GunBoss, I may have been incorrect on the threadfin shad. I somehow thought you were further south. Down south, I don't believe they over-winter, and in KY, I don't know how they'd do during the summer or if you could even source them.
You could get Golden Shiners established starting anytime and in the spring. At a lake your size, it'd be a many thousand dollars to really have an sooner impact, IMO. I'd get adult shiners now, and frye in the spring.
