Post by: Big J on February 11, 2015, 14:48:43 PM
http://youtu.be/fTAgJWTTm4I (http://youtu.be/fTAgJWTTm4I)
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: ptfranze on February 11, 2015, 15:06:49 PM
On this note of shad:  any one have some suggestions for shad flies?  I was thinking size 4 or 6 maraboo tail with flash then cactus chenille as the body.  Any other suggestions or things that would work better?  I know anything flashy will work pretty well.
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: Big J on February 11, 2015, 15:12:35 PM
Look up a Kreelex fly pattern.  All you need.
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: Big J on February 11, 2015, 15:15:26 PM
I also watched both parts of the video, man those shad are a pain to fillet. 
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: driver on February 11, 2015, 19:09:36 PM
The question is. Have any of you eaten shad? I never have. I hear mixed reviews, mostly bad.
In John McPhee's book "Founding Fish" he basically give a recipe for shad at the end of each chapter. Which perked my interest. But I have never caught and American Shad, only Hickorys
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: Onslow on February 11, 2015, 19:19:32 PM
I've consumed what was either Gizzard Shad or Mooneye pulled from the Neuse River.  Those fish were pretty god awful tasting.  Pressure cooked em.  Pressure cooking is the only way to manage Herring, Shad, and suckers.

Bowfin is another variety I will never eat again.
Title: How to bone a shad
Post by: The Dude on February 11, 2015, 19:42:18 PM
I think you meant how to de-bone a shad. Unless.............
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: croaker on February 11, 2015, 19:46:45 PM
Quote from: ptfranze on February 11, 2015, 15:06:49 PM
On this note of shad:  any one have some suggestions for shad flies?  I was thinking size 4 or 6 maraboo tail with flash then cactus chenille as the body.  Any other suggestions or things that would work better?  I know anything flashy will work pretty well.

Here's a link from several years back:

http://southernflyangler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3476 (http://southernflyangler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3476)

Google unnamed shad fly  :laugh:
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: Onslow on February 11, 2015, 19:50:20 PM
QuoteMany years ago, the good ole fish commission thought it was a good idea to stock the Allegheny River (maybe the others) with Bowfin. I kept catching the things all summer. A friend's dad asked me for one, said he wanted to try it. He battered and fried that fish. It was flipping horrible.

The Bowfin fillets turned very rubbery in the skillet.  Very odd.
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: Onslow on February 11, 2015, 20:49:27 PM
Not in NC.  Northern Va, yes.
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: Big J on February 11, 2015, 21:13:48 PM
Quote from: The Dude on February 11, 2015, 19:42:18 PM
I think you meant how to de-bone a shad. Unless.............

"Oh you can't bone a shad. Well yes you can"
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: Michael Toris on February 11, 2015, 23:34:39 PM
Directions misleading. Dick is stuck in ceiling fan. Plz hlp
Title: Re: How to bone a shad
Post by: bullship on February 12, 2015, 08:19:01 AM
Reverse it and turn it on high
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