Bringing this thread back to life.
Since past years has not brought the overpopulation that was forecast. Still have some BCP but not as many as I want due to being eaten or not spawning. Been 11 years since they were put in. This is the first year where weather was possible for spawning. If they pulled off a spawn how long before I would know? The shad perished last year with cold and low water(4’low). Since they migrate after swim up to open water what is best way to see what took place? Fishing or what?
Not sure there is an easy or scientific way to tell, as they do swim out to open water, or seem to, one seldom sees yoy from BC, and it seems like you seldom catch small ones that are from the most recent spawn.
I know Ive been really curious for the last yr, wondering if they had a decent spawn last yr because I couldnt afford enough to fully stock my pond, due to the fact that I had to buy bigger ones to keep the LMB that had a couple yrs on them to not eat them all as snacks.
I was happy to find a few pretty good sized schools of them in the brush and landed several of them that were about 5" long, I assume last yrs hatch.
