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Fished my pond last weekend and noticed some shad action near shore on different parts of the pond. Also caught several bass that spit out shad when I got them in the boat. Obviously, some shad made it through the winter.
My question is this: Should I restock TFS again this year, or just let nature run its course and let the remaining shad reproduce. Or should I stock about half of what I had originally planned? I didn't restock a couple years ago and the shad came back strong, but that was a milder winter. Just not sure if there are enough survivors this year to reproduce at a high rate, and I'd hate to miss out on a full year of LMB growth because of a lack of TFS (although I've got a massive population of CBG as my main forage base).
Thoughts?
Carl Spackler: "This place got a pool?" Ty Webb: "Pool and a pond. Pond would be good for you..."
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Every male can completely relate the entire dialog to Caddyshack. Who says we are unskilled.
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If you have bass spiting out shad when you catch them and your seeing some in the shallows then you probably have more than you think. Have you tried baitcasting with a net. Thats usally how I tell about how many I got. I Stocked my dads pond with them 5 years ago and they always seem to recover from cold winters fine in his pond. In mine not so much.
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Shad have high reproductive rates, just a handful will produce millions... You should be fine with just the natural reproduction in your pond.
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