Can you use a Sabiki rig to catch Shad?

[etucker1959]

I know the best informed anglers in California are on FNN. So asking a question on here usually gets the correct answer. I know at certain lakes a dip net is legal to catch shad and and then it's legal to fish with them at that lake. But what about using a Sabiki rig to catch shad and then use them at that same lake. The lake I'm really interested in knowing the answer for is Castaic lake. So I know you people out there know the correct answer to that question.

[Temp]

We used to use them at Skinner and Castaic. The entire west end of Skinner was filled every morning with guys making bait. But wardens started handing out tickets for snagging. And for the most part we we're snagging most of the shad.

[etucker1959]

We used to use them at Skinner and Castaic. The entire west end of Skinner was filled every morning with guys making bait. But wardens started handing out tickets for snagging. And for the most part we we're snagging most of the shad.

Ok just to clarify, the wardens wrote tickets for snagging. If you only kept the lip hooked ones, would you still get a ticket? I assume yes, but just to make sure I did understand you correctly.

[webmaster]

It's been debated on here before. If I remember right, the consensus was you can't have that many hooks on one line.

[shinbob]

4.05. Bait Fish Capture Methods.

(a) Approved bait fish may be taken only:


[*=1]by hand,
[*=1]with a dip net not exceeding 36 inches ingreatest dimension, excluding handle, or
[*=1]with traps not over three feet in greatest dimension.




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[etucker1959]

It's been debated on here before. If I remember right, the consensus was you can't have that many hooks on one line.

That's a point a gentlemen was trying to make, "it's legal if it only has 3 hooks on it." I disagreed, but I wanted to be sure I was right.

[etucker1959]

4.05. Bait Fish Capture Methods.

(a) Approved bait fish may be taken only:


[*=1]by hand,
[*=1]with a dip net not exceeding 36 inches ingreatest dimension, excluding handle, or
[*=1]with traps not over three feet in greatest dimension.




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Thanks that's great info.

[DarkShadow]

If you only kept the lip hooked ones, would you still get a ticket?

Shad eat planktonic organisms and organic debris.

So the people using sabiki rigs are snagging them. And when they are 'lip hooked,' it's because the hook got stuck in their lip, not because they actually willingly 'ate' the sabiki.

[Marky805]

Shad eat planktonic organisms and organic debris.

So the people using sabiki rigs are snagging them. And when they are 'lip hooked,' it's because the hook got stuck in their lip, not because they actually willingly 'ate' the sabiki.

Last time I was at Castaic, saw a guy with a net near the docks getting shad. My question is once you have your shad/bait, how are you setting it up? Sorry for the newb question, just curious.

[etucker1959]

Last time I was at Castaic, saw a guy with a net near the docks getting shad. My question is once you have your shad/bait, how are you setting it up? Sorry for the newb question, just curious.

I'll give you a simple way to fish for green bass with live shad. A live bait hook and a split shot. Hook the shad through the nose and cast out. I'll let others give instructions on an complicated set up! lol

[DarkShadow]

My question is once you have your shad/bait, how are you setting it up? Sorry for the newb question, just curious.

You can tie up a Tady and pin the shad on the 3/0 treble. You'll get bit.

[titos334]

I'll give you a simple way to fish for green bass with live shad. A live bait hook and a split shot. Hook the shad through the nose and cast out. I'll let others give instructions on an complicated set up! lol

That's how I did it earlier this year when fishing shad. We netted shad in the canyon up against the wall when they were spawning. Fished 6lb with a little split shot above and did real well on the LMB and Smallies, striper didn't touch em.