Steve, I should have mentioned but Swingle didn't think that the BG and LMB were eating the mussels. That's at least in part why the mussel could achieve over 1100 lb/acre standing weight. He thought that the effect of the mussels cleaning the water reduced water quality limiting factors.
Yup, that's what I said, but maybe I said it wrong or you misunderstood lol. I was saying that the mussels created "better" fish without having fish that don't even eat them, like LMB. The better water quality was what created the better fish, not the mussels as a food source. Since Shad are also filter feeders, would you think they'd create a similar scenario?
