Can BIG Shad Catch Bigger Stripers? #tournamentfishing #fishing #stripedbass

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Can fishing BIG shad catch bigger striped bass? We put it to the test during a Lake Lanier striper tournament, and the results were incredible.

Instead of relying solely on blueback herring, we deployed large shad on one of our planer boards hoping to target quality fish—and it paid off with one of our biggest tournament bites of the day.

In this episode you’ll see:

Giant live shad fishing
Planer board setups
Tournament strategy
Multiple striped bass catches
Lake Lanier fishing
The fish that helped us finish on the podium

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00:00 Introduction
00:58 Spotted Bass on Planer Board
01:59 Large Shad BUSTED by a Striper!
06:20 Rod and Reel Setup for BIG FISH
07:52 Striped Bass smokes a Down Line!
11:01 Healthy Release of a Striped Bass
12:05 Tournament Results and Recap