Pond Boss Forums MANAGING AN EXISTING POND Evaluating and adjusting fish populations Hybrid stripers?

It depends. In a small pond (shad should not be in a small pond)BG and shad will compete like Bruce points out. In larger lakes not so much as the TShad are filling a niche ("pelagic" open waters) not used much by BG. We have both situations described (with HSB and without). There is an extensive thread here on the subject including a study that examines the data and conclusions from some 50 other studies.

In your situation to have both good BG and good LMB try feeding the BG in 2 locations (2 feeders). That will pack on the size for the big BG and reduce any competition with TShad. We do that in one pond and have big BG/CNBG , RES ( to 14 inches and 2 lbs +-) and LMB (to 13 lbs) and HSB (to 9 lbs).