Wiper fishing during the shad spawn

High Plains Public Radio | By Luke Clayton

Published March 29, 2014 at 12:00 AM CDT

Howdy Folks!

If you will take a few minutes and listen, Jason Barber will tell you the secrets of catching catfish and wipers now that spring has arrived and the water temperatures are warming up. The warmer temperatures also mean the shad are spawning, and that's key for a successful day!

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Luke Clayton

Outdoors writer, radio host and book author Luke Clayton has been addicted to everything outdoors related since his childhood when he grew up hunting and fishing in rural northeast Texas. Luke pens a weekly newspaper column that appears in over thirty newspapers.

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