Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Raising Forage and Bait shad?

My observations over time have led me to steer away from gizzard shad, also. HOWEVER, I must concur with Eric in that if I wanted a trophy bass pond, I would use nothing but lmb and gizzard shad. At least I would be willing to give that two species combination a try. I'm pretty sure you wouldn't have to harvest any bass. The direct and indirect competition between the shad and YOY LMB would likely prove to warrant very little harvest for the bass (I doubt they (the bass) would explode and stockpile). Perhaps one day I'll be able to give it a try. My problem is that I would rather catch bluegill.