Storm Shads

An Excellent Soft Lure For Cod Fishing

Information on storm shads to follow soon.

Blue for me with codling except in may when the algie is there a creamy yellow sometimes does the trick in the murky water pollock i would say the a firetail first time i saw what damage shads can do to cod was a few years ago now when 1 guy chartered my boat for himself yes 1 guy now it was fun time for me so we started on a wreck 23 miles north of whitby it is one of those wrecks which is allways plastered in feed a good cod and pollock wreck and does throw 1 or 2 catfish out as well as the ground around the wreck isnt really hard ground more broken i had never used a shad before but had got into catching pollock on peice with the firetails as we aproached the wreck i noticed this guy had a 4" blue storm shad on his rig well i will just stick to what i know best the first 3 drifts over the wreck i had 3 cracking pollock 2 into doulbe figures and the other guy had 3 cod upto 10lb the cod wouldnt touch the firetails but it was only a couple of turns with the shad and the cod were at it so after the first 3 drifts enough was enough it was a quick changeover on with a blue shad i was amaized just how fast the cod were hitting this shad sometimes i think they had allready took the shad on the way down before it had hit the bottom they were mad for it that trip was the start of a new era for me but dont be fooled they dont fish all the time better in spring and early summer till the herring arrive then the ling just fall in love with them but they do seem to start to fish again over wrecks in winter if you have clear water but one thing is for sure they have reverlutionized cod fishing for me and 99% of my regular customers they love fishing with them on the very light tackle its great sport all the way.