02-06-2014, 10:29 PM
No arguing the Gizzard Shad are prolific. I read they spread from an initial planting at Lake Havasu all the way throughout the Colorado drainage to Mexico in 9 months.
Gizzard Shad average life span is 2 or 3 years. So maybe what we are seeing right now is a species numbers imbalance between Striper populations and shad....
I wonder why bigger stripers haven't targeted them...or have they? A 20lb striper could eat a 12" gizzard shad I'd think. and with water temps in mid 50's the big boys could come shallow...So where are they?
Returning to the thread topic...I haven't heard of anyone doing well catching anything right now.
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Gizzard Shad average life span is 2 or 3 years. So maybe what we are seeing right now is a species numbers imbalance between Striper populations and shad....
I wonder why bigger stripers haven't targeted them...or have they? A 20lb striper could eat a 12" gizzard shad I'd think. and with water temps in mid 50's the big boys could come shallow...So where are they?
Returning to the thread topic...I haven't heard of anyone doing well catching anything right now.
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