I just ordered the catfish net from the internet. It is some kind of commercial hoop net that is supposed to be able to hold 200 three pound catfish at a time. The seller had all kinds of suggestions for baiting it such as cattle cubes, weenies, corn, etc. if it does fill up with that many fish I will have to use the front end loader to lift it. I baited a rod and reel with some of the shad just to see if anything was eating them and I caught some catfish and some bass. So I guess they are eating some of the shad but they are probably not as easy as the pellets.