Originally Posted By: Smalma
Keep in mind these shad are an exotics (an east coast transplant). The billions of juvenile shad in up river resevoirs feeding on the same zooplankton that are the backbone to the food chain for
juvenile salmon and other game fish.

Tight lines
Curt


All true, but I'm sure you know there is a growing school of thought that not all exotics are harmful. I know the walleye eat the hell out of shad fry and that sturgeon eat the adults, although I would guess only the dead ones they find. My point is we should know all we can about their place in the system BEFORE we start a huge harvest program.
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