The gizzard shad will have a head start on the fishery since the LMB are not really large enough to eat the larger g.shad of 8"-13". Advice here would have been as esshup says, wait until the LMB are 18"+ before adding G.shad. G.shad when abundant can be diffucult to remove esp in 4.5ac. IMO golden shiner whould have been a better forage species to stock at this time. Then when a larger forage species is needed the g.shad could be evaluated. IMO g.shad work best in only a few situations where trophy bass are the the main or primary goal.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 12/02/12 05:12 PM.
