Pond Boss Forums STOCKING A NEW POND Creating the food chain Where could i get Gizzard shad

Look at the mouth gape of a LMB. Gizzard shad at one year of age could very well be too large for 99% of the Northern LMB to utilize as food. Now compare WE gape to LMB gape. IIRC Bob Lusk says Gizzard shad are great to grow trophy LMB, BUT (and this is the part that I don't remember clearly) 30% or 40% of the LMB in the BOW should be 22"-24" and larger.

Also, if the lake isn't very fertile, you might have a problem keeping phytoplankton and corresponding zooplankton numbers high for successful recruitment of YOY predator fish in their transition from swim-up stage to eating YOY prey fish.