05-08-2015, 10:51 PM
[quote Beautiful-Fish]I think your right about the forage fish !
My list of lakes the DWR should stock with gizzard shad !
1. Starvation Reservoir
2. Yuba Reservoir
3. Gunlock Reservoir
4. Sand hollow Reservoir
5. Quail Creek reservoir
" For years, there has been, and continues to be, the widely held belief that gizzard shad are harmful to sportfish populations in ponds and lakes. This belief was held by the public and disseminated as scientific fact by state fisheries agencies. It was also taught as scientific fact at major universities across the country. As with all things scientific, progress is made, technology advances, old dogmas are challenged and things once considered as fact are found to be baseless. Such is the case with stocking gizzard shad in ponds. "
See
Stocking Gizzard Shad at [url "http://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/gizzard_shad.html"]http://www.bassresource.com/...gy/gizzard_shad.html[/url][/quote]
Before people start telling you that you are crazy and that shad can't be stocked in the rockies...
Wyoming has a couple of lakes that are stocked (more or less annually) with shad. They do reproduce to some extent... but some stocking is required to keep the population up.
Long story short? VERY successful program that without a doubt is the difference maker at these lakes!!! I was shocked and amazed when I first realized there were shad in these lakes... I thought there was no way shad could thrive this far north and in a climate this cold... but they do.
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My list of lakes the DWR should stock with gizzard shad !
1. Starvation Reservoir
2. Yuba Reservoir
3. Gunlock Reservoir
4. Sand hollow Reservoir
5. Quail Creek reservoir
" For years, there has been, and continues to be, the widely held belief that gizzard shad are harmful to sportfish populations in ponds and lakes. This belief was held by the public and disseminated as scientific fact by state fisheries agencies. It was also taught as scientific fact at major universities across the country. As with all things scientific, progress is made, technology advances, old dogmas are challenged and things once considered as fact are found to be baseless. Such is the case with stocking gizzard shad in ponds. "
See
Stocking Gizzard Shad at [url "http://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/gizzard_shad.html"]http://www.bassresource.com/...gy/gizzard_shad.html[/url][/quote]
Before people start telling you that you are crazy and that shad can't be stocked in the rockies...
Wyoming has a couple of lakes that are stocked (more or less annually) with shad. They do reproduce to some extent... but some stocking is required to keep the population up.
Long story short? VERY successful program that without a doubt is the difference maker at these lakes!!! I was shocked and amazed when I first realized there were shad in these lakes... I thought there was no way shad could thrive this far north and in a climate this cold... but they do.
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