shad darts are now the prominent lure for these anglers for the next several weeks. Back in the day, shad darts were also known as “quilbys,” “crappie darts” or just plain “darts.” ...

He has created what he calls the world’s largest and smallest shad darts. Weighing more than 100 pounds, the concrete lure which sits in front of Gotzon’s stand is too heavy to be used.

He's holding a lure called a Nungesser, above which is a shad dart. (John Kelly/The Washington Post) Perspective by John Kelly Tuesday after work I met Tom Clifford so he could show me two bits of ...

But the two of them didn’t land one fish. “The color of the shad dart lure makes a difference,” Lorentzen said. “Believe me, for two weeks, I’ve been picking the old-timers’ brains.

While shad darts were once the lure of choice, today Held -- like most shad anglers -- primarily uses flutter spoons, lures that have a slight bend in them to give them constant motion while drift ...

What they will do, however, is smack a shad dart, grub, or flutter spoon out of annoyance. In order to annoy them, that lure has got to be right in their faces. As they advance upriver, your offering ...

Shad darts, small spoons, spinners ... When shad migrate into tidal tributaries to spawn, they do not eat, but any small lure can invoke an aggressive strike from a shad. The trick is to be ...

Line should be strong enough to lean into a hard-driving fish, but light enough to break off a shad dart or lure when we inevitably hang up on the bottom. Bait-casting tackle is popular ...

Small lures called shad darts produce good catches ... “It’s really a sunny-day lure,” Morrison said. “On a dark day, pull off the brass bead and put on a red one.” ...

Shad darts are the most effective lure, but red and white colored flies with a small hook; colored beads like red or a metallic silver or gold; small crappie-like jigs; and small wobbler type ...