Years ago we use to fish the Great Island Bridge in the fall with 1/4oz Cast masters in silver and in gold. We would catch 1/2 a dozen and go up to the short wall at Georges and live line then. WOW!!!
Not sure it's legal to do nowadays.
You're talking about hickory shad, right? Tim Coleman used to talk about catching hickories on the GI bridge. Are they still there in the fall? I'll be camping for a few days at Fishermans memorial in Sepember...