Mr.Cody
I plan on using yp as a main food source, and emerald shiners as well. Our pond is not completed but it will be over 300 acres and it will have awesome habitat for natural reproduction on WE as well as other species. the main goal in the lake is lots of large WE. An admittedly tough task. the lake will get cold since we are in Wisconsin and we will experience Gizzy die offs that could possibly control size and abundance in the population? In northern climates (ND,MN, and WI) Gizzies have shown to really boost WE growth in large systems. If Gizz shad are definitely not a good option I'd like to find another high lipid fish as prey that can be bought in large numbers or easily captured and raised. We will evaluate the pond this winter to see if temperature and DO in our deeper areas (>35 ft) will stay within Gizzy thresholds (mainly a minimum of 40 degrees). Let me know if you have any ideas.
