I think I would be able to identify the difference. I striper fish with both and feel like im pretty familiar with them. Yes I have a bait tank and only about 45 minutes from the source. My real question is it viable to think that the threadfin shad that I put in will eventually spawn and grow a population for me?

7 Acre +/- pond. Stocked with CNBG, RESF, GS, TFS, FHM, in March - June of 2008, Stocked with 200 3" F1 Tiger Bass in March of 2010... Additional stockings of CNBG, Tilapia, FHM in May of 2011.April of 2012 and May of 2013.