I always bass fish in the mourn then when it turns hot I park under the bridge out of the sun and panfish. I pulled under the bridge around 10:30am and immediately seen something busting schools of shad. I first thought it was crappie but after a while figured out it was Bass. Fished there w/crappie minnows until 3pm and I never caught a crappie, caught 7 bass, had 2 4-lb test lines busted and several misses.
The schools of shad where there getting busted from 10:30am till I left at 3pm. I never seen anything like it, there was never a time more than 2-3 minutes where the shad didn't get busted. 4+ hrs of the shad schools getting busted, it was great to watch. The bass wouldn't hit anything but live minnow. One pole I had a red worm on and a 1" shad actually hook itself in the side. Was going to use it for bait but I thought it was only legal to use dead shad so I didn't.