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	Name:	Lee Gantt -
	Subject:	A good Week
	Date:	2/5/2009 10:46:43 AM

This time of year, I have to usually go to Logan Martin Lake to catch them because the water temp is too cold to get them below the dams in the tailraces. In about another two weeks I will probably start going to Neely Henry Dam to catch bait depending on reports I get from my buddies Jim Parramore and Cecil Williams since they live a lot closer than me and can check the bait situation a lot easier. My holding setup is a 250 gallon tank with a fishmate filter that I did a litlle custom rigging on with homemade spray bars that do not knock the scales off of the shad but do create a circular flow of the water in the tank. Also I have two air pumps releasing micro bubbles into my tank. As far as the chemicals go, I use Novaqua in my holding tank and meat salt that I get from Floyd's feed (1lb per 30 gallons). In my hauling tanks I use Polyaqua or fish protector and amquel which is a chemical to kill the ammonia since the shad coming out of the lake have not purged like the ones you catch below the dam and are more likely to spike the ammonia levels in the tank causing stress to the shad. I use the salt in my hauling tanks as well as the purpose of the salt is to harden the scales of the shad and make them less prone to bacterial wounds on the skin. I know it seems like a long way to go and a lot of work but I feel as though it is necessary to improve your odds at catching stripers consistently. Look at the bright side, when I was guiding back during the drought we were going all the way to Guntersville dam during the summer to catch shad. That make s the trip to Neely seem like a stone's throw away. I hope this helps and if you have anymore questions feel free to ask.

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