Fished my pond last weekend and noticed some shad action near shore on different parts of the pond. Also caught several bass that spit out shad when I got them in the boat. Obviously, some shad made it through the winter.

My question is this: Should I restock TFS again this year, or just let nature run its course and let the remaining shad reproduce. Or should I stock about half of what I had originally planned? I didn't restock a couple years ago and the shad came back strong, but that was a milder winter. Just not sure if there are enough survivors this year to reproduce at a high rate, and I'd hate to miss out on a full year of LMB growth because of a lack of TFS (although I've got a massive population of CBG as my main forage base).

Thoughts?

Carl Spackler: "This place got a pool?"
Ty Webb: "Pool and a pond. Pond would be good for you..."