Usage examples (36)

• As the waters cool in early winter, vast schools of threadfin shad start to bunch up while slowing their open-water activity.
• The demersal communities include croakers and the threadfin in nearshore waters, and sea bream and driftfish in deeper waters.
• Both crayfish and threadfin shad are common forage for bass here, which makes both diminutive jigs and shad-imitating crankbaits logical choices.
• Nor is it merely the dramatic decline of other fish, including longfin smelt, threadfin shad, juvenile striped bass, green sturgeon and Central Valley