Oh Greg, Are you guys considering stocking gizzard in his pond or are you going to wait until the bass get a little more size on them to better keep 'em in check? It sounds like it would be the right time to add threadfins; it's a shame they can't take the cold. Oh and BTW, I can say I have honestly caught a shad on a hook but purely by accident as I was fishing Lake Fork and a school came near the boat going wild so we cast into them. Man what a slimey dude:)