OK, at the request of overtonfisheries, I've started a new thread to unhijack the original gizzard shad vs golden shiners thread.

For those who are unfamiliar with lake chubsuckers, IMO and probably Bill Cody's, they are the least known but perhaps the most ideal forage fish for largemouth bass and perhaps other predatory fish.

To read more about them, check out Lake Chubsucker Link from Texas State University.

Below is the section from the hijacked post, but I'll start it with a post from 6 years ago by Bill Cody...