Shad Balls In Lower Taney

[duckydoty]

Been doing a little duck hunting on Lower Taney the last few days. While out retrieving ducks in the boat I have noticed some huge shad balls back in some coves. Cockleburr Cove in particular has had some of the largest shad balls on the surface that I have ever seen. When I first saw them, I thought they were giant submerged logs and actually powered down to avoid hitting them. After realizing what they were I blew threw them and on the way back out saw hundreds of stunned and chopped up shad from my prop. Also, have found a few dead trout back there who's eyes were obviously bigger than their mouths. Found them dead with shad too big to swallow sticking out of thier mouths. Im sure there is more than trout back there gourging themselves on those shad. Just look for the gulls in the back of coves.

[Wayne SW/MO]

That's interesting. I haven't heard much shooting this year so I assumed the open water up north was keeping the ducks there?

[duckydoty]

This last week has been pretty good on Taney.

[Wayne SW/MO]

I would imagine this area is the first open water and fields they're seeing.

[Zeke Kuehn]

This sounds fun!