Had three keepers Sat, two over twenty inches. My brother caught a dandy smallmouth on a jig and crawler. He was just over three pounds and striped real nice in the face. Your right about the shad baits. All of the walleyes came off shad baits and they were not shy about smackin’ them.
Mica, when you talk about Shad Style baits, are you referring to cranbaits or plastics such as sassy shads. Also are you catching these fish on wingdams or else where???
In the past few weeks I have caught them on everything from blades , one eyes, plastics and cranks. Any thing that will imitate a fleeing shad, or dying one. Most on wing dams but not all. If you find a large amount of bait I would bet there are walleyes near by.