Originally Posted By: esshup
Do Gizzard Shad rest on the bottom of the pond/lake at night to "sleep"?


Interesting thought... I know sunfish species often do this. I know I see giant schools of gizzard shad under the lights at night. So they are very attracted to lights. Now in conditions where there are no artificial lights at night, I am not sure if they suddenly cease activity and hold tight to the bottom like sunfish often do. If so, they'd become easy flathead prey. My experience from tossing cast nets at night in dark areas, is the shad are still schooling and moving though. The areas I cast net at night, the net never gets near the bottom but I often catch large numbers of shad.