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Today I was castneting and i caught some gizzards and threadfins in my net. When i was baiting my trotline I noticed that some of the gizzard shad about 3 inches long had orange and yellow tails? Could this be a cross or just a normal coloration? I said this because I never noticed this till today.
Fight'n Texas aggie class of 09!
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I have never heard nor seen of them crossing before, my .02 cents
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would be nice though. sure would like to have threadfins that were x-bred to survive the cold water like gizzards do. one of you biologists could get "rich and famous" if you could figure out how to do that. us northerners would pay big to have an additional foragr fish like that.
Take great care of it, or let someone else have it.
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JB,
Only one drawback though. If it could be done they might be sterile, be predominately males, or have low fecundity.
If pigs could fly bacon would be harder to come by and there would be a lot of damaged trees.
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yea, i know. i'm just jealous of the southerners who have threadfin options.
Take great care of it, or let someone else have it.
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Smaller gizzard shad commonly have yellow tails. Tail color is not a definite characteristic seperating gizzards and threadfins.
I have never heard of them hybridizing either, but it is an interesting concept.
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