It's amazing the metamorphis process in the life cycle of a shad.
You have to have the right conditions though. If you find the right conditions, you will know. Your dead shad will amazingly turn into live crab, and even an occaisional starfish!
Just drop your shad pot over board. Wait a while, and bring the shad up. It's kind of like cacoons and caterpillars turning into butterflies. This is the only way to get shad to hatch.
SKP :grin: