I haven't fished up there in a while but we used to hook up on the shad then just reel them in to the shore and keep 'em on the hook until one of the big guys would show up. it was a blast watching them chase your hooked shad around until they finally were able to suck it in. Of course sometimes you lost your dart but most times you could just point your rod at the fish and straighten the hooks right out sans shad. kind of cuts the monotony of the day.