As Eric aptly showed in the above pics, be aware of what size gshad can get in good habitat. Gshad are known to eat fish pellets. Do you want that to occur and do you want that large of a preyfish taking up pond space that is not available as good table fare? Gshad have a place as forage in some fisheries, just make sure your fishery will benefit from gshad. Do your homework and it would not hurt to seek 'GOOD' professional advice on this topic. IMO the pond should be electrofished and evaluated before adding gshad. Often there are other forage items that can be used/added to suppliment the forage base while creating less impact on the ecosystem. It is proven that diversity of foarge is very beneficial to predator based fisheries.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 04/21/11 10:37 AM.
