I fished Shasta this time last year, and what was happening was the bass and trout were pushing shad to the surface. When the fish were up, spooks were the ticket, in between it was dropshotting, darthead, etc. Jerkbaits worked well as well.

Heres the thing. I stuck my biggest fish of the tourny on a swimbait right off the bat. Dont ask me why I didnt stick with it, but I didnt. It was a smaller shad colored optimum with a chartreuse tail(I dipped it). I see no reason why running this type swimbait under the shad wouldnt stick some nice fish. That is, if indeed the fish are pusing shad to the surface. This year is warmer than last, so maybe they arent pushing shad yet.

Just something to think about in a team format.