anth, I've never used rotenone, but I think I wouldn't want to use it in any capacity in any BOW where there was fish I wanted to keep.
I think the greatest fear of introducing gizzard shad is infestation beyond control. I may be experiencing that same issue with intentional golden shiner stockings where numerous predators were present in a very captive situation.
I want to say Greg Grimes had trophy bass plans that included gizzard shad, so you could perhaps reach out to him. I don't he comes here much anymore, but he's around.
Thanks for the info. Stocked golden shiners, TFS, and TP this year, though already had shad that survived relatively mild winter. Previous shiner stocking disappeared, guess they were eaten pretty quickly. I'm deliberately allowing more weed & algae growth this year in hopes of better forage fish and YOY survival.
I keep thinking gizzard shad will help develop 10 lb plus LMB, but the risk of ruining a perfectly decent non-trophy fishery makes me wary. Better to keep culling LMB, feeding CNBG, improving Fla LMB genetics, enhance habitat at key spots, I suppose.
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