Round Scad(Decapterus punctatus)
Quick Facts
- Other Names: Cigar minnow, Scad
- Size Range: Up to 8 inches
- Native Species?: Yes
The round scad or cigar minnow is a slender bodied baitfish with yellowish green back and silver sides. This fish has a forked tail and a few prickly spines in its dorsal and anal fins.
Round scad can be very common, swimming in large schools. They prefer to hang around offshore reefs and structures.
Scad are a favorite bait of fishermen and can be bought frozen or jigged up on sabiki rigs. They work well as live bait for bottom fish like snapper and grouper or for pelagics like kingfish and dolphin. They can be kept alive for the day of fishing in a round well that has a continuous flow of new water. Frozen scad make a good dead bait, too.
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Jigging
A versatile method of fishing for many types of fish in both freshwater and salt. A jig is a lure, normally a lead-headed lure with many various types of body/tail configurations made of rubber, hair and feather. Jigs are one of the most versatile of all lures and can be tipped with bait or not. Traditionally jigs are worked in variety of up and down motions, and can be fished throughout the entire water column, depending on the fishery. A modern form of jigs called metal jigs has taken hold and many varieties and shapes have been developed to work different ways. Made famous by the Shimano Butterfly Jig and now produced by many companies in many variations. If I could only have one lure to fish with it would be a jig.
