04-15-2021, 09:24 PM
(04-14-2021, 03:26 PM)Anglinarcher Wrote: LOL, be glad that some live to get that big in Willard.
If they don't get about 3" in length every year, the YOY die off. This happens when we get cold springs, low water, ...... and a dozen other conditions, and those monsters that were lucky enough to survive are the ones that keep the population of shad, the life blood of the lake according to many, alive.
I saw those monsters in Lake Powell at the Bull Frog boat slips in the late 70's, and again at Pueblo Reservoir in Colorado at their boat slips in the middle 80's. They never seem to become a problem, but it is sure unusual to see something that big that we often think of as less then 3" long.
Gizzard shad were not in Lake Powell in the 70's only Threadfin Shad and they don't get that big.
Gizzard Shad were first found in 2000
https://wayneswords.net/threads/gizzard-...well.1602/