Pond Boss Forums INTRO Questions & Observations fish jumping out of water

I never put any shad in. The creek or stream was ankle deep everywhere but the holes they were waist deep. Also 10 miles from a larger creek and that one is 30 miles from a small river. Fish will swim a long way though. I used to sein the creek for bait a lot never caught a shad. There are close to 30 ponds up stream so I guess they could have come down stream from another pond.
As for carp bow hunters use really bright likes to shoot them as they sleep near bank at night, so light might not bother them.